Tag: AccuWeather

Notre Dame releases hype video for College Football Playoff game

Get yourself excited by watching this.

The first-round College Football Playoff game between Notre Dame and Indiana will be unlike anything Notre Dame Stadium has ever seen. For the first time officially, the Irish will be playing for their season, and it will be happening in December. That means a cold setting for football, but one that the sellout crowd is expected to fully embrace.

To that end, the Irish have released a hype video for the game narrated by 2015 Butkus Award winner and former linebacker [autotag]Jaylon Smith[/autotag]. It really leans into the idea that snow could fall during the game, but the crowd will make a lot of noise regardless.

As of this writing, the AccuWeather forecast calls for clouds with possible snow showers during the game. It also specifically says the weather will be “seasonably chilly for the playoff game”. You know a game is big when even an official weather forecast is mentioning it:

Regardless of whether it snows, it’s advisable to bundle up. More importantly though, the Irish need to hear their fans’ support in this high-stakes contest.

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EarthCam shows showers passing through Notre Dame day before game

Check out this view.

The beauty about the age we’re living in is that we can get images from angles that wouldn’t have been possible before. That includes with EarthCam, which speaks for itself.

Among those with access to EarthCam is the Northern Indiana branch of the National Weather Service. That means it can access images of weather activity at Notre Dame, where one EarthCam is set up. When they get notable images from EarthCam, they sometimes are too good not to share with the public.

South Bend had been stuck in a drought for a few weeks before it finally accumulated measurable rain again Friday. Fortunately, the rain didn’t stick around, which is good news for Irish fans who already have ascended onto campus for this weekend’s game against Miami (Ohio).

While the South Bend AccuWeather forecast calls for hot and partly cloud conditions during the game, you might be interested in seeing what campus looked like during Friday’s passing showers:

Stay dry if you’re in South Bend right now. We don’t need anyone feeling miserable ahead of the Irish hosting the RedHawks.

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No rain forecast for Notre Dame’s Shillelagh Trophy clash with Purdue

Beautiful day for football.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – If you take a look at the above photo of Ross-Ade Stadium, you’ll notice it’s a beautiful day in West Lafayette. It’s a perfect indication that the weather will cooperate for Notre Dame’s renewed Shillelagh Trophy clash with Purdue. And if you don’t believe that for certain, look no further than the official AccuWeather forecast.

The forecast indicates that the temperature will hover around the upper 80s and lower 90s throughout the game under cloudy skies. But the clouds will be nothing than an illusion for precipitation.

Just for kicks, let’s take a look at what the weather will be back in South Bend during this game. The forecast calls for similar temperatures under mostly sunny skies.

The temperatures will drop into the lower 80s and eventually upper 70s by the time the Irish return to campus. Hopefully, they’ll have the Shillelagh Trophy earned via a victory with them.

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Hurricane Eta rain bands in the forecast for Saints-Bucs in Tampa Bay

The Sunday weather forecast calls for wind and rain from Hurricane Zeta when the Saints and Buccaneers kick off at Raymond James Stadium.

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Rainy, windy conditions are in the forecast when the New Orleans Saints arrive at Raymond James Stadium for Sunday night’s matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Hurricane Eta is moving into the region, pounding the Florida Keys and sending rogue rain bands through the Gulf of Mexico coastline.

Accuweather is calling for several hours of rain and an east-northeast breeze averaging 13 miles per hour, with intermittent gusts up to around 31 miles per hour. With a high temperature of 77 degrees Fahrenheit, the RealFeel temperature accounting for humidity and wind predicts something nearer to 73 degrees. So at least it won’t be a hot and muggy evening at Tampa Bay.

It recalls their 2018 meeting, when the stadium was pounded by rain in the hours before kickoff, requiring the Buccaneers field crew to put down tarps to protect the turf. That game turned into a sloppy affair with the Saints trailing big deep into the third quarter, before a Taysom Hill blocked punt sparked a furious rally back to win 28-14.

Maybe the Saints can find more magic in their second game outdoors this season. They prepared for a mix of biting cold and strong winds a week ago against the Chicago Bears, but the weather concerns ended up being less of an issue as the day wore on. Hopefully that will prove true again on Sunday night.

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What is the weather forecast for Saints-Bears at Soldier Field?

The Chicago area is under a hazardous wind advisory just before kickoff between the Bears and New Orleans Saints at Soldier Field on Sunday.

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We’re entering the eighth week of the NFL regular season, and the New Orleans Saints are in for their first experience with rough weather. Sunday’s tilt with the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field is scheduled to kick off about an hour after a hazardous wind advisory expires, with 44-mile per hour wind gusts ripping through the Windy City. Sustained winds of about 24 miles per hour are expected to continue through game time.

That’s combining with a high temperature of just 38 degrees, making for an Accuweather RealFeel temperature of 23 degrees at kickoff. That’s expected to deteriorate down to a RealFeel forecast of 19 degrees as the sun sets and the game wraps up later Sunday afternoon.

But the Saints are confident they’ll handle it well, even if this game may require less pass attempts and shorter field goal tries than usual.

“I’m not used to playing up North in colder weather, but it’s a part of football,” said wide receiver Tre’Quan Smith, who grew up in Florida and played at UCF in college, to Nola.com’s Rod Walker. “You just have to get used to it. It’s a mind game and you just go out there and know it’s going to be cold. You can’t psyche yourself out or put too much thought into it. You have to focus on what you have to do for the game. We all know it’s going to be cold. Sean did a great job preparing us telling us about the weather.”

That might suggest a heavier workload for running backs Alvin Kamara and Latavius Murray. Kamara has been stellar this year, leading the NFL in scrimmage yards and rapidly strengthening his Offensive Player of the Year candidacy. In last year’s visit to Soldier Field with Kamara sidelined by injury, Murray racked up 150 yards of offense as a runner (27 carries for 119 yards) and receiver (5 catches for 31 yards), scoring two touchdowns.

With absences decimating the wide receiver corps — Michael Thomas and Marquez Callaway are injured, while Emmanuel Sanders is still on the COVID-19 reserve — the Saints just may need to turn to their talented duo in the backfield. And if that’s the case, they’ve proven they can handle it.

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