Game Day Weather
Tailgating
Thanks to clouds moving in overnight Friday, they act like a blanket keeping us a bit warmer for the early morning tailgaters! If you're out at 6am, don't expect to see too many stars with the sky still under a good amount of cloud cover. It'll be 47 degrees, but grab the extra jacket as the wind makes it feel like 42. Southerly winds are already at 10mph (leaves blow about, you feel the wind in your hair/on your skin). They'll pick up to 15mph by 9am (small twigs move) with the temp rising to 50 degrees.
Kickoff
High noon brings the temperature up to 54 degrees, and the wind up as well. Out of the SSW, you'll feel that steady 17mph breeze (small trees sway), and the gusts up to 25mph as well (you'll hear the wind "whistling"). Mostly cloudy skies for the kickoff.
Halftime
Mostly cloudy skies for halftime, but you'll notice the cloud cover continually increasing as the game goes on. The temp goes up a couple degrees to 56, and the wind stays just as high as at kickoff.
Post-Game
We'll hit the high for the day of 58 around the end of the game with overcast skies. Chances for a light shower come around late afternoon, and expect the main rain event to begin while you're out celebrating the win- around 1am- so you'll end up running through some rain leaving when the bar closes! The wind gusts die down a bit to 20mph at dinner-time, and they disappear by midnight, with the steady breeze calming down to 15mph, staying out of the south. Temperatures drop to 53 by 8pm, then don't go below 50 degrees until 8am Sunday when the cold front moves through.
Hail to the Victors!Christina Burkhart is a meteorologist for NBC/ABC in Traverse City, MI. She grew up in Ann Arbor and associates Saturdays with Michigan football. Go Blue!!
November 25th, 2011 at 9:30 PM ^
You are easily the BEST weatherperson I have ever seen. Your forecasts are insanely accurate and my wife and I literally wait for your posts to decide how to dress (we come up from Ohio).
Thank you SO SO much for your work here this year. If i had the power I'd upvote you a million and make you the MgoWeather chick for life!
November 25th, 2011 at 9:56 PM ^
Thank you so very much, what a nice thing to say! You made my day :) Have a safe drive up and a fantastic time at the game! Go Blue!!
November 25th, 2011 at 9:32 PM ^
Sounds as though neither team will throw long often. I doubt that was ever a part of our plan, although it would be swell to see Junior Hemingway snatch a loft or three as a parting gift. And Gallon with a slash catch. Hopefully we win the coin toss and can position the team for 2Q and 4Q winds at their backs. Ultimately the weather won't matter. We're playing at home, and we are going to send the Bucks to Hades where the weather is constant but they are obliged to listen to fake weather forecasts over eternity.
November 25th, 2011 at 9:35 PM ^
So steady winds throughout the entire game from 17-25mph? Sounds like it will have a pretty big effect on the passing/kicking games?
November 25th, 2011 at 10:10 PM ^
Wind again? Seriously? Not that it should matter, of course.
November 25th, 2011 at 10:59 PM ^
Seriously, you're awesome. I just changed plans on what I"m wearing. Unfortunately, it won't be maize now.
November 25th, 2011 at 11:21 PM ^
I brought the warm weather with me!
November 26th, 2011 at 12:05 AM ^
I'm digging these forecasts more and more.
November 26th, 2011 at 12:54 AM ^
The wind will just make it easier for Toussaint to get his 313 yards.
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