What weather is forecast for the Miami Grand Prix?

Will the Miami International Autodrome (Florida) offer the whole world images of radiant sunshine for the first edition of the Miami Grand Prix on May 8? Nothing is less certain if recent weather forecasts are to be believed.

While the risk of rain was around 40% on Saturday and Sunday according to the official website of the Formula 1, the probability increases by the hour, at least with a view to qualifying. This Friday, May 6, analysts are instead counting on a risk of 65% when the single-seaters will have to record the best possible time during qualifying practice.

Your first glimpse of some action around Miami 👀

The Safety Car hits the track for its first release! 🤩#MiamiGP #F1 @MercedesAMG pic.twitter.com/0nPIZs7cGj

- Formula 1 (@ F1) May 5, 2022

Humidity is expected to be high throughout the weekend with temperatures between 24 and 32 degrees. The conditions are therefore ripe for storms to break out above Miami, as was the case on Wednesday evening as the drivers arrived at the circuit to carry out promotional operations. Friday morning, a waterspout phenomenon (rotating column of air mixed with water, formed when conditions are very unstable while cold air passes over warm water) was spotted on the coast of Miami:

🌪 Check out the waterspout off the coast of Miami Beach this morning. #FLwx pic.twitter.com/5R60ltdktY

— Brandon Orr (@BrandonOrrWPLG) May 6, 2022

The Grand Prix of Miami was planned for the beginning of May in order to avoid the summer heatwave as well as the storms, which are particularly violent in this region of the United States. In 1959, the season ended at Sebring (Florida) in December for these same reasons.

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