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It is too early to say if the rain will be heavy enough to significantly affect passing and kicking or if it will be lighter rain that will be more of a nuisance for fans. Flooding is possible in isolated areas across the region Saturday night into Sunday, but it doesn’t look like the rain will be heavy enough to raise widespread flooding concerns despite how wet it has been this month. and this winter to date.
Temperatures will be much more comfortable than during the Ravens’ last game on Saturday against the Houston Texans in Baltimore, when the temperature around kickoff was 24 degrees with a wind chill of 4 degrees. The weekend before, the Chiefs hosted the coldest game ever at Arrowhead. Stadium and the fourth coldest game in NFL history against the Miami Dolphins, with an initial temperature of -4 degrees and a wind chill of -27.
The rain could end with a little snow Sunday night before the precipitation clears up.
The weekend begins with a partly to mostly cloudy and mostly dry Saturday, at least for much of the day. Rain should reach the Baltimore-Washington region from the west and south early Saturday afternoon, with periods of rain likely overnight and into much of Sunday.
It is not impossible that the rain could taper off to lighter showers on Sunday afternoon, or that there could be a timely break in the rain during the game, which is scheduled for 3 pm. Either way, it is a humid, cooler and increasingly windy climate. day with temperatures mainly in the 40s. Winds should be from the north, sustained between 10 and 15 mph, with some gusts near 20 mph.
Rainfall total amounts of about 0.5 to 1 inch should not cause widespread flooding, but flooding is possible in isolated areas given how saturated the ground is.
Could the rain end in snow Sunday night?
Models show lingering rain showers could turn to wet snow showers Sunday afternoon and overnight, especially north of DC, including in and around Baltimore. Some models are even predicting accumulation of about half an inch.
It is not certain that the atmosphere will cool enough to change rain to snow before precipitation ends, and even if it does, the model’s accumulation forecasts are likely exaggerated given that temperatures will likely not fall below 30 degrees.
Still, we can’t rule out a heavier flurry of snow causing light accumulation, especially in green areas north and west of DC and Baltimore, and perhaps even a coating of slushy snow on sidewalks and side roads if temperatures They drop to around 32 to 40 °C. 34 degrees.
One of the wettest Januarys and winters so far.
The 4.26 inches of precipitation in Washington from Jan. 1 through Wednesday is about double the normal amount for the period, following D.C.’s fourth-wettest December on record at 6.43 inches. At 10.69 inches since December 1, this is the city’s second wettest winter to date, just one inch behind the 11.69 inches that had fallen during the same period in the winter of 1936-1937.
Washington has already seen five calendar days with an inch or more of rain since Dec. 1, the most in any winter to date. The most during an entire winter was six, which occurred in both 1901-1902 and 1884-1885.
This is also the second wettest winter to date in Baltimore, where the 12.36 inches through Wednesday are just behind the 12.59 inches that had fallen to date in 1936-1937.
Ian Livingston contributed to this report.