Football: Forecast for State Semifinals - It's Going to be Cooooooold Out There

(Dec. 4, 2009) - Want to know what the weather is going to be like tomorrow for the state semifinal football games? Cue "Groundhog Day" because when you wake tomorrow it will certainly be: "Rise and shine, campers, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's coooooold out there today!"

Honestly. We sent the VivaLoudoun Fox up on the VivaLoudoun Weather Balloon (we bought it real cheap from Balloon Boy's family on eBay) and he has come back with this report.

The forecast is looking like snow in Ashburn for the Massaponax vs. Stone Bridge 1:30 p.m. Division 5 kickoff and like rain at Powhatan where Broad Run will play in a 1:30 p.m. Division 4 showdown.

And we had hoped it would get better but the forecast has become dimmer in the past six hours. At noon today, it was calling for 39 degrees and 60 percent chance of rain/snow in Ashburn at 11 a.m. and then near kick-off moving down to 33 degrees (ah, the snow line) with 70 percent chance of snow. Maybe we can dodge that? But tonight the forecast is shifting to colder with 11 a.m. now calling for 36 degrees and 80 percent chance of rain/snow and near kickoff ... 100 percent chance of snow at 33 degrees with a windchill of 24 thanks to a wind that will be in the double digits.

Did you say brrrrrr?

Down at Powhatan it was calling earlier for 40 degrees at kickoff and 70 percent chance of rain with a wind chill of 32. Now it has downgraded to 37 degrees at kickoff with a 100 percent chance of rain and a 15mph wind that will make it feel like 28.

Enjoy and feel free to shout out your favorite Groundhog Day quotes to me Saturday at Stone Bridge (Ned? Ned Ryerson! ...)