Yet amazingly fans all over the nation in their 70’s and up can sit through heavy rains all game long. SMDH
Weather for UW @ RU: Should be warm, cloudy and mostly dry, but a few sprinkles/light showers are possible
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Just got a haircut yesterday. No gel necessary lol!
Latest high resolution, short-range models which ran at 9 am this morning (HRRR and RAP, which many mets use for 12-18 hour forecasts since they run hourly) still show no measurable rain through 8 pm (although a sprinkle or two are possible, as they might not show up on radar) and then show about 0.02-0.05" of rain from a few light showers (with much of the time being dry) during the game. That's t-shirt and shorts weather for some of u,s with temps in the mid/upper 60s and light winds; the little girls with ringlets in their hair will be completely protected by their raingear, lol (that's a joke - we go through this every time, which is why I try to provide estimated rainfall amounts so people can decide on their own).
I am not going out today and buying black rain gear or ponchos. I have red and that's it. If Rutgers would like to change their permanent colors to black then I'd be happy to oblige in the future.
Absolutely….i brought a light Block R athletics jacket with me IN CASE rain is more than a “nuisance” - black - but otherwise shorts and t-shirt all day and evening,
Yep. We've had humid/warm weather (temps in the low/mid 70s during the day and upper 60s at night, just like today's forecast) with clouds and a sprinkle on occasion for days here in OCNJ and it's always t-shirt and shorts. Of course, I've also been in t-shirt and shorts for monsoon games (at least warm ones with temps over 60F).
True…it’s not “shorts” for everyone but saying “no” isn’t necessarily the case either.
Of course not. Half of our crew will be completely bundled up against any possible rain, 40% will bring a poncho just in case and I'll be in shorts and a t-shirt along with one other guy. We do these silly arguments all the time. The only useful thing is providing folks a best guess from the pros on how much rain to expect and let them decide. The rest is banter.
I will add that the Hi-Res models continue to show no rain for the tailgates and <0.05" through midnight, but they do show 0.1-0.2" from about 12 am to 3 am, so there is some risk of more significant rain if that gets in earlier. Let's hope it's a blowout win for RU and is over by 11:15 pm.
Good for them! I'm not them. Neither are the others who would rather partly cloudy than mist & drizzle. I paid my dues when I was younger (Syracuse rain game, Return of Eric LeGrand snowstorm, plenty of other soggy forgetful games).
Those games were fun! But not as much fun as WVU in 85? at the Meadowlands or Temple in 2002, which was the worst weather game I ever attended: upper 30s, pouring rain and howling wind the whole time.
RB Tanardo Sharpe ??
We should get medals of honor or medals for stupidity for staying for whole game
We should get medals of honor or medals for stupidity for staying for whole game
@SpankySuxNUTS I’m waiting …front row of the blue lot…oh wait you’re a pedo can’t be around kids, sorry!
That sounds like a perfectly "soft" day to me. It is like having a cooling tent for your tailgate.
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That being said im going in shorts and if its cool i will change to long pants in the lot
Last update before driving up from OCNJ for the game. Latest couple of runs of the hi-res models (HRRR and RAP) look great with essentially no rain for the rest of the tailgates and only a few sprinkles (<0.01") for the game. These initialized at 2 pm, so they have more recent inputs than the global models from 12Z, which initialized at 8 am, but sometimes the hi-res models are wrong (they aren't as "robust" with data inputs/assimilation or physics, typically, but that also doesn't matter quite as much under 12 hours out). Right now, most of the globals still show little to no rain through 8 pm, but diverge a bit after that with some showing some sprinkles and maybe 0.01" and some showing 0.02-0.05" like the NWS for the game. However, one model (Euro) shows 0.1" of rain from maybe 7-9 pm, which would suck - let's hope it's an outlier.
The NWS has kept it dry through 8 pm (maybe a few sprinkles that don't amount to more than 0.01" which is the criterion for "measurable") and has about 0.03" from 8 pm to 2 am (or 0.02" through midnight), which is consistent with the National Blend of Models (NBM); see their graphic below. AccuWeather has a touch more for the game (maybe 0.05"). Regardless, the only important thing is we win this damn game. Go RU!!
BOOOOM!
BTW - 95% of tailgaters in BLACK already
BTW - 95% of tailgaters in BLACK already
Some of us are wearing red for the tailgate, but have black shirts ready in the car
Line is thru... looks decent for awhile... suck it up buttercups... scarfed down White Rose with an old college buddy and I'm in the stadium early lol...didn't want to get stuck in line...
Drive up from OC and could see that band inching up towards Pway, driving through some of it on the parkway. Got to Metuchen around 5.45 pm and no rain yet but it looked like it was starting at SHI.
Went to White Rose and it rained while we were there and then on the drive to yellow, but the rain stopped by the time we got there around 7.10 pm. Saw a report that 0.04" fell which was a bit more than expected. But after that we essentially got no rain for the game (maybe 0.01") which was great even if it was a bit less than forecast. On the whole thought the forecast was pretty good. T- shirt and shorts were fine for this one.
And most importantly what a huge frickin win! 4-0 baby, even if we did get a bit lucky, although we made the bigger plays when we had to. Was a happy drive back to OC even in the rain.
Well, I drove up from OC, went to the game, drove back, slept a little, packed up did one more boardwalk stroll, ate lunch and drove home, then did food shopping, played a round of disc golf and just sat down to look at the board. So it took me awhile to get around to posting a thread, lol...
