More bad weather on deck for the World Series
ST. LOUIS – In a postseason that’s already seen its share of bad weather, more may be on the way. The World Series between the Tigers and Cardinals moved to St. Louis for Game 3 Tuesday, with below-normal temperatures but clear skies. But the National Weather Service expects things to take a turn for the worse for the rest of the week.
“We think rain is going to move into the area (Wednesday) afternoon – we’re just trying to figure out when it will get here,” said Jon Carney, a meteorologist for the Weather Service office in suburban St. Louis.
The rain, Carney said, will likely be substantial.
“It might be a game-postponing type of rain,” he said. “We could get a half an inch. There could be thunderstorms in there, too.”
The rain may hover over Busch Stadium for much of the week, Carney said. So will gametime temperatures in the mid-40s, about 10 degrees below normal.
“If it’s going to rain and be in the mid-40s, it will be a pretty miserable night,” Carney said.
Thursday’s forecast calls for rain to continue throughout the day – Carney said the rain could be heavier than Wednesday’s.
The rain is expected to taper off to a few sprinkles by Friday, a scheduled off-day but a potential makeup day. Temperatures will be a little warmer – perhaps in the low 50s, Carney said.
This postseason already has had plenty of weather problems.
Two games of the NL championship series between the Cardinals and Mets – the opener in New York and Game 5 in St. Louis – were postponed due to rain, forcing the teams to twice travel without an off-day.
The day before Game 3 of the ALCS between Oakland and the Tigers, players worked out at Comerica Park in the earliest measurable snowfall in Detroit’s history.
And the first two games of the World Series featured shivering fans and players wearing everything from hoods to windbreakers to try and keep warm in Detroit, where a brisk breeze made temperatures in the upper 30s feel much colder.