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VIDEO: Redskins-Eagles Weather Update

For mid-November, Sunday’s game between the Washington Redskins and the Philadelphia Eagles won’t be too bad for those braving the elements at FedExField.

Temperatures are expected to hover in the mid-to-upper 40s throughout the morning and up to kickoff, when it could hit as high as 50 degrees.

The sun could even make an appearance throughout the day, though skies are expected to be partly cloudy.

Here’s a video with the weather update for Sunday’s Redskins-Eagles game, courtesy of AccuWeather.com and NFL.com:

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VIDEO: Redskins-Panthers Weather Update

Redskins fans, break out the jackets. Sunday’s going to be a chilly one.

Fortunately, however, it looks like the rain will stay away — something that hasn’t exactly been a theme here lately on the East Coast.

You’ll be looking at about 38 degrees at 10 a.m. at FedExField as the Homecoming festivities — such as the parade — start to get underway. That temperature will rise to about 45 degrees by kickoff at 1 p.m., and we’ll all be sweating by the game’s end, when temperatures are expected to approach 50 degrees.

Here’s a video with the weather update for Sunday’s Redskins-Panthers game, courtesy of AccuWeather.com and NFL.com:

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Video: OTAs Hit Halfway Point

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The Washington Redskins on Wednesday participated in their fifth round of organized team activities for the 2012 season at Redskins Park.

Our crew from Redskins.com TV was there to catch some of the action.

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Rainy Monday Brings First OTA Indoors

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A steady, annoying drizzle was the weather theme at Redskins Park Monday morning, so head coach Mike Shanahan decided to bring the team’s first round of organized team activities inside.

It was the first time Shanahan has been afforded that luxury. The team’s brand new indoor training facility was just recently completed, and its purpose is ideal for days like Monday.

“Perfect timing, eh?” second-year outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan said after Monday’s activities. “This is what we built it for, for days like this when the weather’s not cooperative.”

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Hail! And Atmospheric Miscommunication

I’m no meteorologist (I just play one on gameday), but since the beginning of the season it has been gorgeous on most Tuesday days off, and it has rained Redskins and Cowboys on almost every Wednesday.

As a fan of fair weather (not a fair-weather fan), it would be comically predictable if it weren’t so depressingly predictable.

On Wednesday, Dec. 7, Ashburn, Va. was hit by 3.1 inches of rain, which is approximately 31-times the historical average for that date.  As a result, the Redskins were forced to practice off-site, which was expressed to players and coaches upon their arrival, early that morning.

In this week’s edition of Ben Ceccareli’s Hail! comic, he ponders the possibility of players hearing the news wrong: Read more »

Thunderstorms Delay Wednesday Practice

Another soggy afternoon practice at Redskins Park got delayed thanks to torrential downpours for the third day in a row.

Just as players were taking the field, thunder rolled across the sky, to the delight of some veteran players:

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Redskins Players Hunker Down For The Storm

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As the mid-Atlantic braces for Hurricane Irene, the players are preparing for the storm as well.  After yesterday’s day off, it’s back to business today, but players are keeping an eye on the gathering storm clouds.

Via Twitter, we have a report from hesitant meteorologist Brandyn Thompson:

Sounds like this Hurricane Irene is gonna hit up here…being in a hurricane was on my list of things I never wanted to be apart of lol—
B Thompson (@BThompson_BT) August 26, 2011

Live on location, we have DeJon Gomes:

I picked the wrong day to come to Walmart—
DeJon Gomes (@HuskerHybrid_7) August 27, 2011

We have television critic, Anthony Armstrong:

Reporting live from the hurricane? Not a good look.—
Anthony Armstrong (@MrArmstrong13) August 26, 2011

We have the pessimist, Evan Royster:

i wish i could say that i feel like today is gonna be a good day… but i dont—
Evan Royster (@Evan_Royster) August 27, 2011

We have the hopeful optimist, Donte Stallworth:

Good morning…everyone on the east coast in the path of hurricane Irene please be safe! Prayers are with you—
Donte' Stallworth (@DonteStallworth) August 27, 2011

And we have Adam Carriker with the question that everyone wants to know:

First an earthquake, now a hurricane, how many natural disasters can happen in a week?—
Adam Carriker (@AdamCarriker) August 26, 2011

There are no heroes today, and everyone should take every precaution necessary to stay safe.  For complete storm coverage, please follow your local news source or weather.com.  Be safe and good luck Redskins Nation.

Two Different Views On Hurricanes

When Tropical Depression ERIKA was getting going a week or so back, my wife — also Erika, although not in all caps — was actually a little excited. And when ERIKA fizzled out near Puerto Rico, Erika was a tiny bit disappointed. So when I read yesterday that Hurricane FRED had grown to a Category 3 storm, I thought Fred Smoot might be slightly entertained and enjoy the opportunity to go on a weather-related rant.

Wrong.

“Y’know, that’s not good,” Smoot said. “I hate for a storm to be named after me.”

Mississippian Smoot does not view hurricanes as a reason for excitement. At all.

“I hope FRED goes down as one of the weakest hurricanes ever,” he said. “That’s nothing that I wanna be famous for.”

Smoot walked away shaking his head, then shouted back, “I hope I fizzle out over Old Creek Road.”

Santana Moss, meanwhile, was much more enthused about a totally different kind of Hurricane. Read more »