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Weather for this weekend PLEASE KEEP UPDATED

runnin12s

runnin12s

Monkey
May 14, 2007
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Waverly, NY
Could one of the locals please keep the weather/conditions updated. I know I can just go to the weather channel but as far as I see it the weather forcast is like shooting a dart at the board and just as accurate. So is someone could keep the conditions updated randomly that would be great. I have to travel a long way to get to diablo, I may push my trip off to leaving sunday morning EARLY instead of making it a weekend trip. I have never worried about trips in poor weather before, but $150 in gas, 2 hours of packing and loading the car, and 3 hours driving have made me think twice about making a trip for a rain ride which is hard on equipment and possibly harder on the body. Man am I feeling old lately. Thanks everyone. Dave
 
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rfx_turner

Chimp
Jul 10, 2007
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I agree. first they say showers, then isolated showers, then possible sun mix with clouds. Which one is it? But I 100% agree with the loading trouble and gas $$$ so we can ride in the mud and rain
 
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ppatches60

Chimp
May 21, 2007
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Okay, we live 5 minutes from Diablo and my daughter is racing so I'll be happy to be the "weekend weather mom"!!

Right now (Thursday, 11am), it rained early this morning and it's trying to clear up right now. Our local forecast is for rain tomorrow, clear on Saturday and possible showers on Sunday. As the weekend draws closer, I'll keep you updated.

Good luck racers!!
:clapping:
 
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WhatTheHeck

Chimp
May 4, 2008
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Question: How come everyone complains so much when it rains or don't even ride at all? Wait, stay home so the 5 of us that do ride in the rain will have a guaranteed spot on the podium!:monkeydance:
 
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ppatches60

Chimp
May 21, 2007
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Weather Report for this weekend from our local weather station:
FRIDAY NIGHT:
Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph...Decreasing to around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
SATURDAY:
Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
SATURDAY NIGHT:
Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
SUNDAY:
Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.

I'll updated this tomorrow afternoon and again Saturday morning.
 
runnin12s

runnin12s

Monkey
May 14, 2007
224
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Waverly, NY
Thanks for the updates, this information is priceless. Hopefully we will see you all sunday morning. Oh and by the way WhattheHeck You spot me the $140 for race fees, $90 Gas Money, $85 Hotel Fees, and we'll gladly come down and race on YOUR hill, and give YOUR trail crew more work to repair no matter how hard it is raining. I race Jersey in the rain every year and have a blast, but with age and gas prices the rain races just are starting to get old. But go ahead and take as much of the podium as you would like you deserve it if you put your bike and body through diablo on a rainy day. Seriously, not poking fun, you really do deserve that. Riding Diablo in the rain only multiplies the difficulty of their allready awesome terrain. Again see you all sunday morning, ride or race I don't care which I just want to ride Diablo again.:clapping:
 
NJMX835

NJMX835

Monkey
Feb 17, 2007
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Highland Lakes NJ
runnin12s said:
Thanks for the updates, this information is priceless. Hopefully we will see you all sunday morning. Oh and by the way WhattheHeck You spot me the $140 for race fees, $90 Gas Money, $85 Hotel Fees, and we'll gladly come down and race on YOUR hill, and give YOUR trail crew more work to repair no matter how hard it is raining. I race Jersey in the rain every year and have a blast, but with age and gas prices the rain races just are starting to get old. But go ahead and take as much of the podium as you would like you deserve it if you put your bike and body through diablo on a rainy day. Seriously, not poking fun, you really do deserve that. Riding Diablo in the rain only multiplies the difficulty of their allready awesome terrain. Again see you all sunday morning, ride or race I don't care which I just want to ride Diablo again.:clapping:
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I drove 6 hours in the rain to Massanutten to spend 2 days riding & racing in the cold & wet last weekend, considering I blew a wheel cylinder on my car on the way back it was a $600 weekend at least.

I felt like complaining until I realized everyone I met drove farther than I did (no joke).

The weekend before I drove back & forth to Plattekill twice at 2 1/2 hours each time to race in the cold & wet, with gas, food & race fees it was easily a $200 weekend.

Can't recall seeing anything but smiles all around either time. :thumb:

Unless you're made of sugar, you won't melt.
 
