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Wild weather to add the XPD challenge.

Louise Foulkes / Geocentric / 09.02.2006

A recent mid-summer cold weather snap, which brought small dumps of snow down to 900m, has re-confirmed the seriousness of the conditions for XPD competitors.

Overnight temperatures fell to 0.5ºc on Hobart’s Mt Wellington, whilst wind gusts up to 70km/h were also reported. In the state’s central and north-west, early morning temperatures have hovered in the bone-chilling 0º-5ºc zone.

However, forecasts for the next few days predict day-time temperatures rising to a balmy 26ºc.

According to Race Director Craig Bycroft, these changeable conditions are what make Tasmania’s edition of XPD such an intriguing event.

“When we first highlighted Tasmania as a possible XPD location, we knew weather would play a huge part in the event,� Bycroft said.

“But snow in February? You just can’t factor that into the equation- no matter how prepared you think you are!�

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