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Wind, not rain, forecast for OU, OSU and TU football games
Published: 10/28/2011 7:00 AM
Last Modified: 10/27/2011 3:50 PM

The last few football rain games I've attended, the crowd will suddenly turn blue, yellow, orange, all kinds of imaginable rain gear/poncho colors. OU wisely has created an OU poncho, I see. Here, fans head for shelter as inclement weather rolls into Norman before a game between OU and Texas Tech on Saturday. MATT BARNARD/ Tulsa World

We've had a lot of rain in Tulsa lately, and a lot this football season, but the good news is that there's none forecast for our Saturday afternoon games for the Sooners, Cowboys and Golden Hurricane.

2:30 p.m. Saturday: SMU @ TU, here in Tulsa!

In the first of this windy forecast trifecta, Satuday afternoon in Tulsa is expected to have sunny skies and highs in the mid-60s, but also southwest winds between 5 and 15 mph.

If you plan to either come early or stay late, beware the early/late day temperatures: Tulsa's Saturday is sandwiched between overnight lows in the 30s. It is definitely sweatshirt AND sunscreen weather!

2:30 p.m. Saturday: Baylor @ OSU, in Stillwater

Welcome home, Cowboys. Have some sunny skies and highs in the upper 60s!

Unfortunately, some wind gusts might throw your high-powered passing offense off a bit, with south winds up to 21 mph anticipated Saturday afternoon, but mostly expected between 10 and 15 mph.

I have read that Boone Pickens Stadium was reoriented east-west to avoid the strong prevailing winds like those anticipated Saturday, so perhaps the winds won't be that much of a factor!

2:30 p.m. Saturday: OU @ KSU, in Manhattan, Kan.

Rest easy, Sooners: The rain is not expected to show up to this high profile game in the Little Apple, unlike last week.

But, if you cringed at missed field goals last weekend, bad news similar to the other state teams this weekend: Wind gusts up to 30 mph are forecast, with south winds of 5 to 10 mph expected to increase to 15 to 20 mph during the day Saturday.

However, you will also have sunny skies and highs in the mid 60s, so it's not all bad!

If you planning to spend Friday night in Manhattan, expect more overnight 30s like here in Tulsa, with calmer winds.

After the game, partly cloudy skies Saturday night, with lows in the mid 40s.

--Althea Peterson

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21	°	°			1.31
22	°	°			1.38
23	°	°			1.46
24	°	°			1.53
25	°	°			1.61
26	°	°			1.69
27	°	°			1.77
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Staff Writer Althea Peterson started writing for the Tulsa World in March 2007 after previous stops at the Norman Transcript in 2006 and the Oklahoma Gazette in 2005. She followed her older brother from rural Wisconsin (with a public school that never seemed to call snow days) to the University of Oklahoma, but did not follow his pursuit to study meteorology. However, she tries to find as many opportunities to report on the weather as possible.

Staff Writer Jerry Wofford came to the Tulsa World in 2010 from The Manhattan Mercury in Manhattan, Kan. Originally from western Arkansas and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Jerry has lived in Tornado Alley his entire life and is one of those people who goes outside when the sirens go off.

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