Weather for Paeroa?

**Black Knight** · 12th February 2016, 10:48

Looking at the long range Met Service forecast for next weekend it looks like there could be showers on race day which would be a real bummer considering 25th anniversary and all that.Also the Cyclone heading this way is not the best news.Lets all hope for nice weather and not a repeat of last year-would the organisers change the date if need be?

**Danger Dave** · 12th February 2016, 10:54

From what i have been told there is a plan in place this year incase of rain which will allow the race to go ahead however it won't be needed as it will be as hot as ever

**Gremlin** · 12th February 2016, 11:11

The only forecast is "fucken awesome weather"

Anyone predicting something else gets a hiding

**cynna** · 12th February 2016, 14:31

the burt munro goes ahead rain hail or sunshine....

port nelson had rain this year....

**Mental Trousers** · 12th February 2016, 16:54

Paeroa is the only race I don't take my wets to. If it rains I pack up and go home. Screw that.

**sidecar bob** · 12th February 2016, 17:25

We nearly slipped over walking to Mc Donald's for breakfast last year on the wet road.
What possible plan could make it an all weather circuit? I'm sceptical, but prepared to learn, and pack up & head home also.

**jellywrestler** · 12th February 2016, 17:27

Originally Posted by Black Knight

Looking at the long range Met Service forecast for next weekend it looks like there could be showers on race day which would be a real bummer considering 25th anniversary and all that.Also the Cyclone heading this way is not the best news.Lets all hope for nice weather and not a repeat of last year-would the organisers change the date if need be?

no, the 25th anniversary was last year, but it was wetter than a spastics chin and called off.....

**jellywrestler** · 12th February 2016, 17:35

Originally Posted by Danger Dave

From what i have been told there is a plan in place this year incase of rain which will allow the race to go ahead however it won't be needed as it will be as hot as ever

i asked them years ago when they were out all night sandblasting the paint from the track in the rain why they don't turn right at the kink in the back straight, slow that down and onto the front striaght, slow that beast down. Tehy wouldn't as the hairpin pub was a main sponsor. Interesting, it was either have one sponsor not excited, by an act of god, or stop the whole thing and they said they'd rather do that.

problem is the fact it's a main road and all the exhaust fumes, deisel etc adhere to the road, when it's wet it floats to the surface and will cause mayhem...
it used to be at the overhead bridge on the cemetery circuit that the towns bus depot was there, during one day there were abot 150 bus movements in and out of there, 30meters from the apex, every bus would drop a drop of oile and/of deisle so it was greasier than a butchers prick when wet, it's a bit different now of course.

**jellywrestler** · 12th February 2016, 17:40

Originally Posted by cynna

the burt munro goes ahead rain hail or sunshine....

port nelson had rain this year....

and wanganui except when barriers are floating down the track. it's about terminal speed and run off on the fast corners, a different beast totally.

**Grumph** · 12th February 2016, 18:37

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

i asked them years ago when they were out all night sandblasting the paint from the track in the rain why they don't turn right at the kink in the back straight, slow that down and onto the front striaght, slow that beast down. Tehy wouldn't as the hairpin pub was a main sponsor. Interesting, it was either have one sponsor not excited, by an act of god, or stop the whole thing and they said they'd rather do that.

problem is the fact it's a main road and all the exhaust fumes, deisel etc adhere to the road, when it's wet it floats to the surface and will cause mayhem...
it used to be at the overhead bridge on the cemetery circuit that the towns bus depot was there, during one day there were abot 150 bus movements in and out of there, 30meters from the apex, every bus would drop a drop of oile and/of deisle so it was greasier than a butchers prick when wet, it's a bit different now of course.

Any of you lot been to Dunedin when they're burning the rubber and oil off the motorways ? There's not a lot of level motorway there (pretty much none...) so when it freezes the roads get bloody slippery. In the summer, they drag a steel frame which is one lane wide and about 2 meters long behind a truck - with a fire burning on the road surface. Smoky as fuck but it leaves a very grippy surface. Very open and porous to look at.