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Let's launch with an open question: In NFL history some playoff games have featured such frigid weather that life and limb are literally endangered. The Ice Bowl turned the field into frozen concrete. In that contest and several other Polar-Bear-Games... players have lost fingers and toes permanently with frostbite. Playing football, officiating... or merely attending in -30 wind chills truly can become a risk of life.
In recent years NFL games have been delayed by thunder storms, games have been rescheduled due to viruses. So what happens if Weather Armageddon invades these playoffs?
Playoffs Round One? Weather impact should be 'Modest' in the context of January Winter:
-Dallas....no impact.
-L.A....no impact.
-Kansas City - near freezing, narrowly dodging big weather on Saturday
Modest for January, but still an impact...
-Tampa Bay...wind and rain
-Cinci...snow
-Buffalo...iffy...The game might luckily land in a window between Saturday's projected major frigidity and snow...and Sunday night snowfall.
This is 'modest' though four games potentially may see major impact from snow or wind/rain.
The really big questions come when the Final Eight compete. Discussion of that comes tomorrow with a bit more refinement of troubling longterm weather forecasts. Little hint: things could get much worse.
Reconnaissance Team A is on the job. Experts are now digging into multiple longterm models. Stay tuned.
In recent years NFL games have been delayed by thunder storms, games have been rescheduled due to viruses. So what happens if Weather Armageddon invades these playoffs?
Playoffs Round One? Weather impact should be 'Modest' in the context of January Winter:
-Dallas....no impact.
-L.A....no impact.
-Kansas City - near freezing, narrowly dodging big weather on Saturday
Modest for January, but still an impact...
-Tampa Bay...wind and rain
-Cinci...snow
-Buffalo...iffy...The game might luckily land in a window between Saturday's projected major frigidity and snow...and Sunday night snowfall.
This is 'modest' though four games potentially may see major impact from snow or wind/rain.
The really big questions come when the Final Eight compete. Discussion of that comes tomorrow with a bit more refinement of troubling longterm weather forecasts. Little hint: things could get much worse.
Reconnaissance Team A is on the job. Experts are now digging into multiple longterm models. Stay tuned.
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