Aintree may resume watering in the next day or so should showers fizzle out before the three-day John Smith's Grand National meeting begins on Thursday.
Officials at the Merseyside track are happy with the state of the going but there is no guarantee any more rain will fall before the weather looks like settling down for the second half of the week.
"There's no change to ground conditions. The Mildmay and hurdle courses are good and the National course is good, good to soft in places," said clerk of the course Andrew Tulloch.
"It's been overcast with the odd bit of drizzle about. I think we are going to possibly get the odd shower and then we will keep an eye on it. It might rain again on Monday. We will have to see what the forecast is - it's a bit uncertain at the moment.
"We may start watering - we will just have to see what happens and then make a decision. We are all right at the moment, but I wouldn't discount watering again if we need it, which I think is probably likely.
"The weather looks like it is going to be fine for the three days of the meeting. Ground-wise we would really like to maintain what we have got. That's what we are looking for in an ideal world.
"Showers being showers we may get one, we may not. I'm very happy with what we have got at the moment and we will keep an eye on it."
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