TOMORROW AT NOON WITH OUR TEAM OF ANCHORS AND REPORTERS ALL ALONG THE ROUTE FOR TWO HOURS. WE’RE ALL EXCITED FOR THAT, BUT WE GOT TO GET THROUGH TODAY FIRST BEFORE WE GET TO ALL OF THE FUN. TEMPERATURES. LOOKING GOOD, LOOKING GOOD AND WARMING UP NICELY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME CHANCES FOR THE GROUNDS CREW. I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM TO GET OUT AND DO SOME LAST MINUTE TOUCH UPS, AND TOMORROW MORNING THEY WILL ALL BE DEALING WITH SOME RAIN EARLY. BUT BY THE TIME MOST PEOPLE GET THEIR DAY GOING, ESPECIALLY IF THEY DON’T GO TO WORK OR SCHOOL ON OPENING DAY, YOU KNOW THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY NICE THROUGH THE DAY. SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK. YOU’RE OPENING DAY TIMELINE. OUR ISSUES WILL BE EARLY IN THE MORNING. WE COULD HAVE RAIN OR A STRAY THUNDERSTORM. BEST TIME FRAME FOR THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETWEEN ABOUT SIX AND 10 A.M. SO DURING THE MORNING RUSH, THERE’S SOME RAIN IN THE AREA, BUT IT CLEARS OUT BY 11 A.M. NOON. SO IT PARADE TIME STEPS OFF AT NOON, DRYING OUT AND NEAR 70 DEGREES. FIRST PITCH AROUND 80 AND BREEZY. BRING IT ON. AND THE RAIN IS ACTUALLY FOR LATE NIGHT TRENDING EVEN LATER. MAYBE AFTER 11:00 OR MIDNIGHT. EVEN BEFORE THE POST GAME THUNDERSTORMS GET TO US. SO WE’LL DEAL WITH SOME MORNING RAIN IF IT MEANS WE’RE LOOKING AT 80 DEGREES AT GAME TIME. HERE’S THE RADAR RIGHT NOW, AND I WANT TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE TWO ROUNDS OF RAIN. WE’RE EXPECTING THURSDAY MORNING. AND THEN AGAIN LATE ON THURSDAY NIGHT. SO TOMORROW MORNING AT THIS TIME, I CAN EXPECT TO SEE SOME RAIN IN THE AREA. THIS IS PROBABLY A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE AS FAR AS THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY, BUT TIMING WISE I THINK SLIDING THROUGH THE AREA SIX SEVEN, 8 A.M. PROBABLY OUR BEST BET FOR RAIN. THERE COULD BE SOME DECENT DOWNPOURS KIND OF EMBEDDED IN THIS, AND IT’LL SLIDE OUT HERE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST BY THE TIME WE GET TO 10 A.M. OR SO, WHICH MEANS BY NOON WE ARE TEED UP FOR GREAT WEATHER FOR THE PARADE. OBVIOUSLY, ROADS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT WET ALONG THE ROUTE, BUT SKIES ARE LOOKING GOOD. IN FACT, CLEARING OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON BY GAME TIME. BREEZY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND NEARLY 80 DEGREES. NOW THERE WILL BE A COLD FRONT FORMING OFF ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA AND OHIO, BUT IT’S GOING TO TAKE ITS GOOD OLD TIME GETTING HERE, WHICH WORKS IN OUR FAVOR FOR TWO REASONS. KEEPS THE RAIN OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR ANY POST-GAME CELEBRATIONS THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN REALLY LOWERS OUR SEVERE WEATHER RISK BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO COME THROUGH IN A LESS FAVORABLE TIME TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. YOU CAN SEE IT WILL BE AROUND MIDNIGHT, STILL RIGHT ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR, AND THEN DRIFTING SOUTH. SO WHILE WE STILL COULD HAVE A COUPLE OF DECENT THUNDERSTORMS IN THERE, IT’S MAINLY A FRIDAY EARLY MORNING ISSUE AND IT GETS OUT OF HERE BY THE TIME FRIDAY MORNING’S COMMUTE IS OVER. MAYBE A COUPLE OF STRAGGLERS SPRINKLES AFTERWARDS. SO FORECAST FOR TODAY. WE START OUT WITH SOME CLOUDS IN THE 40S, BUT WE’LL MAKE IT UP TO ABOUT 70 DEGREES OR SO IN THE AFTERNOON TOMORROW. OPENING DAY IS LOOKING GOOD, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE’LL START OUT WITH SOME SCATTERED RAIN OR THUNDERSTORM. DRYING OUT FOR THE PARADE. GAME TIME 79 AND THEN FRIDAY WE DO HAVE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED IN THE MORNING. CHANCE MAYBE FOR SOME WIND OR SOME HAIL. THE RAIN ENDS IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURES FALL OFF INTO THE 40S, AND IT WILL DEFINITELY BE COOLER FOR KIDS. OPENING DAY SATURDAY MORNING. GRAB THE WINTER COATS BECAUSE THAT PARADE STARTS AT 11 A.M. ON SATURDAY AND IT’S GOING TO BE CHILLY. THAT’S A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF CHAOS FROM OPENING DAY, BUT SORT OF A SIMILAR CHAOS AT THE SAME TIME. YO