Eyes will be on the weather for Feb. 2, when the 2014 Super Bowl kicks off at MetLife Stadium. Below is the current weather forecast for Super Bowl XLVIII and the week leading up to it.
Monday, Jan. 27:
High of 38 degrees, low of 9 degrees. Possible PM showers, 40% chance of rain. WSW wind at 17 mph.
Tuesday, Jan. 28:
High of 19 degrees, low of 11 degrees. Mostly sunny, 0% chance of snow. WNW wind at 11 mph.
Wednesday, Jan. 29:
High of 25 degrees, low of 13 degrees. Mostly sunny, 0% chance of precipitation. W wind at 8 mph.
Thursday, Jan. 30:
High of 29 degrees, low of 22 degrees. Mostly sunny, 0% chance of precipitation. SW wind at 5 mph.
Friday, Jan. 31:
High of 38 degrees, low of 28 degrees. Cloudy, 10% chance of precipitation. WSW wind at 7 mph.
Saturday, Feb. 1:
High of 39 degrees, low of 38 degrees. Cloudy, 10% chance of precipitation. SSW wind at 6 mph.
Sunday, Feb. 2 (SUPER BOWL):
Day: High of 38 degrees. Partly cloudy, 20% chance of precipitation. NW wind at 7 mph.
Night: Low of 24 degrees. Mostly clear, 10% chance of precipitation. N wind at 5 mph.
The Super Bowl kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET.
"Just in time, it appears the frigid cold from earlier in the week will relent," Jon Erdman of Weather.com wrote on Monday. "Instead of daily highs in the teens and 20s, it appears upper 30s or even perhaps low 40s will be in play for the big weekend, closer to average for February.
"... To be clear, we are not anticipating a major snow storm with heavy precipitation to affect the Northeast on Super Bowl weekend. However, we are expecting a frontal system to slide into the Northeast Saturday. With colder air retreating, all precipitation types, from snow, to sleet, freezing rain, even rain, are on the table with this system.
"That said, some forecast guidance suggests that the front could move through with very little precipitation. While the majority of our guidance suggests most of this precipitation may fall Saturday into early Sunday, we still can't completely rule out any linger precipitation during the game itself."
Erdman also said in the next day or two they will be able to more confidently predict the weather for Super Bowl weekend.
*Forecast via weather.com.
