The Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints are both known for playing under a roof, but their Sunday game at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans could still get rocked by the weather. How does that even happen for two “dome” teams? Well, let me tell you. After a seriously quiet Atlantic hurricane season so far, there’s now something called Invest 92L chilling in the Bay of Campeche off the coast of Mexico.
What’s Brewing in the Gulf?
This Invest 92L isn’t just hanging out. Forecasters are expecting it to get its act together over the next couple of days, organizing into at least a tropical depression, and then making its way straight into the Gulf. If this depression really gets organized, we could be looking at Tropical Storm, or even Hurricane, Isaias. It’s too early to nail down the exact path, but early whispers have it heading right for the Gulf Coast. The latest “spaghetti models” from this morning, courtesy of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, kinda confirm it. By the 96-hour mark, which is early Saturday morning, a ton of those models show the storm parked either right off the coast or super close to it.
How Could This Mess With Game Day?
Now, we’re not talking about a Category 4 or 5 monster here, so don’t freak out. But even a less intense storm could still cause some major headaches. Think about it: a football team’s plane trying to land at Louis Armstrong International Airport? That could get tricky. If the storm decides to take its sweet time and doesn’t really hit the area until later on Sunday, it could make things even more complicated. It might even mess with the game itself. Look, I’m not saying this depression, storm, or potential hurricane is definitely going to shut down the Sunday afternoon game in New Orleans. But it’s definitely something you can’t just ignore right now.
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Originally reported by Daily Norseman.
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