Saturday evening, 7 PM CDT kickoff, in Champaign, IL.
I'm getting quite tired from typing "chance of rain" every single game thus far in 2019. lol.
I wasn't worried about the Northern Illinois game, as I mentioned only a slight chance and the off chance it rained, it would be scattered, light, and brief. It obviously was a nice (warm, humid) evening in Lincoln.
Unfortunately, the upcoming night game in Illinois is another story. Because if it does rain, there's a good chance for strong thunderstorms and heavy downpours. This precipitation event will be associated with a cold front -- moving into a very warm, humid air mass. The question now is the timing of the front and associated precipitation. And I do not have a clear answer to that at this point. I can tell you one computer model suggests frequent storms throughout the game, which would likely lead to delays. But other computer models are much slower with the arrival of the front and precipitation -- keeping it dry until well after the game. So that's what I've got to keep an eye on this week.
Otherwise, it is likely to be warm, humid, and no rain during the daytime. Highs in the 80s. If this coming Saturday's game was played in the afternoon, I doubt there'd be any rain concerns.
I'll update in a couple of days.
I'm getting quite tired from typing "chance of rain" every single game thus far in 2019. lol.
I wasn't worried about the Northern Illinois game, as I mentioned only a slight chance and the off chance it rained, it would be scattered, light, and brief. It obviously was a nice (warm, humid) evening in Lincoln.
Unfortunately, the upcoming night game in Illinois is another story. Because if it does rain, there's a good chance for strong thunderstorms and heavy downpours. This precipitation event will be associated with a cold front -- moving into a very warm, humid air mass. The question now is the timing of the front and associated precipitation. And I do not have a clear answer to that at this point. I can tell you one computer model suggests frequent storms throughout the game, which would likely lead to delays. But other computer models are much slower with the arrival of the front and precipitation -- keeping it dry until well after the game. So that's what I've got to keep an eye on this week.
Otherwise, it is likely to be warm, humid, and no rain during the daytime. Highs in the 80s. If this coming Saturday's game was played in the afternoon, I doubt there'd be any rain concerns.
I'll update in a couple of days.
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