Weather for Saturday's Penn State

[Iceland12]

So - do people bring blankets/sleeping bags etc.? This is what I remember from outdoor football. Thanks for the advice on temp of beverage. True it might be - I still like something hot when its cold...

Blankets yeah, haven't seen sleeping bags. The blanket can be used to cover-up or sit on when the temps "climb". If they're right about the wind coming from the West, than yeah, it will get a little "nippy". If it comes from the North or NW, the stadium blocks some/most of it. Besides, if you're dressed right, on the Visitor's side, and temperatures in the 40's, when the sun comes out you'll be fine. Won't be that bad without the sun, except if/when the winds gust from the West.

Gees, I feel like Dave Dahl.

Go Gophers!

 

[UST_Gopher]

We have season BB tickets but - we have tickets to tomorrows game - our first game at TCF. Any tried and true suggestions for staying warm? I appreciate the sentiment of a flask, but would like suggestions that give more than the illusion of warmth. We have cushy seats so I know we'll be somewhat protected and able to go inside to warm up.

For a couple of bucks, hand and feet warmers do the trick for me. However, I usually include an adult beverage or five in there as well. Enjoy!

 

[RodentRampage]

Just dress in layers, it's not like an outdoor game in January. Two pair of long johns, an extra pair of socks. A t-shirt helps to cut out drafts. A thermal undershirt over than, followed by a sweater and then one more sweater. And a hat.

 

[Iceland12]

Decaf! Iceman, I might as well open a can of Zerox. Seriously, you don't think some of the kids now days are too consumed with twitter/Facebook ? 10 years ago you would've had 10,000 students for the game tomorrow; at the Dome or TCF.

Don't remember EVER seeing 10,000 students at the Dome, certainly not in 2002, '03 or '04. Honestly, though it's irritating for a moment or two during the game, not really concerned with how many students are at the game. Only really notice it when that part of the Stadium is NOT full of the damn Hawkeye or Badger fans. Now that makes me happy.

If the Gophers score early and often and beat Penn State won't give a damn how many empty seats there are over there and the temps will be "warm and balmy"!

 

[Iceland12]

For a couple of bucks, hand and feet warmers do the trick for me. However, I usually include an adult beverage or five in there as well. Enjoy!

Yes! Particularly those feet warmers.

 

[Moonlight]

For a couple of bucks, hand and feet warmers do the trick for me. However, I usually include an adult beverage or five in there as well. Enjoy!

Great advice - Thanks! And thanks Iceland. We're really looking forward to it.
I confess I was traumatized by my marching band days in high school. Those spats over the black dress shoes did little to keep the feet warm. We marched outside at halftime for a Vikings game in January. I have never been colder in my life.
And then professional outdoor sports vanished from Minnesota for a long time...

 

[maroonfive]

Actually it is just going to be ok. Perfect weather would be gusty winds with the snow coming down sideways.


Go Gophers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Schnauzer]

Great advice - Thanks! And thanks Iceland. We're really looking forward to it.
I confess I was traumatized by my marching band days in high school. Those spats over the black dress shoes did little to keep the feet warm. We marched outside at halftime for a Vikings game in January. I have never been colder in my life.
And then professional outdoor sports vanished from Minnesota for a long time...

Those hand and feet warmers that you can get for cheap at any hardware store now make it really easy. My wife is a complete weenie when it comes to cold weather and she was fine with no complaints during the coldest game ever played at TCF Bank Stadium (Iowa 2010) thanks to those hand and feet warmers.

 

[Pompous Elitist]

Layers, lots of layers. Oh and a "cold" drink, not a hot one. Drink a cold drink and your body tries to adjust by "warming" up. Drink a hot drink and your body starts to deal with it by cooling down. It's why so many people in very hot climates drink hot drinks, tea, coffee etc.

This of course is very common knowledge throughout the world - that I learned last summer!

If true, that would be something-link? There are a few limited instances where drinking a hot drink can paradoxically very slightly cool one down (eg low humidity, little clothing to allow increased sweating and evaporative cooling). But the opposite situation, drinking a cold drink to warm up seems like sensory sleight of hand, like biting your lip to distract from the discomfort of an injection. Living in the hottest and driest climate in America, I can say with authority that if I were to buck convention and drink coffee when I'm hot it would fast track me into heat exhaustion and heat stroke because the body's cooling feedback mechanisms are already humming at 100% and gradually losing ground in the direction of heat exhaustion over time. Fascinating to think about-thanks for the mind bender.

 

[supadupafly]

My god are some of you people strange. 4 pages about weather for a game when it's going to be mid 40's and sunny. Really?

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[Iceland12]

My god are some of you people strange. 4 pages about weather for a game when it's going to be mid 40's and sunny. Really?

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Yet you keep coming back.

 

[Iceland12]

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If true, that would be something-link? There are a few limited instances where drinking a hot drink can paradoxically very slightly cool one down (eg low humidity, little clothing to allow increased sweating and evaporative cooling). But the opposite situation, drinking a cold drink to warm up seems like sensory sleight of hand, like biting your lip to distract from the discomfort of an injection. Living in the hottest and driest climate in America, I can say with authority that if I were to buck convention and drink coffee when I'm hot it would fast track me into heat exhaustion and heat stroke because the body's cooling feedback mechanisms are already humming at 100% and gradually losing ground in the direction of heat exhaustion over time. Fascinating to think about-thanks for the mind bender.

Here, enjoy. You can draw just about any conclusion you want based on what link you use, though most seem to lean hot/hot - cold/cold.

https://www.google.com/search?clien...+hot+beverages+on+a+hot+day&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

And:

https://www.google.com/search?clien...=drinking+cold+beverages+on+a+cold+day&rls=en

 

[Dr.Don]

It's November in Minnesota. If you go to a Gopher game in an outdoor stadium and get too f'ing cold, it's your own damned fault. Plan accordingly.

 

[bottlebass]

It's November in Minnesota. If you go to a Gopher game in an outdoor stadium and get too f'ing cold, it's your own damned fault. Plan accordingly.

^^^^^This is the reason I prefer the winter/cold to the summer. You can always plan ahead and wear enough layers to stay warm when its cold. In the summer you can only get so naked and then you are still hot.

Plus the forecast calls for 40+ degrees with partial sun. Thats down right balmy. Not sure what everyone is worried about.

 

[Iceland12]

Here ya go; for people going to the game and those interested in weather and for the whining "thread police" who want to control content. Oh and most importantly, those sitting on their ass in front of a TV complaining about any empty seats at TCF!

Lots of conflicting reports, mainly about wind, but here's Accuweather's guess: 41-43 degrees, partly cloudy, 14 MPH winds from the W/NW with gusts to the low 20's.

Looks like a crisp, Fall day to watch the Gophers get back that Victory Bell!


http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/minneapolis-mn/55415/hourly-weather-forecast/348794

 

[Iceland12]

44 degrees now, but the local TV stations are saying wind gusts into the 30 MPH range. Maybe even the people sitting at home on the couch or coaching and drinking at the bar should bundle-up too!

Go Gophers!