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Thursday’s weather forecast at Masters calls for 40 mph wind gusts, heavy rain

Luckily, the weather forecast Friday through Sunday looks picturesque.

In true Augusta fashion, rain will be making an appearance again during Masters week, challenging the world’s top golfers to perform in less than ideal conditions. However, city officials say this year, it could cause issues with traffic.

The National Weather Service in Columbia predicts a 90% chance of rain Thursday, with potential 40 mph wind gusts and heavy rainfall.

“If there’s any day that won’t be normal and we will have to deviate from the plan, it will probably be Thursday,” said John Ussery, assistant director of the Augusta Traffic Engineering Division. “Our biggest concern is if a bad storm comes through and they evacuate the course. Then we’ll have to deal with all of the traffic at a time that we’re not used to dealing with that much traffic.

“We’ll be ready and we’ll have everything prepared and staged, so if we do need to turn things around quickly, either in or out, we can do that.”

Ussery said the traffic division will send out alerts as changes are made.

“If they evacuate the course because of lightning, you don’t have to leave right away,” he said. “They will allow you to sit in the parking lot for a while. So we would recommend that people just go and find their vehicles and then maybe just sit in the car for a while. See if the weather is going to pass on through quickly, and if it is, just kind of hang out where you are. In all likelihood, they’ll let you back in shortly.”

Luckily, the weather forecast Friday through Sunday looks picturesque. Recent forecasts predict sunny skies Saturday and Sunday with high temperatures holding steady at about 80 degrees.

Best golf rainwear and apparel

We don’t think the heavy stuff is gonna come down for quite a while…

The forecast is touch and go early at Augusta this week, with rain scheduled for Thursday morning and possibly beyond.

Some people shrink away from a little rain, but we don’t think the heavy stuff is gonna come down for quite a while. If you’re reading this, you’re not one to call off a tee time just because there’s a small chance of rain, tiny gusts of wind, or a litttle nip in the air.

Here at Golfweek, we’ll weather the weather whatever the weather, and keep you as dry as possible on the course. Check out our list of best rain apparel and check back later this week for our list of best rain accessories.

Photos: PGA Tour players, fans battle inclement weather Sunday at 2024 Cognizant Classic

The tournament will resume at 8 a.m. ET on Monday.

The final round of the 2024 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was heavily delayed by inclement weather in the area, so much so that the first event of the Florida Swing will feature a Monday finish.

Play was suspended due to lightning in the area at 12:49 p.m. ET on Sunday afternoon and the course quickly became unplayable after a downpour of rain flooded greens and fairways.

The three players tied for the lead at 13 under – Shane Lowry, Austin Eckroat and David Skinns – were about 50 minutes away from starting the round when play was stopped.

The practice range was re-opened shortly after 3 p.m. ET and golfers returned to the course at 4:20 p.m. ET. At 6:23 p.m. ET, the horn blew for the final time Sunday night with Eckroat atop the leaderboard at 15 under through seven holes.

Mother Nature was the only thing keeping Erik van Rooyen from making birdies in Sunday’s final round as the 34-year-old South African started his round with six consecutive birdies before adding two more on Nos. 8 and 10 to move into the lead at 14 under before play was stopped. Van Rooyen shot a tournament-record 7-under 28 on the front nine and posted a 63 to get to 14 under. He’s in solo second.

Golf Channel and Peacock will have live final-round coverage on Monday starting at 8 a.m. ET.

The last Monday finish at the Cognizant was in 2015, when Padraig Harrington beat Daniel Berger in a playoff. The delayed finish may also impact Monday’s star-studded Pro-Member at Seminole Golf Club in nearby Juno Beach, Florida.

Photos: Weather delays Cognizant Classic

Contributing: Craig Dolch, Palm Beach Post

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Weather forecast for the 2024 Super Bowl (yes, even though Allegiant Stadium is a dome)

It’s going to be a beautiful day in Las Vegas.

Whether you’re attending the 2024 Super Bowl in person, looking to throw some money on the big game or planning to watch at home (but curious), the weather forecast for Super Bowl Sunday is a big deal.

Of course, it’s less of a big deal when the host stadium is a dome, like Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas is, because the weather most likely won’t impact the game itself — unless there’s a rainy leak situation. So before the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, here’s a snapshot of the Las Vegas weather outlook.

The general Vegas forecast for the 2024 Super Bowl Sunday is a mainly sunny day with a high of 56 degrees and a low of 36 degrees, according to The Weather Channel as of Saturday afternoon. Super Bowl 58 is set to start at 3:30 p.m. local time, and it’s expected to be about 54 degrees and sunny.

