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This could be one of the worst weather weekends ever for the opening weekend of NFL playoffs
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1/11/2024
From a potential blizzard in Buffalo to single-digit temperatures in Kansas City to thunderstorms in Tampa and more, the forecast for Wild Card Weekend is truly wild itself.
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It's a big weekend for football with playoff games across the country and they could be
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disrupted by snow, ice, freezing temperatures and thunderstorms.
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Bernie Rayno takes a closer look at what to expect at game time.
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Alright, it is wild card weekend in the NFL this weekend and this is going to be some
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of the worst weather we've ever seen on the opening weekend of playoffs.
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The AFC games, this is going to be a weather game, Pittsburgh and Buffalo, also Miami and
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Kansas City in the NFC.
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We're worried about Dallas, I'll explain why in a second, and also Tampa Bay at home against
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Philadelphia.
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Let's go to the coldest game of the weekend, Miami and Kansas City where temperatures are
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no better than the single numbers that kick off.
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I think temperatures could actually fall below zero before the end of the game and AccuWeather
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real field temperatures with brisk winds out of the west northwest are going to be well
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below zero.
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Meanwhile, the NFL may actually have to have a conversation about not playing this game
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on Sunday at around one.
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Here's why.
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There's going to be a very narrow band of lake effect snow.
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I think we have a real opportunity that this can come right in the Orchard Park Sunday
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and if it does, you're going to be looking at about one to three feet of snow, considerable
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blowing and drifting of snow.
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In fact, it would be a blizzard with temperatures in the 20s, AccuWeather real field temperatures
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below zero and no way anybody can play in a game like this.
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I'm not the commissioner of the NFL.
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I want to take you down to Dallas.
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Yes, I know AT&T Stadium is a dome in Arlington, but here's the problem.
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Colder air is coming on in and by the end of the game, we could be looking at snow and
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ice breaking out in the second half and for those trying to get home, roads could be icy,
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treacherous and we could have some major problems.
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Speaking of some problems, let's take you to Monday night in Tampa for the Philadelphia
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at Tampa.
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There could be showers and thunderstorms and if there's thunderstorms, there's going to
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be some delays.
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Well that is a big headache.
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Talk about crazy weather there.
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