Ok lets do this. First Cheltenham Festival weather forecast

https://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/cheltenham/gl53-7/march-weather/328267?yea...

So the latest forecast predicts rain from Monday during the Festival with only the Friday having a less than 50% chance of it.

Saturday 8th: A shower in places in the morning; otherwise, partly sunny (Probability of precipitation 42%, 10 deg)
Sunday 9th: Sunny periods (Probability of precipitation 6%, 14 deg)
Monday 10th: Periods of rain (Probability of precipitation 60%,  13 deg)
Tuesday 11th: Mainly cloudy with a little rain (Probability of precipitation 55%,  11 deg)
Wednesday 12th: A thick cloud cover with a little rain (Probability of precipitation 55%,  12 deg)
Thursday 13th: Cloudy with a little rain (Probability of precipitation 55%,  12 deg)
Friday 14th: Remaining cloudy (Probability of precipitation 25%,  11 deg)

BBC forecast for GL50 showing virtually zero rain for two weeks.
Hoses will be on by next weekend.

Yes none until then but rain predicted every day of the Festival other than Friday

Currently soft so depends on how much it dries out.

Glorious day here today - not a cloud in the sky.

Not quite Make A Stand weather but a lot warmer than it has been

Eric, where you getting your forecast from ? Looks dry all week bar very odd shower Monday.

Eric, where you getting your forecast from ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-692SSSy2ZE

it has changed again. it changes daily both were the weather when posted

Best I could find over the 3 x 2week sites was about 4mm in total rain .

They will be watering soon.

The weather forecast was much more accurate in the 70s

I can remember so many years when Cheltenham was soft on March 1 and pundits were looking for soft ground horses. Then we had drying winds for 2 weeks and they were watering. Time of year innit.

I can remember so many years when Cheltenham was gd/sft on March 11th.

We had drying winds for 40 minutes resulting in a good ground Arkle

Nocturnal

Did you have a bet on the ground been good that year ?

Evening Jimnast

Nope .... something I,ve never considered,if the COC aint got a scooby,we have no chance was my thinking.

I can remember the walk many times from the muddy field in the 90's they called a car park.

Me and my dad would be testing underfoot conditions on the way to the entrance,hilarious when I think back.

Did not take too many festivals to realise why the JCB's were already parked up on the tuesday.

TBH .... In those times I would have swam the car park if required,such was the anticipation of the three days.

What about yourself?

Good evening nocturnal

Yes I have bet on the going on a few occasions in foot and mouth year I backed heavy at 40/1 if racing had took place it would have been heavy ,however the reason I asked you was a few years ago now there was a few of us who backed good around 3 weeks before the festival at around about 7/1 some had quite lumpy bets ,anyway the official going for the supreme was good to soft but was changed to good for the arkle ,time form had the supreme ran on good,I haven’t bothered since .

The 90s were a terrific decade for the festival whilst I started in 1980 it was the 90s that stood out ,not necessarily for the horses but for as you say the anticipation,perhaps I was at the right age then and the party time was much easier .i wasn’t against 4 days but would probably choose to go back to 3

Another warm drying weather weekend and yet G/S and soft in places on the new course. He's ran riot with his watering can I reckon. I live not far from the course and there's no doubt it wood be good ground if he'd left it alone. We now have some showers forecast for today and cooler temperatures/frosty nights. I notice he hasn't clarified how much he has put from his watering can on each course on the official going page so how are we supposed to know? https://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenham/owners-and-trainers/the-going/

I thought he said 5-10mm , the rain could persist this evening , but the course quite often misses it .

Thanks update FOD ... Always good to hear it from someone local,keep them coming.

No numbers either for reduced ticket sales ... no doubt waiting for daily foot traffic to boost the attendance.

Sleet forecast on Wednesday BBC Weather

So was the original forecast posted the closest?

Summary: take your coat. Wellies on Wednesday

Thank me later for the accuracy of this advanced weather report.

Just had a light shower. Will barely have registered above 1mm.

Eric's right dress like Compo

Last 24 hours  Rain 1.8 mm   0.61 Evapotranspiration.

Latest 3mm.

Rain forecast every day my long range first post was the most accurate no problem all part of the service

i’m even good at antepost weather ffs who’d have thought that