Since 2000, the typical Vegas-area weather on Feb. 11 includes and average temperature of 63 degrees with with a maximum temperature of 78 and a minimum of 51 degrees, per the National Weather Service. And there’s barely enough typical rainfall on this day to register.

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Was it so cold in Alaska that a moose froze in its tracks?

Some on social media accepted this theory while others suggested that the moose carcass had been stood up and staged for a photo opportunity.

An image showing a young moose frozen in place, still standing, was widely shared in Alaska this past week.

But was it so cold recently near Talkeetna – 35 below zero, with heavy snow drifts – that a moose could freeze to death without falling over?

Some on social media accepted this possibility while others suggested that the photographer stood the moose carcass in a clearing for a more striking image.

But Mickey Kenny, the photographer who captured the image last Monday, shot down that theory on a Sharing Alaska Facebook comment thread.

Kenny stated:

“Just for the sake of focusing our efforts in the right direction, I most definitely didn’t stage the moose, nor were there signs of anyone propping it up, though enough people have put that theory out that there must be strong reasons to believe it.”

Kenny said he returned to the site Tuesday and observed that the moose was not leaning against a tree, “but it does look like an alder sort of pinned its hip.”

Kenny added: “Seems like an easy enough thing for the moose to work through, but keeping in mind the insanely deep snow, the fierce cold spell, my thought is that it just accepted the pin and [passed] away.”

More recently, however, Kenny told Alaska’s News Source that friends told him they’d heard that the moose had been moved into the clearing by others others who discovered the carcass near a hiking trail.

Kenny is quoted: “That moose was dead and frozen on the trail, and then, you know, a friend of a friend saw a group of people — like six to eight of them, move the moose carcass off the trail — still no explanation on why it was stood up, or exactly like how it stood up so perfectly, but basically, they did that.”

That hardly solves the mystery. But the death of the moose, regardless of circumstances, illustrates how tough winters can be for large animals that don’t hibernate and can’t easily hide from the elements.

Weather update: Final round postponed until Monday. PGA Tour Chief Referee Gary Young is ‘hopeful’ that 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am will be 72 holes

“Our regulations say we need to make every effort to play 72 holes, which includes playing on Monday,” Young said.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Whether Wyndham Clark already is the winner of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am or he’ll have to play 18 more holes to earn it rests on the shoulders of Mother Nature.

The final round of the tournament is in doubt due to high winds and rain forecasted for Sunday.

UPDATE: The final round, originally scheduled to begin at 7:45 a.m. PT, has been postponed due to inclement weather conditions at Pebble Beach Golf Links. The final round is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. PT. Full story here.

On Saturday, PGA Tour Chief Referee Gary Young said he’s “hopeful” that the tournament will be able to complete 72 holes, but there is a possibility that Clark, who shot a course-record 60 on Saturday to grab a one-stroke lead after 54 holes, could be declared the winner. One decision already has been made: out of an abundance of caution, no spectators will be allowed on property for the final round if it is played on Sunday. (If the final round is pushed to Monday, spectators would be admitted.)

“Our regulations say we need to make every effort to play 72 holes, which includes playing on Monday,” Young said. “We would not start play on Monday if we knew we couldn’t finish the round on Monday. So, the drop-dead time on that would mean we would have to start play on Monday by 10:15 a.m. at the latest in order to complete play.”

Young said that his staff would be on site at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Sunday at 5 a.m. local time, to assess the situation and message players at 5:15 to provide an update on the status of the tournament and let them know whether there’s going to be a delay to tee times. The final round was scheduled to start at 7:45 a.m.

Pebble Pro-Am: Monday tee times

“We have really high winds forecasted, it hasn’t come down at all. (Our weatherman) is talking about gusts of 60 (miles per hour) and even above that range, so sustained winds 35 to 40 miles per hour in the morning,” Young said, noting that between one and three inches of rain also is expected.

Asked the chances that 72 holes would be completed, Young said, “I’m hopeful right now. I mean, we have been playing a pretty soggy golf course. Obviously if we get upwards of two to three inches on the high side right now, then that makes that a little more doubtful.”

The forecast Monday is for showers in the morning too. The course already is waterlogged from a collection of on-and-off rain throughout the week.

“We just want to make sure that on Monday, if we get to that point, that the golf course is such that we are conducting a good quality championship, the conditions are of professional standards,” Young said. “We want to make sure that the golf course is of the quality on Monday that we would not want golf balls disappearing into the fairways and losing golf balls.”

The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am required a Monday finish last year; this would be the third Monday finish in the last year six year, the other being 2019. The AT&T was shortened to 54 holes in 2009; the last time a Tour event was shortened to 54 holes was at the 2016 Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

There also is a scenario where play could extend to Tuesday.

