The Ashes 2009 Weather Forecasting Competition

[J10]

I think most people were looking at tomorrow for all the rain delays but there's been half an hour lost already thanks to rain this afternoon.

Hooray, at last my stoppages part of the game starts. The time of the stoppage is deemed to be 4.12pm.

[Andy Bown]

And the end at 18.15 so that'll be 123 mins already!

[J10]

No the time covers the normal sessions so that is 4.12 to 6.00pm which is 108 minutes.

Any time after 6pm is not part of the normal days play, so doesn't count.

[tinybill]

well looking at the latest radar very wont be playing much longer for to-day

[lfcdude]

thank Lettuce for the rain, might of just saved are ass here

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How on earth did a sport that relies on it not raining and not being dark take off in England?

[Roger J Smith]

Don't you mean took off from England?

[Scorcher]

Not sure about the point about darkness- this country is not a bad place to play when sunset isn't until 9.30pm! They played until about 6:45 this evening in bright sunshine and even that would be a struggle in some countries further south.

[William of Walworth]

How on earth did a sport that relies on it not raining and not being dark take off in England?

In what Wiltshire schools did they teach that Cardiff is in England?

[Paul]

Latest ashes forecast is now online - featuring a video from nw forecaster Mark Watson:

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=...=forecast;sess=

[Weather-history]

Lord's drainage is phenomenal, we saw it in action 2 years ago. It looked as though there would be no play after the huge downpour.

So if there is a drier spell, it wouldn't take long for them to come out.

[Andy Bown]

For the 2nd test at Lords

Day 1 = 24c

Day 2 = 19c

Day 3 = 20c

Day 4 = 21c

Day 5 = 22c

Time lost = 700 minutes

[Koppite]

For the 2nd test at Lords,

Day 1 = 24c

Day 2 = 20c

Day 3 = 21c

Day 4 = 21c

Day 5 = 23c

Time lost = 375 minutes,

cheers Russ.

Edited July 15, 2009 by Koppite

[Methuselah]

For the 2nd test at Lords,

Day 1 = 23c

Day 2 = 19c

Day 3 = 21c

Day 4 = 21c

Day 5 = 23c

Time lost = 415 minutes,

Thanks, Pete.

[tinybill]

well on Friday dont about playing cricket they could be playing water polo on friday if the weather for cast is saying at the moment!!!

[I remember Atlantic 252]

well on Friday dont about playing cricket they could be playing water polo on friday if the weather for cast is saying at the moment!!!

definitely no play friday, 4 day test most likely another draw, also cant rule out showers sat and sun

[Scorcher]

definitely no play friday, 4 day test most likely another draw, also cant rule out showers sat and sun

You never know, the rumour is that the pitch has a green tinge to it so there could be something in it for the seamers. Even if Friday is rained off which looks quite likely, if the pitch is offering something for the bowlers 4 days is plenty of time. Not a common sight these days so I'm not holding my breath but it would be nice to see a test match in which the batsmen aren't dominant! They will make up some of the time on the other evenings, weather and light permitting and as Mr Data says, if there are breaks in the rain the Lord's drainage system is second to none so they will be able to get the covers off and start play quite quickly.

[davehsug]

Here we go again!

Thurs 23c

Fri 19c

Sat 21c

Sun 22c

Mon 22c

oops nearly forgot. Time lost 387 minutes

Dave

Edited July 15, 2009 by davehsug

[chionomaniac]

2nd Test Lords

Day 1 22ºC

Day 2 19ºC

Day 3 19ºC

Day 4 20ºC

Day 5 22ºC

429 mins lost.

[Roger J Smith]

What's the nearest weather station? I know roughly where Lord's is located (near Calgary, right?)

Day 1 ... 24 C

Day 2 ... 18 C

Day 3 ... 21 C

Day 4 ... 22 C

Day 5 ... 23 C

393 minutes lost

(I've got some here)

[Mark H]

2nd Test Lords.

Day 1, 23c

Day 2, 19c

Day 3, 20c

Day 4, 22c

Day 5, 23c

480 mins lost.

Cheers.

[Tom Quintavalle]

2nd Test Lords.

Day 1 - 23c

Day 2 - 18c

Day 3 - 20c

Day 4 - 21c

Day 5 - 23c

Time lost = 430 minutes.

Regards,

Tom.

[Weather-history]

definitely no play friday, 4 day test most likely another draw, also cant rule out showers sat and sun

As I said before, the drainage system at Lord's is tremendous,it depends on if the rain is continuous and if the gap between rain spells is long enough.

Did anyone see the ground when the huge downpour struck during the July floods of 2007? The ground was virtually under water and yet they were out playing within 3 hours and this was after an exceptionally wet spell too boot.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cri...icle2112937.ece

Edited July 16, 2009 by Mr_Data

[A.J]

day 1 25C

day 2 20C

day 3 19C

day 4 21C

day 5 22C

time lost, 590 mins

result, 2 days play in total lost, England still lose by an innings & 52 runs....lol

[Weather-history]

Definitely no washout today.

Showers could interrupt play though.