ORCV Melbourne to Geelong (M2G)

Shiny, Brass Monkey.

Following on from Brass Monkey, here is the latest deal on the weather for the 2011 Melbourne to Geelong. There should be a bit of sun, so shiny brass monkey it is! (For the air mass is way, way, way, cold).

The Brass have complied the following material, "Well, the weather forecasters are not working from the same hymn book today. PredictWind and the BoM have different views as to the wind strength tomorrow. So accordingly, we will talk about the stronger of the forecasts. Our local team of weather gurus suggest that tomorrow will be a fairly solid 20-25 knots of breeze, coming approximately directly FROM Geelong. However, to brighten our day, the rain looks like it will have eased, long before we need to strip off into club attire for the celebrations at RGYC."

"The clips from the website this evening show that the big High is progressing slowly. If you have been following the weather of late, it looks like the isobars are starting to spread out, which is a clear sign of easing winds. And so looking at the satellite photo, we can get an idea that the worst of the rain and hail has passed. The dark patch (without clouds) is still a bit off, so we do not expect to be requiring sunscreen and bathing costumes in the marina!"

"Overall, the outlook is for a great finale to the Winter Series, with the wonderful run to Geelong and what a fitting end to a competitive series it will be!!!"

1000hrs on Port Phillip - QED.

PredictWind - especially the GFS model, is a bit kinder - more of the fresh and less of the frightening....

However, unlike before, there is no tailing off to effectively nothing, as the day goes on.

Want to part of that fun thing called the Geelong event on September 10? Go HERE. That's press the 'here' to get in the Geelong, Geelong, Geeelong, Geelong, Geelong, Geelong, Geelong event. Did we mention Geelong? Press HERE to go to GEELONG on September 10.

As each race finishes, the MWS results will be HERE.

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Woollies and the Hawks are go!

© John Curnow, ORCV Media

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	Celebrating its 41st consecutive running - the Winter Series was first run in 1972 and is still the same format today! Be a part of the Bay's hottest racing at the coldest time of year or just pop out at the end, for the Bay's favourite bash - the event officially known just as Melbourne to Geelong, but you may have other names for it...
	In September, the Melbourne to Geelong event  finishes the Winter Series off and there will be presentations at RGYC for it. Of course, by the time Stanley comes around,  you just know Silly Season proper is upon you...
	Many thanks to Hobbos and particularly Tony Dawson for getting our favourite shooters - Teri and Alex - out on the water aboard Privateer. Many thanks also to Jon Bilger and his PredictWind   team who provide us with great information for both Race Management and Marketing Communications, alike.