Baby It's Cold Outside
Posted by
mickshot at 12/7/2008 9:46 AM CST on truebluefanclub.com
Good morning from downtown Pittsburgh, and no one was lying about the projected weather for today’s 4:15 p.m. (EST) kickoff here at Heinz Field between the Cowboys and Steelers. The temperature, right now, at 10:36 (EST) this morning is 21 degrees. But here’s the deal, the wind is blowing 15 mph and gusting up to 26, meaning the wind chill is 8.
Eight!
Oh, and there the little detail about 70 percent chance of show, accumulating up to one inch. We got a taste of snow flurries last night while walking back from a downtown sports bar after watching Manny Pacquiao carve up Oscar De La Hoya. Place was packed. Folks like their boxing here in Pittsburgh. Nice dusting.
And don’t think any of this is going to change as the day goes on. The projected kick-off temperature is 21, and with the winds still whipping through the city, dropping the wind chill to
seven degrees – and still a 50 percent chance of snow.
Lovely.
Mickey Spagnola