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Temple Weather Report
“I look to the future and what do I see? A bunch of little Owls running from me.” -Testudo the Terrapin
Update: Well the weather certainly has been in the news a lot this week. The Denton 7 Weather Department’s current forecast for this Saturday’s Temple game is High’s in the 70’s and low’s in the 50’s with no rain. Apparently the National Weather Service only partially agrees. It appears that our high is right on the money with a forecast of 74 for this Saturday (and for a 6pm start the High is really the only thing that matters) so we will take credit for that. The NWS is calling for showers, roughly a 30% chance. I am not buying into that as of right now. Reason being that Hurricane Frances is about to make landfall on the Florida Panhandle as I write this, with such a huge system of tropical moisture heading somewhere in the East Southeast US, I think models are running really funny right now. One advisory has Frances going into Alabama and Central Tennesee, and then the advisory 4 hours later will have it moving up towards the NC/Tenn border. They seem to shift back and forth implying to me that no one really knows what is going to go on later this week, so I am going to stick with my original forecast and hope we see a great Saturday. If we do not get rain, I feel our current low forecast of the upper 50’s is still a touch too far off, I am going to raise that to the low 60’s. The NWS current low forecast is 68F right now, but that is assuming we have rain and clouds which prevents the warm air in the atmosphere from escaping at night. If the rain doesn’t come and it remains clear, then the lower 60’s will probably be close to the actual low.
The much-anticipated Temple game will be the first tailgate with all of D-7 in attendance and that right there is enough to forecast a good time, but what will I wear and how should I dress to this pre-Temple Crush shindig?
The historical high for September 11 in the DC metro area is 81F°. The low is about 64F°. This is quite similar to the averages for the NIU game. The record high for the date is a blazing 98F° (God help us) and the record low is a down right cold 40F°.
From the looks of it, we will have a better shot at setting a record low than we do seeing a record high. The farmer’s almanac (and remember people with Ag degrees are always right) is calling for some unseasonably cool weather to be hanging out over our region for this game. In fact they went so far as to say “Chilly”. The one saving grace is that the game will most definitely be dry, with no precipitation in the area. So here is my forecast:
The forecast for the September 11, 2004 “Temple Tromp” game is for a beautiful clear day. The temperature isn’t going to be nice enough to break out the tank tops but it shouldn’t be like last years UVA game either. The morning is going to be in the low 50’s which will require jeans and long sleeves, but the afternoon should warm up to the 70’s so you will be able to ditch those jackets at some point. Overall, expect a perfect autumn day to watch the Terps play. The chance of rain is zippy.
The game time sunrise (for Bixler and any other early birds) is set for 6:46 am. And the sunset is scheduled for 7:21 pm, which should be about half time.
Look here for further updates, as we get closer to game day. The X Factor- There really hasn’t been any significant weather event in the Mid Atlantic area on this date. In fact in my research I only saw one incident east of the Mississippi that was even close to news worthy (some flooding in Maine). I don’t think 2004 will be any different, though this game will occur in the heart of hurricane season so stay tuned. ***This is a disclaimer to remove all responsibility on myself if this forecast is wrong. Being that it is very difficult to predict the weather greater than 48 hours in advance, the odds of needing this disclaimer are about 100%. However I do believe this forecast will be pretty close to what we can actually look to expect.
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