FOXROX

FOXROX

Turbo Monkey
Jun 23, 2007
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hambur,nj
no more rain... but sunday is calling for thunder! so get to the top asap ! so you dont miss your start time! but yeah it stoped raining.
 
runnin12s

runnin12s

Monkey
May 14, 2007
224
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Waverly, NY
NJMX835 said:
I drove 6 hours in the rain to Massanutten to spend 2 days riding & racing in the cold & wet last weekend, considering I blew a wheel cylinder on my car on the way back it was a $600 weekend at least.

I felt like complaining until I realized everyone I met drove farther than I did (no joke).

The weekend before I drove back & forth to Plattekill twice at 2 1/2 hours each time to race in the cold & wet, with gas, food & race fees it was easily a $200 weekend.

Can't recall seeing anything but smiles all around either time. :thumb:

Unless you're made of sugar, you won't melt.
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Honestly you are making me jealous, you remind me of the day I would travel year round, race in whatever the climates through at me and loved it all. I am not going to lie, I would have the time of my life even if it was rain and mud to the axles but after 10 years of racing mountain bikes, three children and a wife it is just hard as heck to drag my old sad a$$ to the lifts on a rainy weekend. Call me over the hill but I can not wait a couple years when my son is old enough to travel and race every weekend and mentally I can reason why I do it again. Yes I still ride 5-6 days per week and race occassionally but on cold rainy days I hit one of the local indoor parks or a local ride spot. Enough of my whining, I have talked myself into it, Our group will be there sunday morning, but I think we may just ride instead of race, after all the Open is the next week and that is allready paid for and planned, this will help me justify everything in my own feeble mind. Good luck to all that race sunday, I'll be hittin the trails working the dust off my downhill sled. See you all there.:banana:
 
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ppatches60

Chimp
May 21, 2007
25
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BE PREPARED FOR MUD FOLKS!!! Rain here all day today (Friday), 50% chance of rain Saturday and 30% chance of rain Sunday. Bring your rain gear!! Temperatures are only going to be in the mid 60's so you might be cold if you get wet -- bring lots of coffee too!
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WhatTheHeck

Chimp
May 4, 2008
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ppatches60 said:
BE PREPARED FOR MUD FOLKS!!! Rain here all day today (Friday), 50% chance of rain Saturday and 30% chance of rain Sunday. Bring your rain gear!! Temperatures are only going to be in the mid 60's so you might be cold if you get wet -- bring lots of coffee too!
:disgust1:
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It won't be to bad if it was like last weekend, rain on Friday and even though it was a little wet in the morning, the mud was minimal.
 
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ppatches60

Chimp
May 21, 2007
25
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Here's the link for local weather:

http://www.weatherforyou.com/weather/new+jersey/sussex+county.html

The weather station where they gather the data is about 10 miles north of Diablo at the Sussex Airport and they update it every hour, so this is pretty accurate.

Those of you who live a great distance away might want to bookmark this so you can check the weather before you trek up here.

Good luck all and looking forward to seeing you all at the race this weekend. :clapping:

"Weathermom":happydance:
 
bfrich

bfrich

Monkey
May 30, 2007
393
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ct
This means that same off camber left hander with the root - will be the trickiest part of the course again ..... dang that was slick
 
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crushallcakes

Chimp
Feb 29, 2008
45
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It would be awesome if someone from the park could post which trails will be closed here early tomorrow morning. I'm leaving to get out there at 7 AM, but if alpine, dominion and greenhorn are going to be closed again and everything is going to be ultra-slick (I still suck) I might be forced to stay home and spend time with my family.
 
jerseydirt

jerseydirt

Turbo Monkey
May 6, 2007
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dirty jerz
cant wait cause this course is gonna be FLAT! no turns really just flats and petty rock gardens and the one death corner with the death root
 
DownhillR3

DownhillR3

Monkey
May 31, 2007
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Still raining at a pretty good clip, hasn't let up yet. Apparently the rain is supposed to stop around midnight & then pick back up later tomorrow(saturday) afternoon. Only time will tell, but as of right now I can't even see Diablo & i'm roughly 3 miles away.
 
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trevorson8

Chimp
May 5, 2008
26
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Boston, MA
in the event of a thunderstorm (which is CURRENTLY what weather.com is saying, but that means nothign), does that just mean my $70 prereg fee goes to waste? or do i get something back?
 
pinkshirtphotos

pinkshirtphotos

site moron
Jul 5, 2006
4,840
565
Vernon, NJ
still raining quite constant, looks like a blanket of fog is rolling over glenwood mountain onto hamburg mountain soon. tomorrow will be wet! leave the bikes at home and take the kayaks!
 
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