Football on ice!

[displacedinMN]

It is going to be cold in Minneapolis for the playoff game.

This will not be as cold as the Polar Vortex that we had two years ago.
I had -45 wind chill, -32 actual temperature.
There is a thread around here somewhere.

The NWS forecast:

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -8. Wind chill values as low as -23. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
Sunday

Sunny and cold, with a high near 3. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

This will be one of the coldest games in NFL history. They are asking fans to take precautions to prepare for the cold. If it is this cold, it could be anyone's game.

http://www.startribune.com/vikings-to-cope-with-cold-in-different-ways/364603431/

http://www.kare11.com/story/sports/nfl/2016/01/07/seattle-seahawks-minnesota-vikings-playoffs-cold-weather-gear/78427116/

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14526862/nfl-playoffs-seattle-seahawks-minnesota-vikings-brace-historically-cold-game

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14525394/seven-ways-nfl-players-stay-warm-frigid-conditions-nfl

question-If it was THAT cold -45. Would the NFL cancel/postpone/move the game in the name of saftey of players and fans.

My weather site.
http://weather.rms.rdale.org

[Bugeater]

Yes, I think there is a point where the NFL would have to consider other options but I have no idea what they would do. I know I wouldn't sit through those temps. Won't be an issue again after this year though.

[Why Not?]

Yeah, dude. Not a good look for the NFL if 45,000 people die at a game

[Rain Man]

What's the big deal? It'll be above zero by game time. It's not like the Chiefs playoff game back in 1995 or whenever.

[tk13]

This is why I thought the Vikings should try to win last weekend against Green Bay. Yeah you get Seattle... but they're at home and it is going to be freeeeezing.

[Bugeater]

This is why I thought the Vikings should try to win last weekend against Green Bay. Yeah you get Seattle... but they're at home and it is going to be freeeeezing.
I'm not really sure it's going to be that much of an advantage for the Vikings, sure they're a little more used to dealing with cold but it's still going to have an effect on them as well.

[CaliforniaChief]

Fortunately Tom Coughlin won't be coaching in this game.

http://blog.northjersey.com/images/Coughlin0111.jpeg

[displacedinMN]

Jim Cantore of TWC

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:14532247

[displacedinMN]

the 1996 Chiefs-Indy is #3 coldest playoff game -6F

The schedule has changed since the Vikings played outside.
There is a bye week, season starts a week later.

[Deberg_1990]

I remember in 2007 when the Giants and Plaxico Burreas dominated the Packers at Lambeau in the frigid cold.

[Eleazar]

What's the big deal? It'll be above zero by game time. It's not like the Chiefs playoff game back in 1995 or whenever.

I don't think it's a big deal. People do all kinds of things outside when it's 0. It isn't that uncommon here. I don't think Minneapolis cancels school until it's -20.

Anybody who is going to the game needs to dress accordingly but that is common sense.

That being said, I live walking distance from the stadium and I wouldn't go sit out there for free ticket.

[displacedinMN]

I don't think it's a big deal. People do all kinds of things outside when it's 0. It isn't that uncommon here. I don't think Minneapolis cancels school until it's -20.

Anybody who is going to the game needs to dress accordingly but that is common sense.

That being said, I live walking distance from the stadium and I wouldn't go sit out there for free ticket.

Its at least -20. Our district (Robbinsdale) is about the same, but there is no written rule.

Once it gets 'cold' we get used to it. Then it is not a problem.

[displacedinMN]

The Seahawks have never played in temperatures lower than 16 degrees.

[lewdog]

Ive watched football in below zero temps many times.

Not a huge deal.

[displacedinMN]

http://photos.twincities.com/2016/01/08/snow-cold-nothing-new-for-vikings-fans/

[Toby Waller]

its still better for the Vikings in some ways.
Seattle is use to 30 degrees and rainy.

but cold weather and stadium full of fans that arent yours/Seahawks might help

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Wish Peyton Manning was playing there ,heh

[Toby Waller]

Wish Peyton Manning was playing there ,heh

I think weather affects things.

the logic that a guy loses all the time because its cold weather is false/dumb/ignorant etc.

[JoeyChuckles]

A bit off subject looking at your site, but how do you calculate the cloud base? Is there instrumentation that does that?

[Buzz]

Oh, hell no, I hate being cold but that's going to be stupid cold. Frostbite, no thanks.

