2014 Diamond Classic weather forecasts coming soon.

[TheRef]

I will divide them up into daily forecasts and have a separate blog post for each. I will post the synopsis of each forecast on here along with an in-depth link for those of you interested. From first glance, Friday and Sunday look to be the best chances for rain, with Sunday being the highest overall. Saturday will happen no matter what because it will be dry. Friday is up in the air for precip. Sunday will most likely have rain delays.

So yeah, forecasts are inbound for each game (including non-Mississippi State games).

[TheRef]

Friday Forecast

Game 1: Eastern Illinois vs. Michigan State

First pitch (2:30 PM): Increasing clouds, 55 degrees, winds S at 15 mph, chance of rain 30%.

Final out (5:45 PM): Cloudy, 50 degrees, winds SSE at 5-10 mph, chance of rain 30%.

Game 2: Mississippi State vs. Michigan State

First pitch (6:30 PM): Cloudy, 49 degrees, winds S at 5-10 mph, chance of rain 40%.

Last out (9:15 PM): Mostly cloudy, 45 degrees, winds S at 5-10 mph, chance of rain 20%.

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[TheRef]

Saturday Forecast

I won't bore you with possibly the most boring forecast period in the history of this baseball season. But I will give you the numbers you need to know since the good MSU is playing in both games on Saturday. So without further adieu, let's get right into the good stuff.

Game 1: EIU vs. MSU

First pitch (11:00 AM CST): Partly cloudy, 59 degrees, winds S at 5-10 mph, chance of rain 0%.

Last out (2:00 PM CST): Partly cloudy, 63 degrees, winds S at 5-10 mph, chance of rain 0%.

Game 2: MSU-Green vs. MSU-Maroon

First pitch (2:30 PM CST): Partly cloudy, 64 degrees, winds S at 5-10 mph, chance of rain 0%.

Last out (5:30 PM CST): Partly cloudy, 61 degrees, winds SSE at 5 mph, chance of rain 0%.

[TheRef]

I will post Sunday's forecast tomorrow as we get a better idea of how the models are handling the system since the NAM just reached into the Sunday possibility. But for now, anyone have any questions?

[State82]

No questions but I do enjoy reading your work here on the board. Keep up the good work.

[Drugdog]

Thanks Ref. Heading up tomorrow night.

[TheRef]

Thanks everyone. I try to do what I can to let y'all prepare for sporting events. I will do a video conference for anyone whenever we have our next significant system. Or even non-significant ones if y'all would like.

[TheRef]

Well then, that 30% chance actually happened. But oh well. I will be watching this carefully, ladies and gents.

[jgunn]

Any chance the rain is gone by 630?

[TheRef]

Any chance the rain is gone by 630?

Possibly...I'm not sure of the condition of the game right now (Still playing/rain delay/etc.) but I would assume that if we are on the same schedule, then we will stay on schedule.