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Clemson Forecast
Clemson Forecast: “Tiger Hunting Season Opens on October 23rd this year.”
I really have no idea where our team is
going to be by the time this game comes around. The NC State game is so big
that it is almost silly to worry about Clemson at this point. We beat State and
this game is huge, we lose to State and well this is a good chance to give some
younger guys a chance to earn some PT. If we do beat NC State on homecoming
then the Terps are going to have 80,000 angry Clemson fans waiting for us in
Death Valley. Though the Tigers have struggled mightily this year, teams that
have lost any motivation for playing for the post season often draw their
motivation by preventing others from going to the post season as well. Let’s
hope that Friedgen can get the boys up for one of the most crucial road games of
the year. Let’s also hope that this game is to decide whether we will be 5-2
rather than something else. The average high for October 23th
in Clemson, SC is 70F°.
The low is about 45F°.
Pretty much the ideal time of the year in the Palmetto State to watch football,
believe me I have been to Death Valley in September, they don’t call it death
because of the intimidating Tiger faithful. The record high for the date is 88F°
(1941) and the record low is 27F°
(1987, I believe that was old man Tyson’s senior year). I don’t see anything to make us think
that we won’t be somewhere around those averages. However, the Farmers Almanac
is calling for a brief shot of cold air to enter the Carolina’s the weekend of
the 23rd but I don’t see that happening. I have only over ruled the
Almanac once so far this season and the results were highly successful. Do I
get cocky and do it again? Of course I do. In the long line of showing no
respect to those who got me there, I am going to toss out the Almanac and go
with my guts. So here is my highly intuitive (or reckless) forecast: The forecast for the October 23,
2004 “Tiger Tussle” game is for a beautiful clear day. A couple months ago I may
have predicted a beautiful night, but I am pretty sure now this one most likely
won’t be in prime time. The clear skies may keep the morning temperatures
slightly lower than normal, but as the sun comes up the it will warm up to a
quite pleasant day. The morning temps should be in the mid to lower 50’s and the
afternoon should warm up to the high 60’s or even into the lower 70’s. As for
precipitation, I don’t think we are going to see any rain. A great day to watch
football, now all we need is a great game to watch. . The game time sunrise for Clemson is 7:44 am. And the sunset is scheduled for 6:46 pm. Lets take a look at that for a second. Game time kick off has been set for noon. So with a noon kick off, subtract 6 hours from game time, if D-7 was there that would mean our tailgate would be 1:44 minutes old before the sun came up. Reminds me of crabbing! Maybe in 2006 we can finally get our Clemson trip together. Moving on, for those still around for the evening, there will be a waxing gibbous moon (79% full) in the South Carolina sky. The X-Factor- October 23, 1987 - Thirteen cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. It marked the sixth record low of the month for Greer SC and Columbia SC, and the ninth of the month for Montgomery AL. Showers and thunderstorms deluged Corpus Christi TX with five inches of rain. See, for those who didn’t believe me that the record low for Clemson took place in 1987, now you can stick it!! (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) Look here for further updates, as we get closer to game day. ***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. |