[displacedinMN]

A bit off subject looking at your site, but how do you calculate the cloud base? Is there instrumentation that does that?

that is done by the software. WeatherDisplay.
It would use current pressure and wind to calculate the base.

from the author and the forum =((outdoor_temperature(c)-dewpoint(c))*412) (ft)

(Temp - Dewpoint)/4.5 gives the height of the clouds above ground level in thousand feet when the temperatures are in °F .

then a reply

Don't take it too seriously, it's an estimate of where clouds could start to form, but it's not an absolute value - you need big bucks equipment to actually measure cloud height and coverage.

Always fun to talk weather.

[O.city]

I know it's anti badass football fan, but those northern teams should be dome teams.

I wanna see the ideal conditions for these games, not a frozen bowl .

[displacedinMN]

I know it's anti badass football fan, but those northern teams should be dome teams.

I wanna see the ideal conditions for these games, not a frozen bowl .

Time for an open air bowl game in Buffalo, Minnesota, Northern Territories

[Kman34]

I would go for 2 every time....kicking long extra points will suck...

[Toby Waller]

I know it's anti badass football fan, but those northern teams should be dome teams.

I wanna see the ideal conditions for these games, not a frozen bowl .

Domes are boring

[JoeyChuckles]

that is done by the software. WeatherDisplay.
It would use current pressure and wind to calculate the base.


Always fun to talk weather.

Interesting. I was guessing it was something like that. I took my fair share of meteorology courses in college, but had never heard of anything that could measure the cloud base.

[GloucesterChief]

its still better for the Vikings in some ways.
Seattle is use to 30 degrees and rainy.

but cold weather and stadium full of fans that arent yours/Seahawks might help

More like 40 and drizzle. People have this weird misconception that it rains in Seattle like it does everywhere else. For the most part it just mists and drizzles all day for days at a time. It will be like regular rain occasionally but not for the most part.

[rockymtnchief]

Ive watched football in below zero temps many times.

Not a huge deal.

Yup! I watched the MSU Bobcats play a few years ago in -16 weather. Everyone knew it was going to be extreme cold and dressed accordingly. Unlike other games where the temperature changed and you're stuck wearing a t-shirt.

[ptlyon]

Fuck the Vikings. That is all.

[Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan]

Just read a tweet from NFL.com stating that Lynch is out for the game on Sunday. Did not travel to Minnesota.

[ptlyon]

P. S. Listening to Paul Allen have a let down of losing at the end of the game is top 5. Not as good as listening to the Raiders or the huskers radio melt down, but good stuff.

[ptlyon]

Just read a tweet from NFL.com stating that Lynch is out for the game on Sunday. Did not travel to Minnesota.

Seconded. Torn labia, boss.

[Toby Waller]

Just read a tweet from NFL.com stating that Lynch is out for the game on Sunday. Did not travel to Minnesota.

And they are missing a second tight end as well from what I read elsewhere lololololol

[New World Order]

And they are missing a second tight end as well from what I read elsewhere lololololol


Pitt Man is thinking upset.

[Toby Waller]

More like 40 and drizzle. People have this weird misconception that it rains in Seattle like it does everywhere else. For the most part it just mists and drizzles all day for days at a time. It will be like regular rain occasionally but not for the most part.

But this week it snowed in oregon,just saying.
But yeah ,iI moved here in august and every day is a slow horror movie outside

[Toby Waller]

Pitt Man is thinking upset.

Seattle Missing two tight ends and a RB,it will look like the Vikings are supposed to win

[Pasta Little Brioni]

I know it's anti badass football fan, but those northern teams should be dome teams.

I wanna see the ideal conditions for these games, not a frozen bowl .

Dome football is fucking awful dude

[Earthling]

Not sure if Seattle is still favored by 5 1/2 but this kind of cold might be a big equalizer.

[C3HIEF3S]

Might as well just go to a Wild game at that point.

[Toby Waller]

Yep,my sports app just said Lynch is out 44 minutes ago.
Good bye you spoiled lime green twits for fans.
It's a blow out

[Buzz]

Dome football is ****ing awful dude

Pretty sure fans and players would disagree in zero degree weather.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Pretty sure fans and players would disagree in zero degree weather.

Nope

[New World Order]

Yep,my sports app just said Lynch is out 44 minutes ago.
Good bye you spoiled lime green twits for fans.
It's a blow out


Seattle O has looked great without him.

[Toby Waller]

Seattle O has looked great without him.

again,though, now two tight ends wont play either.
that means they are down to third stringers in both blocking and passing.

Tight End Luke Willson Ruled Out, Running Back Marshawn Lynch Questionable, but Seattle Seahawks Otherwise Healthy Heading into Wild-Card Game at Minnesota

[UL Washington]

Lynch is such a pussy.

[displacedinMN]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
308 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016

...COLD WIND CHILLS DEVELOPING TONIGHT...

.ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF
BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES AND NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL
GENERATE WIND CHILLS FROM 25 TO 30 BELOW ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA BEGINNING AT 6 PM TONIGHT
OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA AND AFTER MIDNIGHT FROM EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING.

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...WASECA...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...HUDSON
308 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM
CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...DROPPING TO AROUND 25 BELOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
COLDEST WIND CHILLS FROM 5 AM UNTIL 9 AM SUNDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

[lewdog]

I was at this night game. Temperature was in the teens and the wind was howling with gusts up to 30-40 MPH late in that game and was snowing pretty heavily. Field was completely cleared and it hadn't snowed yet during the first quarter. EPIC.

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[displacedinMN]

Lew, I remember watching that game.

This cold snap is the first one of the winter. So they are warning people about it. Its not even close to the normal cold that we can get or the length of time it can happen. We get used to the cold. It doesn't take long.

Go El Nino!

http://weather.rms.rdale.org

[lewdog]

Lew, I remember watching that game.

This cold snap is the first one of the winter. So they are warning people about it. Its not even close to the normal cold that we can get or the length of time it can happen.

Go El Nino!

Nice!

Yea, that was a hell of a game. Lew might have had a pretty warm beer blanket going for that game.

And El Nino just brought 6 days a rain to Phoenix. She's doing all right by me.

[notorious]

If I had a book around here I would bet a nice amount on Minnesota.


Seattle is being picked as the overwhelming favorite, so do the opposite.

[Eleazar]

If I had a book around here I would bet a nice amount on Minnesota.


Seattle is being picked as the overwhelming favorite, so do the opposite.

Seattle just played MN in MN a couple of weeks ago and trounced them.

[Toby Waller]

Seattle just played MN in MN a couple of weeks ago and trounced them.

Minn was without 4 starting defenders.
This time Seattle is without Lynch and 2 starting tight ends.
All the luck Seattle had at home against San Fran the last 2 years is gone

[notorious]

Seattle just played MN in MN a couple of weeks ago and trounced them.

About like Indy vs. the Chiefs in 2013?

NFL is strange.

[displacedinMN]

It has cleared off. Wind is from the WNW. down to 3F


Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around -10. Wind chill values as low as -24. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

[displacedinMN]

-10F this morning

-22F wind chill


33 in Anchorage Alaska. Typical

[ChiefRocka]

Fortunately Tom Coughlin won't be coaching in this game.

http://blog.northjersey.com/images/Coughlin0111.jpeg

Uh oh

https://nbcprofootballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/502652348-e1451275743651.jpg?w=227

[notorious]

It has cleared off. Wind is from the WNW. down to 3F


Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around -10. Wind chill values as low as -24. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

It's so cold that even the men will have to squat to pee.

[displacedinMN]

An earlier post asked if the sun would make a difference. Here are a few of my graphs to show the differences.

If you want more info http://weather.rms.rdale.org

http://weather.rms.rdale.org/OutsideTempHistory.gif

http://weather.rms.rdale.org/WindChillHistory.gif

Temperature, humidity, sun, wind=perceived temperature on skin
http://weather.rms.rdale.org/THSWHistory.gif

[displacedinMN]

severe frostbite

http://i53.tinypic.com/2ef0rvp.jpg

[Bowser]

-10F this morning

-22F wind chill


33 in Anchorage Alaska. Typical

http://gifsec.com/wp-content/uploads/GIF/2014/05/HAHA-NO-reaction-gif.gif?gs=a

[Mennonite]

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[Eleazar]

Dude, that's messed up, delete that :Lin:

[Eleazar]

The field is heated at the gophers' stadium, so it won't be like playing on concrete or anything. The air temperature being so low probably means turnovers though.

[Coach]

The field is heated at the gophers' stadium, so it won't be like playing on concrete or anything. The air temperature being so low probably means turnovers though.

Not to mention the fans will be suffering from the cold....

[siberian khatru]

All we need now is Bud Grant on the sidelines

[Eleazar]

Not to mention the fans will be suffering from the cold....

I was just out there. It's cold as cluck. No way I would be sitting out in it for several hours

[MIAdragon]

I was just out there. It's cold as cluck. No way I would be sitting out in it for several hours

If it's under 70 it's cold as cluck.

[Bowser]

If it's under 70 it's cold as cluck.

http://i.imgur.com/gNrPhsO.gif

[Spott]

If it's under 70 it's cold as cluck.

Floridians are pansies when it comes to cold weather. I'm still in shorts and flip flops while everyone else here is wearing parkas and scarfs because it's 65 and sunny outside.

[Valiant]

Could someone post some links to some streams? I am work today and cannot find them from before.