Last week's forecast was pretty good, some cooler temps and wind in OKC and that did come true, but no delays I'm aware of. But this week, one site may not be so lucky.
Arizona and Vegas are again being used this weekend, and as you'd expect, the weather is near ideal.
Surprise, AZ is 80s and no chance of rain, just some breeze on Sunday:
Vegas is 70s/80s and no chance of rain, slightly breezier on Friday and Sunday:
But the other two sites do not look as good.
Oklahoma City has a fair amount of wind all three days and while the temperatures are fine, some thunderstorms may affect things on Sunday. Let's hope the matches get in before any rains arrive:
Orlando is the most questionable though with showers late on Friday and into Saturday with Thunderstorms on Sunday:
This is by no means a horrid forecast, it is possible there will be few if any delays, but the chance of them is there. Thankfully, the National Campus should have the capacity to speed things up if needed.
Where would you rather be playing your Nationals?
Good luck to anyone playing in OKC - just got back from the 3.0-M event, and I honestly don't think any match should have been played outdoors on 10/11 - strong, gusty winds made playing a total crapshoot. The organizers moved all morning matches to indoor venues around town, but IMHO that should have been true for the rest of the day. Would have much rather played at 8pm indoors than at 1pm with balls moving 8' at random times.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment. I'd heard it was breezy/windy but you make it sound far worse than that.
DeleteOops - don't know how I deleted the reply. Anyway: Friday was bad, mostly because the wind gusts constantly changed direction. The base winds were ~20mph, gusts over 30mph. I won my 1pm outdoor match so I'm not trying to make up excuses, but I have a feeling several results would have looked quite a bit different had all Friday matches been played indoors.
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