Still quite a bit of uncertainity about Saturday night in DeKalb; if you’re flying in on Friday, be prepared for delays at ORD and MDW as heavy rains will be in the area Friday into Friday night, moving in from the southwest. Rates as high as an inch-per-hour are expected Friday afternoon and evening ahead of the remains of Tropical Storm Gordon. The center will be moving through on Saturday into Sunday – how wet it will be all depends how far south of a track it takes as it recurves from its current track moving SE to NW, towards an eastward moving track by the weekend, and how much drier air gets entrained by Saturday. Definitely pack the ponchos, though.
Huskie Field has Field Turf, which is a modern grass turf with lots of sand beneath for drainage, hopefully it can take the onslaught without flooding the field or especially the surrounding facilities. If I were in charge of facilities, I’d have some pumps and drying equipment standing by.
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