Severe weather warning - SoCal Late Thurs thru Early Sat

[ellbee]

FYI - anyone planning to make the trip - bring your foul weather gear and some warm clothes. Weather guessers are still unsure about if/when this storm will hit San Diego, but it's forecast to be the strongest storm in 20 years...

Current forecasts are cooler (hi's in the mid-60s/ lo's in the hi-50's) with showers Thurs, T-storms Friday and partly cloudy/clearing Saturday.

Keep your fingers crossed - this may turn east before it reaches us and it will just give LA a bath...

This shouldn't affect the game or tailgates (aside from a damp field) - and the SkyShow should still go off as planned.

Looking forward to meeting some of y'all this weekend! (Others, we're still not too sure

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From Weather.com...

...STRONG SEPTEMBER STORM POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY...

A STRONG STORM FOR SEPTEMBER MAY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WEATHER VERY RARELY SEEN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN SEPTEMBER. THIS COULD BE THE STRONGEST MID LATITUDE SEPTEMBER STORM FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN AROUND 20 YEARS. SEPTEMBER STORMS WITH SOME SIMILARITY TO THIS STORM OCCURRED IN 1986 AND IN 1963.

THIS STORM IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND WILL MOVE QUICKLY SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST TO NEAR THE BAY AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN WILL MOVE MORE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ALONG THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST TO NEAR POINT CONCEPTION BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. MOVEMENT THEN WILL BE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THERE ARE STILL SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE TRACK FORECAST AND TIMING FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THIS STORM IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS STORM SHOULD BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH COOLEST TEMPERATURES FRIDAY. DEPENDING UPON THE EVENTUAL TRACK AND TIMING OF THIS STORM... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION AT TIMES FROM LATE THURSDAY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL BE QUITE COLD FOR SEPTEMBER WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS AND EVEN FOR SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF WATERSPOUTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND TORNADOES OVER ADJACENT LAND AREAS.

STAY TUNED THE NEXT FEW DAYS FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM.

 

[DJViking]

Hmm...serious raining in an area that has little rain? Sounds like it might give our players a bit of an advantage, being that rain is a common occurance around here, especially this summer.

 

[cinderaztec]

Hmm...serious raining in an area that has little rain? Sounds like it might give our players a bit of an advantage, being that rain is a common occurance around here, especially this summer.

Don't get your hopes up. I don't know how many times we've been told the "storm of the century" is going to hit, then nothing. Or 3+" are expected, and all we get is fog.

 

[DJViking]

All I can do is get my hopes up. We beat a better team than SDSU last year, so I'm hoping we can make Saturday's game our 3rd FBS school we've beaten (in 7 years). Without hope, what's the point of being a fan?

Realistically though, I just want to see us cut down our sacks to 5 or fewer. Especially since it seams SDSU doesn't have much of a pass rush.

 

[cinderaztec]

I'm saying don't get your hopes up about the rain. I do and get let down every single time.