The ashes 2023

[Lionator]

33 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

Resigned myself to seeing no play today, but I'll keep their forecast up. As you say, it's the most optimistic of the lot.

 

I'm up in Preston right now and it's brighter than it's meant to be.

I’m in Liverpool and it’s absolutely hammering it down.

[Xen]

I'm literally 5 minutes from Old Trafford and it's very, very wet, and supposedly going to keep raining for most of the day. Highly doubt we see any play today.

[Craig]

Yeah I’m near Old Trafford and it’s absolutely diabolical. I expect play to be abandoned for the day early afternoon with the amount of rain that the outfield will have to take in. 

[Stadt]

These northern hovels complain when they don’t get selected to host and the pissing rain is probably going to ruin our chance

[Ted Maul]

Resigned to the draw but the forecast is now light right rather that heavy rain today in the afternoon. 

[StanSP]

Not looking great. 90% or more chance of rain every hour. 

 

[STEVIE B]

57 minutes ago, Stadt said:

These northern hovels complain when they don’t get selected to host and the pissing rain is probably going to ruin our chance

Yes, Birmingham is much nicer 

[Stadt]

9 minutes ago, STEVIE B said:

Yes, Birmingham is much nicer 

Preferable to Manchester

[The Year Of The Fox]

15 minutes ago, STEVIE B said:

Yes, Birmingham is much nicer 

Not as nice as Weymouth 

[ealingfox]

Manchester especially is a ludicrous choice of venue for a game predicated on 5 consecutive days without rain. There has never been 5 consecutive days without rain in Manchester, ever.

 

This has nothing to do with me living in South London but all 5 Tests should be at the Oval imo.

[filbertway]

UK rainfall radar map - Met Office

Can safely say there'll be no play today  

[Ian Nacho]

AccuWeather predicting rain to stop at 12:30. 

[PhillippaT]

Just now, Ian Nacho said:

AccuWeather predicting rain to stop at 12:30. 

I was about to comment that based on the map @filbertway linked above... 

[Lionator]

4 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said:

AccuWeather predicting rain to stop at 12:30. 

Surely if every other forecast is not predicting that, then accu weather probably isn’t that accu?

[leicsmac]

1 minute ago, Lionator said:

Surely if every other forecast is not predicting that, then accu weather probably isn’t that accu?

We're likely only going to know at that time, but I've used it over here for a long while and it has been pretty reliable.

[The Year Of The Fox]

[st albans fox]

If they have enough of those squidgy things to dry the outfield, I reckon we could maybe squeeze an hour or two this afternoon and perhaps up to three tomorrow pm 

 

that should be enough time to roll them over if we’re good enough 

[st albans fox]

15 minutes ago, filbertway said:

UK rainfall radar map - Met Office

Can safely say there'll be no play today  

 

you have to move the time thingy at the bottom ! 

[st albans fox]

10 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Surely if every other forecast is not predicting that, then accu weather probably isn’t that accu?

The met office model is not far away as per my above post. It’s Possible that accuweather take their data from the met office model 

[Out Foxed]

3 hours ago, Voll Blau said:

Resigned myself to seeing no play today, but I'll keep their forecast up. As you say, it's the most optimistic of the lot.

 

I'm up in Preston right now and it's brighter than it's meant to be.

get yoursel in the Wishing Well

[HighPeakFox]

Given that we're now transformed into the Weather Thread, I'll just add that Chesterfield is decidely damp.

[foxfanazer]

2 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Given that we're now transformed into the Weather Thread, I'll just add that Chesterfield is decidely damp.

Light drizzle in Norfolk 

[Ginger_Filbert]

[Sparrowhawk]

11 minutes ago, Ginger_Filbert said:

That's not where Hope is. Hope's in Derbyshire.

 

Also, there will be gaps in the rain and an hour or two of play over the two days which is way more than England will need. They'll win by an innings, and do it easily.

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

1 hour ago, STEVIE B said:

Yes, Birmingham is much nicer 

It is not. Birmingham is a city permanently covered in smog and misery.