Components of upstate New York are prone to see their first snow of the season this weekend, however that gained’t hassle the Buffalo Bills, who’re taking the snowbird method and jetting all the way down to Florida.
If something, the Payments should cope with the temperature shock of going from chilly Orchard Park to higher 80s in a divisional conflict with the Miami Dolphins.
The Nationwide Climate Service in Miami forecast is fairly easy — sunny, sizzling and not more than a mild wind. The excessive temperature ought to attain round 85 levels, although the warmth index ought to push the feels-like temperature into the low 90s.
There will likely be some clouds within the sky and there’s a really slim likelihood of precipitation, however all indicators are pointing to no hostile situations other than the warmth.
The AccuWeather forecast tendencies even hotter, with temperatures predicted to succeed in 88 levels and a RealFeel temperature of 94 levels at kickoff. It additionally predicts intermittent clouds, with cloud cowl of 70%, that dissipate all through the sport.
The Payments are favored by 9.5 points over the Dolphins, who’re coming off a blowout loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday Night time Soccer. Buffalo is using excessive after a win in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. The over/underneath is about at 50 factors.
Situations for the Payments-Dolphins matchup are all within the inexperienced, with favorable temperatures, precipitation and wind situations. It’s a distinction to different video games on the NFL slate, like these in Chicago and Inexperienced Bay, the place an opportunity of snow and chilly temperatures might impression the end result.
— Steve Howe stories on weather, local weather and the Nice Lakes for the Democrat and Chronicle. An RIT graduate, he has lined myriad subjects over time, together with public security, native authorities, nationwide politics and financial growth in New York and Utah.
