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Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 6:17 PM
Subject: PPA&M Forecast
The big thanks to Incline Club member Tony Eckel for providing this to us:-)
It is on the www site at http://www.skyrunner.com/peak.htm if you have a problem
reading the columns in this mail.
You all have a good one and run smart!!!!
Go out hard, when it hurts speed up...
Matt Carpenter
www.skyrunner.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Eckel Frederick A Capt
To: Matt Carpenter
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 4:55 PM
Subject: PPA&M Forecast
******* 1999 Pikes Peak Ascent Weather Forecast *******
Mostly sunny with scattered high clouds (base around 15,000ft) at race start
time. Clouds will be slowly thickening and lowering throughout the morning
with cloud base moving down to around 12,000 ft by mid day. Expect the top
1-2000 ft of the Peak to be in and out of the clouds from 1100AM on, with
visibility dropping down to 1/4 mile at times. Light rain (mixed with snow
above 13,500) is likely around the Peak starting early afternoon. Expect
thunderstorms by mid afternoon. Winds on top will be picking up from 10mph
in the morning to 20mph by mid afternoon.
-------------- Temperatures --------------
Location Time
07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
Manitou 65
Barr Camp 52 53 53 53
Peak (tmp/wnd chill) 39/34 37/32 35/30 33/28 33/25 33/20
******* 1999 Pikes Peak Marathon Weather Forecast *******
Some early morning clouds will be dissipating at start time, giving mostly
sunny skies over the Peak for the most of the morning. By late morning,
expect the clouds to build back in with bases around 11,000ft. Top 1-2000
ft of the Peak to be in and out of the clouds from 1100AM on, with
visibility dropping down to 1/4 mile or less. Showers (with snow on top)
starting early-mid afternoon. Winds 15-25mph on the Peak.
(NOTE: This forecast will be updated same time tomorrow.)
-------------- Temperatures --------------
Location Time
07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Manitou 62 74 75 75 75 71 70 70 70
Barr Camp 48 53 57 59 58 57 52 51
Peak (tmp/wnd chill) 39/22 41/25 44/28 35/13 33/11 33/11
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