“Our regulation states that we can’t start play on Monday without knowing that we could finish play on Monday. If we did that and then for some reason weather rolled in on us that caused us to delay again, if more than half the field has finished play, then we would extend play into Tuesday,” he explained. “But we would need more than half of them to have completed their round on Monday.”

Updated weather forecast for Steelers vs. Bills wild card game

Just as NY Governor Kathy Hochul wanted, the weather conditions at Highmark Stadium should free up the passing game for Josh Allen to do Josh Allen things.

Just as New York Governor Kathy Hochul wanted, the weather conditions at Highmark Stadium should free up the passing game for Josh Allen to do Josh Allen things. The Pittsburgh Steelers‘ defense just needs to minimize it.

Mason Rudolph has yet to be tested by a top-10 defense, but hopefully, Mason Rudolph can do Mason Rudolph things, too.

According to the Weather Channel, the percentage for precipitation will be widdled down to 11 percent with mostly cloudy skies. Southwest winds are forecasted at 10 miles per hour, putting the feels-like temperature around five degrees.

For comparison, the miserable weather for the Kansas City Chiefs-Miami Dolphins — negative four degrees (record for coldest game at Arrowhead) and whipping 25-mile-per-hour winds — didn’t keep Patrick Mahomes and Tua Tagovailoa from slinging it for 461 total yards.

So, it’ll be an even playing field, just as the (in)convenient delay was meant to do.

Thanks, New York.

Now, Steelers — do your thing!

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Notre Dame Football: Cold Weather Appears to be Nothing for New Irish Linebacker

How are you staying warm this weekend?

If you’re in the Midwest this week or if you watched the Chiefs vs. Dolphins NFL playoff game on Saturday night, you don’t need a reminder that it’s frigid in region.  Temperatures dipped below 0 Saturday night and in large sections aren’t supposed to be back above 0 for a few days.

That doesn’t seem to bother at least one member of Notre Dame’s 2024 recruiting class, though.

Kyngston Viliamu-Asa spent Saturday night hanging out with a couple of his new teammates and journeyed about Eddy Street at one point.  That’s when fellow-incoming freshman Cam Williams posted a picture to Instagram of Viliamu-Asa with Kedren Young.

In it Viliamu-Asa clearly isn’t impacted by the weather as he’s wearing shorts and slides.

Meanwhile I’m here dressing myself like the little brother in A Christmas Story just to take my dog out to go to the bathroom.

Viliamu-Asa’s hometown of Bellflower, California this week calls for a high of 71-degrees with an overnight low all the way down to just…46.

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Twitter reacts to icicles growing on Chiefs HC Andy Reid’s mustache

Twitter shared its thoughts about the icicles growing on the mustache of #Chiefs head coach Andy Reid.

The Kansas City Chiefs are playing against the Miami Dolphins in sub-zero temperatures at Arrowhead Stadium tonight, and fans have been documenting the absolutely brutal weather conditions on social media all day.

While snow isn’t playing a factor in the game, the exceedingly cold air has made life difficult for players on the field and made the viewing experience less than comfortable for those in attendance.

One of the more comical aspects of the night’s events is happening right under Chiefs head coach Andy Reid’s nose. The decorated skipper’s signature mustache has been growing literal icicles on Kansas City’s frigid sideline, and users on Twitter made a point to comment about his cartoonish look while watching the Saturday night matchup.

While the Chiefs are heading into halftime with a two-score lead over Miami, the condition of Reid’s cookie broom is starting to dominate the discourse about the game online.

Check out some of Twitter’s top reactions to Reid’s remarkable frozen facial hair:

Winter weather alters ticket policy for Notre Dame’s game vs. Miami

Important info regarding Sunday’s game.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – I picked one heck of a wintry weekend to come to South Bend and cover the two Notre Dame basketball games. Without going into details, I’ve been exposed to the snowy and windy elements that have hit the areas and am thawing in my hotel room as I’m writing this. Outside, the snow and wind continue to blow without mercy.

In light of this and the wind chill advisory about to go into effect for St. Joseph County, Notre Dame has announced changes for those who planned or are planning to go to Purcell Pavilion for the women’s basketball game against Miami. These are necessary with wind chills that could fall to 25 degrees below zero.

Anyone who previously bought tickets and is unwilling or unable to attend the game can exchange those tickets for tickets to any remaining regular-season home game. However, no refunds will be given.

Additionally currently without a ticket who wishes to attend will be admitted free of charge. If you have not seen the Irish yet this season and haven’t bought a ticket yet but wish to see them, this is the perfect opportunity to do so. You’ll have to brave some nasty elements to get there though.

Whether you’re attending the game or not, if you’re in one of the many areas around the country currently affected by winter weather, stay safe. We don’t want anything to happen to our readers, and it won’t if you’re smart enough about your safety.

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