MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IS UPON US AND FOR RACE FANS IT MEANS THE GREATEST DAY IN AMERCIAN MOTORSPORTS. THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 AND THE COCA-COLA 600 ARE SCHEDULED TO BE RUN ON SUNDAY MAY 28TH. NEITHER RACES SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WEATHER SLOWING DOWN THE FESTIVITIES AS NO RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST FOR EITHER AREA.

THE 90TH RUNNING OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 WILL BE RACED ON THE 2.5 MILE LONG INDIANAPOLIS MOTORSPEEDWAY IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. THE GREEN FLAG IS SCHEDULED TO WAIVE AFTER 1PM EST. THE INDY 500 IS SANCTIONED BY THE INDY RACING LEAGUE, OR IRL. FANS WILL NEED TO BE SURE AND PACK THEIR COOLERS FULL OF ICE AND WATER. SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY AS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH 90 DEGREES. ALONG WITH THE HEAT IT WILL ALSO FEEL HUMID. HEAT INDEX NUMBERS WILL BE AROUND AND ABOVE 100 DEGREES.

THE COCA-COLA 600 WILL BE RUN AT THE 1.5 MILE LONG LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA. THE GREEN FLAG IS SCHEDULED TO GO OUT AROUND 7PM EST. THE COCA-COLA 600 IS THE LONGEST NASCAR NEXTEL CUP RACE OF THE YEAR. TEMPERATURES SHOULD ECLIPSE 90 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND WILL FALL INTO THE 70'S AFTER DARK. HUMIDITY WILL NOT BE AS HIGH IN CONCORD AS IT WILL BE IN INDIANAPOLIS BUT WILL STILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO MAKE THINGS LESS COMFORTABLE.

A DOMINANT RIDGE WILL DEVELOP IN THE JETSTREAM RESULTING IN A LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT WILL CONTROL THE WEATHER IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE UNITED STATES.