OPA Orange Beach Worlds - Sunday Finals

[Ratickle]

I'll find out more as soon as I can. Here are some of the weather updates. They are not as bad of a forecast as what they were talking about yesterday, but the waves are pretty big. LAnce said there were some good surfing waves yesterday.



Today Breezy. Mostly sunny in the morning becoming mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms through the day. Highs around 80. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

Tonight Mostly cloudy in the evening becoming partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph inland...northeast 15 to 20 mph along the coast. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

Hourly Forecast 6AM 12 Noon 6PM 12 Midnight
Wind 20 mph ENE 24 mph ENE 21 mph ENE 23 mph NE
Humidity 79% 78% 76% 77%
Chance of Precip. 20% 20% 20% 20%
Cloud Cover 58% 52% 58% 62%

Sunrise & Sunset 6:48 AM 6:26 PM


Marine Forecast as of 4:20 am CDT on October 9, 2011
Small Craft Advisory in effect through late tonight

Coastal Waters From Pensacola Fl To Pascagoula Ms Out 20 Nm-
Coastal Waters From Destin To Pensacola Fl Out 20 Nm-
Today
Northeast winds around 25 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet. Bays and coastal waterways rough. Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Tonight
Northeast winds around 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Bays and coastal waterways rough. Isolated showers and thunderstorms.

Surf Forecast
lower Mobile-lower Baldwin-coastal Escambia-coastal Santa Rosa-
coastal Okaloosa-
630 am CDT sun Oct 9 2011

Surf zone hazards...
rip current risk: high...a high risk of rip currents means
wind...wave...and tidal conditions support
the development of dangerous rip currents.
Rip currents are life-threatening to anyone
entering the surf. Remember...rip currents
will be more intense near inlets...jetties
and piers. If caught in a rip current...
swim parallel to shore and you will
eventually swim out of the outgoing current.
Heed the advice of the local beach patrol
and local flag warning system.

 

[Ratickle]

Just got off the phone after the drivers meeting.


They are running. It will be the same as Friday with the shortened storm course and 3 laps for the smaller classes, 4 laps for the larger classes.

Schedule is Noon and 2:00.

Will be broadcast again on the net at;

http://hobnobgulfshores.com/sports/item/860-thunder-on-the-gulf-2011-live-channel


Should be fun to watch again.....:sifone:

Sounds as if every broken boat got fixed.......:03::driving::03:

 

[Ratickle]

On the Air now, some boats out....

National Anthem shortly.

 

[Ratickle]

Daredevil is in the lead Class 5 at the end of lap one....

 

[Ratickle]

Class 5 appears to be the race of the heat. Daredevil, Typhoon, and Mighty Macs are going at it .......

 

[Ratickle]

First Race is done;

Unofficial, GPS Frank and Bob Teague sometimes get off topic......

300 - TK0
Bull On The Beach
Cleveland Construction

500 - Mighty Macs
Dare Devil
Typhoon, They broke down for awhile
Mitigator ?

600 - Crockett Rocket
Country Service
Reindell 1 - DNF
Maxed Out?

 

[Ratickle]

On the phone, Mitigator and Maxed Out did not start I guess.

 

[Ratickle]

Second Race, boats are going out now......


Looks like Miss Geico, Wazzup, Formula, Caveman, Simmons, Strictly Business, Lightning Jacks, Amsoil - Bob says he's going to try for the overall win, milling now

 

[Ratickle]

Looks as if the SVL's are milling up farther. It's hard to tell who's who with the bandwidth they are using....

 

[Ratickle]

Well, hard to tell. The annnouncers quit before the boats were done racing. Maybe a time deal with the late start...


Turbine, Miss Geico.

Cat Light - Amsoil

100 - Lightning Jacks
Geico Caveman, DNF

SV - Wazzup
Strictly Business, DNF

SVL - Time Bandit
Buccaneer
??? Don't know, they cut away

400 - Formula 400
Simmons Racing
Jersey Outlaw, DNF


The rest I'll try to get the results on the phone.