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“At least we know we won’t lose.”

            Chief D-7 Meteorologist Bob Wevodau

 

Game Day Weather Update: 4/27/05
 

This just in, D-7 meteorologist nails another forecast!   Well kind of.  That is the great thing about predicting weather, it is hard to prove anything really right or wrong.  The new NWS forecast for Saturday is a high of 75, and the weather channel has College Park with a high of 68, so we will split the difference and call it 72.  Both forecasts are giving us a 50% chance of seeing some thunderstorms roll through.  HELLO?!  I have been saying that for like weeks, thanks for finally jumping on board.  Anyway everyone agrees with the Low of 51, which should warm up to about 60 by tailgate time so I must say I am pretty pleases with this forecast.  Enjoy the game, oh and keep your eyes to the skies for that late afternoon boomer.  (Also look for great changes in the forecast since the weather gods are probably going to be angry at my cockiness).

 

 

 

I must say it is extremely hard to get psyched up to watch an intersquad scrimmage, in fact some years I think I would prefer watching paint dry, but the 2005 spring game is different.  We have a ton of questions that need to be answered before the boys suit up in August to get ready for the real enemy.  Who is going to FINALLY end the QB controversy?  Which of the LB’s will get the nod?  Who will be able to replace the irreplaceable “Lights Out”?  And then there is the kicking game.  You know what, I am going to let Friedgen worry about all that stuff and I am going to start focusing on the Spring Game as a day to drink with friends.    

 

The average high for April 30th in College Park, MD is 71 F°.   The low is about 50 F°.  A pretty much ideal spring day, not too hot that you sweat to death, but warm enough so that some of the  coeds dress like McKeldin mall is McKeldin beach, but hey I am a married man, so I’m just hoping it doesn’t rain (wink, wink).  The record high for the date is 92F° way back in 1910, and the record low is 34F° back in 1874 which makes 1910 look like yesterday.   Your take home Fact of the Day for April 30th is that it has never snowed on this date in College Park (kind of obvious, but you figure in the last 200 years there had to be at least one freak late season snow fall).         

 

On to the forecast, let’s see what those crazy farmers have in store for the 2005 Maryland Spring game.  The Farmers almanac is calling for on April 30, 2005 temperatures warmer than normal in the mid Atlantic, ok so far so good.  They go on to say that it will also be stormy.  Uh ok the second half of the forecast isn’t as good as the first half, but still we will be outside drinking and carrying on with friends.   What’s a little rain going to do (do not read this forecast’s X-factor).  So here is what I am calling for:

 

The forecast for the April 30, 2004 “Red  v. White” game is for a warm sunny day.  I am going to call for some beautiful weather to start out the day.  Then as the atmosphere warms a chance of showers and maybe an isolated thunderstorm as the day goes on.  Hopefully by then we will be long gone. The morning temps should be in the mid to lower 60’s and the afternoon should warm up to the upper 70’s or possibly low 80’s (bring your sun screen).  At least until the thunderstorms come through. 

 

The game time sunrise for College Park is for 6:09 am.  And the sunset is scheduled for 7:58 pm.  I am guessing we  won’t be around for either of those.  As of yet, no game time has been set, or at least one that I am aware of, I think you can rule out a night game though.  However if you are still up and about at night you will see a Wanning Gibbous moon in the sky, which will be about 59% full.  The moon should be coming over the horizon at about 2:09 AM and will set at around 11:27 AM.  It like most, will not be sticking around to watch the actual game.  However since I just pieced together that the moon is setting at 11:27 am don’t bother looking in the night sky for it until May 1. 

 

Look here for further updates, as we get closer to game day.

For April 30th:

  • 1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in central and eastern Texas. Hail three inches in diameter was reported at Cool, and thunderstorm winds gusted to 80 mph at Hillsboro. For the first time of record Oklahoma City went through the entire month of April without a single thunderstorm. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (The Weather Channel) I know Texas weather doesn’t have much affect on what happens in Maryland, but I just thought it was cool that there is actually a town called “Cool”.
  • 1990 - Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in southern Virginia and the Carolinas, with tennis ball size hail reported southeast of Chesnee SC. Thunderstorms moving over the Chesapeake Bay flooded U.S. Highway 50 on Kent Island MD with several inches of water resulting in a seventeen-mile long traffic jam. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) This one is a little too close for home for my liking. 

 

***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.