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FSU Game Day Weather
Florida State Forecast:
“The Trail of Tears Leads to College Park.” Chief D-7 Meteorologist Bob Wevodau
This is the part where I say something inspiration and talk about how bad the Terps are going to whip up this weekend. Well let me be honest. This one is going to be tough. Don’t get me wrong, the Indians have surrounded the band wagon, but I am certainly not jumping off. It is just that we will have to play our absolute best and play error free and hope for some freakish plays to bounce our way and then we can win. It is certainly not out of the question based on how FSU “handled” Syracuse. The weather for that one was pleasant enough (Dome = Weak), but lets see what’s in store for the October 30 game.
The average high for October 30th in College Park, MD is 63F°. The low is about 45F°. The days of short sleeves and sandals are just about numbered for the year, but this is our second to last home tailgate so we shouldn’t complain. The record high for the date is 82F° (1996 when a bunch of young bucks were banging around College Park) and the record low is a class canceling 26F° (1873).
Once again, I feel a little let down by the Farmers Almanac on this one. They always, ALWAYS, have a detailed forecast for New England and the Carolina’s, and then they don’t even mention the Mid-Atlantic! So once again I am going to have to piece something together somewhere between the two regions. Farmers Almanac is officially calling for stormy weather over New England and clearing over the Carolina’s. I think basically what they are calling for is a system to come through from the southwest to northeast. It sounds like we will get rain before the game, maybe Friday, and then it will move out for game time. I think I am going to go with that. So here is my forecast:
The forecast for the October 30, 2004 “Federal and State Criminals” game is for a beautiful clear day. I am going to call for some clouds early and maybe even brief showers but it should all be gone by game time. The anticipated cloud cover should keep the morning from being too cold, but the clearing and ensuing winds should keep the afternoon temperature from getting too high . The morning temps should be in the mid to lower 50’s and the afternoon should warm up to the low 60’s. As for precipitation, I think we are going to see clearing skies and little to no chance of rain. If any, it would be early. Not a bad day to watch football, hopefully the 50,000+ in attendance will have the same rosy outlook by the fourth quarter.
The game time sunrise for College Park is for 7:33 am. And the sunset is scheduled for 6:09 pm. Remember October 30 is the last day of daylights savings time, so on Sunday you will have extra time to sleep off your hangover. As of yet, no game time has been set. Unless we can run the table and get back into the top 25, I foresee an afternoon game. If we do get blessed with a late game you will find a Wanning Gibbous moon in the sky. That is a moon that is 94% full (should make for an interesting Halloween). The moon should be coming over the horizon at about 7:34 PM.
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.
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