Quick Radar update (4/27)

Right now, the NYC area is experiencing a lull in the rain. This seems to be a good sign, but we aren't out of the woods yet. Check out the following radars (as of 1:15 PM - please click on them for the up to the minute version:

First, you can see the current lull in the precip:






Next, you can see what is coming from our south. It looks like most of these showers and T-Storms will miss the Bronx to the South and East






And just to be safe we will look even FURTHER south to see what will be heading towards the area at around game time. This concerns me a little more, but the storm tracks still indicate that the heaviest precip will miss the Bronx to the South and East again. Lets hold our fingers with this batch of precip:




Read the full post, after the jump

More weather boringness... (Friday 4/27 vs. Boston)

I really am sick of having to give weather updates. This is the worst season for weather that I can remember for a WHILE.

There is moderate to heavy rain moving through the tri-state area at the current time. The forecast is for the heaviest and steady rain to be gone by around 6 PM, giving way to more showery conditions.

Once again, I can't predict what the often times unpredictable Yankee Stadium grounds crew is going to do. A lot of times it doesn't even seem like they consult with local meteorologists before making their game-canceling decisions.

My gut feeling is that the game will get in tonight based on the looks of the radar and by reading what the scientific weather discussion has to say. In addition, the official forecast only has a 50% chance of rain for tonight. Hopefully the grounds crew will look into that information as well.








Radars as of 9:45 AM - click each radar to get the UP TO DATE image

Back later with an update if it is warranted. Read the full post, after the jump

ANOTHER weather update (Thursday - OK, Friday - UH-OH)

So, after the plug was pulled on Wednesday night's game early, we move onto the weather situation for the rest of the week. Luckily today (Thursday) seems to be a lull in the unsettled weather that is due to impact our region through Saturday. Temps tonight for Phil Hughes' debut will be in the upper 40's under mostly cloudy skies. Showers are due to head in after midnight, so the game should be long over.

Overnight into midday Friday is when the HEAVY rain will move in (over an inch possible in some spots).

By tomorrow night, the heaviest rain will be over, but there will be scattered showers/ T-Storms at night. Basically it all depends how the weather sets up - when there will be drier periods and breaks in the rain or if the storm moves out quicker than prognosticated. The only positive is that the definite heavy rain will be occurring on Friday morning and will be over by early afternoon.

I have seen the Yankees cancel a lot of games before just because it has been raining all day, so that is a possibility as well.

Friday is going to have to be a wait and see at this point. Under normal circumstances I would say there is a greater than 50% chance of a rain-out but it is a Friday night game, it is a Friday night game against Boston, and it is a Friday night game against Boston two days after a rain-out.

I'll give updates as I see appropriate. Read the full post, after the jump