LET’S GET OUT TO RANDI RICO, WHO’S AT GREAT AMERICAN WITH OUR FORECAST. HEY, RANDI. I RECEIVE IT. IT IS FRIGID, RIGHT NOW. BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, MAN, IT’S GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY FOR BASEBALL. AND THAT’S WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT OPENING DAY. IT IS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF THE YEAR IN CINCINNATI. EVERYBODY IS IN A GOOD MOOD AND GOOD WEATHER, ACTUALLY HELPS THAT, RIGHT. SO FOR TODAY’S GAME, CHECK OUT MY BIG SCOREBOARD HERE AS WE TAKE ON THE PIRATES RIGHT NOW SITTING AT 35 DEGREES, WHICH WITH CLEAR SKIES, IT COULD DEFINITELY BE WORSE BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE PARADE AT NOON. WE’RE GOING TO BE STARTING THE WARM UP, BUT REALLY THROUGH THE MORNING, IT’S GOING TO BE A CHILLY ONE. HERE’S THE WLWT LIVE RADAR. AND THINGS ARE GOING TO BE QUIET FOR US HERE AS WE GET THE DAY STARTED. TOMORROW AT THIS TIME. THAT’S THE NEXT ROUND OF RAIN THAT’LL BE MOVING IN. SO HERE’S WHAT TO EXPECT FOR TODAY. OPENING DAY. BRING ON THAT SUNSHINE. I KNOW THE HIGH SAYS 60. DON’T DRESS FOR 60 JUST YET. I WOULD LATER BE READY TO TAKE OFF THE THICKER COATS AS WE GET TOWARD GAME TIME BECAUSE SUNSHINE 60 AND MARCH IS AWESOME. TOMORROW NOTICE IT’S GOT THAT WEATHER IMPACT SYMBOL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE WAY AND THE POTENTIALS THERE ESPECIALLY KIND OF LATE FRIDAY NIGHT TO HAVE SOME STRONGER STORMS MOVE THROUGH. WE GET INTO SATURDAY, WE’RE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM, BUT IT’S A THROWBACK TO LAST SATURDAY BECAUSE WE WILL SEE STRONG WINDS AGAIN ON THE ORDER OF 40 TO 50 MILE AN HOUR GUSTS, PROBABLY RIGHT THERE SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. BUT FOR TODAY, YOUR OPENING DAY OUTLOOK, 9 A.M., I THINK THE GRILL OPENS AT 845. SO I’M SURE THE LINE WILL BE POURING BEFORE THAT. 9:00 834. SO DEFINITELY A CHILLY START AT NOON AS WE STEP OFF THE PARADE ACROSS DOWNTOWN. 48 DEGREES AND SUNNY. BUT NOTICE THE TEMPERATURE DURING THE PARADE JUMPS ABOUT TEN DEGREES. WE’RE GOING TO BE IN THE UPPER 50 BY THE TIME YOU MAKE YOUR WAY FROM, SAY, FOUNTAIN SQUARE BY US IN WASHINGTON, PARK DOWN TO THE BALLPARK. AND YOUR FIRST PITCH TEMPERATURE LIKELY TO BE CLOSE TO 60 WITH A LOT OF SUNSHINE. LOOKING AHEAD TO TOMORROW, WE DO HAVE SOME RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS RIGHT NOW. MUCH OF GREATER CINCINNATI CONSIDERED KIND OF A SLIGHT RISK. SO I THINK DURING THE DAY WE HAVE ROUNDS OF RAIN AND GRAY SKIES, WHICH COULD HELP TO LIMIT THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT INTO THE EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE GOING TO FLARE UP TO OUR WEST, MOVE IN, AND THEY COULD BE DYING ON THE WAY IN. BUT IF WE HAVE THE CHANCE FOR STRONG STORMS, THEY’D GENERALLY BE LATER INTO THE EVENING. FIRST PART OF THE OVERNIGHT AND YOU’LL SEE THAT HERE ON THE FUTURE CAST. RAIN SHOWERS MOVING IN JUST IN TIME FOR THE MORNING RUSH TOMORROW. YOU CAN SEE AT LUNCHTIME TIME SOME PRETTY DECENT COVERAGE THERE OF WET WEATHER. MAYBE A COUPLE RUMBLES OF THUNDER INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE SOME BREAKS IN THE ACTION AND THEN BY THE EVENING, THE POTENTIAL FOR MAYBE A COUPLE OF STRONGER STORMS, EVEN A LINE THAT COMES THROUGH JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THAT’S THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT THAT COULD BRING SOME MORE INTENSE DOWNPOURS TO OUR AREA. BY SATURDAY MORNING, WHAT WE’RE LEFT WITH AN OCCASIONAL SPRINKLE, BUT THOSE GUSTY WINDS, 40 TO 50 MILE AN HOUR GUSTS. AND IF I HAD TO PINPOINT A TIMEFRAME RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETWEEN ABOUT 10 A.M. AND 4 P.M. THAT WE SEE THOSE STRONGEST WINDS ON SATURDAY. BUT TODAY IS OPENING DAY AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR BASEBALL, PUTTING A HIGH TEMPERATURE RIGHT AROUND 60 DEGREES AND SUNNY SKIES FOR TONIGHT. CLOUDS ROLL IN. ANY SORT OF RAIN SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER, SAY, THREE OR 4:00 IN THE MORNING ON FRIDAY. AND THEN TOMORROW, OF COURSE, THE WEATHER IMPACT MAY RAIN OFF AND ON. WE’LL BE MONITORING THAT POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONGER STORMS TOMORROW NIGHT. UP TO ABOUT AN INCH OF RAINFALL TOTAL. AND HERE’S THAT SEVEN DAY FORECAST. SO TODAY, A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR OPENING DAY. WE GET THE RAIN THROUGH HERE ON FRIDAY, WHICH IS AN OFF DAY. AND THEN SATURDAY IS THE KIDS OPENING DAY RIGHT HERE. A GREAT AMERICAN BALL PARK. IT’S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE WINDY, BUT THE RAIN SHOULDN’T BE AN ISSUE. AND THEN CHECK OUT NEXT WEEK, TEMPERATURES HEADED BACK UP INTO THE SEVENTIES. THAT I