The sky was high and clear, an inverted empty bowl, but the forecast called for rain late Sunday morning, continuing until at least Monday afternoon.
Prices of corn and soybean futures ended sharply lower after forecasts called for mostly wet weather in key growing regions.
Pentagon officials said the forecast called for bad weather for much of this week.
And he has backed that up in a new forecast, appropriately called "Beyond 7,000."
Organizers moved the race up a day because today's forecast called for snow.
He said today's forecast called for a sunny morning with some clouds and a high temperature in the mid-20's.
Gazprom's natural gas production forecast called for only modest production growth of about 1.3% by 2008.
But the forecast called for a storm, the voice warned, and added, "Talk to you in about an hour."
The final-round forecast called for more sun, meaning conditions should be a little harder, and the pressure will obviously be greater.
Weather conditions were good at the time but forecasts called for rougher weather later in the day.