Weather Watch 2025

[Saxon Warrior]

I think someone’s lost the Going Stick at Cheltenham, what a wait it’s been for the most important going stick reading of the whole National Hunt Season.

[Saxon Warrior]

If it is raining through the night, I will probably be woken up by it raining on the skylight window at the place I am staying, walking distance to the course.

Hopefully I won’t be woken up and posting on here at 4am that it’s lashing down.
We’ll see how things go.

[Mighty]

Forecast has it absolutely bucketing it down all morning. Depends when they take the going stick reading - think we’ll only get it once and have to infer from the reading and the first race what it will develop into.

I really find it astonishing there’s been no reading other than a verbal update from the clerk since Friday. Best guess would be soft, heavy in places at the off, but could be heavy.

[Hoofit]

Forecast has it absolutely bucketing it down all morning. Depends when they take the going stick reading - think we’ll only get it once and have to infer from the reading and the first race what it will develop into.

I really find it astonishing there’s been no reading other than a verbal update from the clerk since Friday. Best guess would be soft, heavy in places at the off, but could be heavy.

If you go along the time bar at the bottom you'll get a rough idea...if accurate.

Type in Cheltenham in the search bar.

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=51.9;-2.1;5&l=rain-3h&t=20240312/0000

Can't beat a good weather chart

[Lobos]

If it is raining through the night, I will probably be woken up by it raining on the skylight window at the place I am staying, walking distance to the course.

Hopefully I won’t be woken up and posting on here at 4am that it’s lashing down.
We’ll see how things go.

4am now. Drizzle.

[HarryTrotter]

Been raining for the last couple of hours cos like a kid I can’t sleep! Weather forecast giving out rain most of the morning and clear this afternoon

[Lobos]

Smashing down now. Going to be Heavy in description. Wave goodbye to any Good ground performers. Some big prices incoming.

[Carnage at Taunton]

Would be a real shame if we get a load of non runners and watch horse’s struggle to get home this week

See what the clerk says later.

[Unexposed]

Heavy into 2.2 on Betfair

[charlie]

Been waking up throughout the night and all I heard was rain.

[Eggs]

….if the rain has hit Cheltenham like it’s hit the NW, I wouldn’t be surprised if tomorrow’s XC is abandoned. Hopefully not as bad there as elsewhere.

[MTR]

Good shout whoever was on about heavy ground on this thread, absolutely pissing it down

[Saxon Warrior]

It’s not going to suit every runner today, thats for sure.

Raining still at Cheltenham, at 7am.

Looks set in for a while.
Forecast extends out from now until 3pm with rain, going to be a rainy Cheltenham looking at the 4-day forecast.

Hopefully we don’t get many Non-Runners, as they declared knowing this may happen.

[Rigga]

Please please please dont rain tomorrow… still recovering from 2022 wet Wednesday !

[MTR]

I think we’re very fortunate we had a dry week last week, can’t imagine it could have withstood a full week of rain plus this on top! Currently soft to heavy with another 6mm forecast!