Bucs vs. Eagles Weather Report for Week 4: How will Hurricane Helene impact game?
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 4 with both teams hoping to avoid falling to .500. The Bucs won their first two games taking care of business against the Commanders and upsetting the Lions before getting blasted at home by the Broncos in Week 3. The Eagles won in Week 1, then fell to the Falcons in Week 2, before rebounding with a road win at New Orleans.
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In non-football news, Hurricane Helene is a storyline to potentially keep an eye on for the Bucs/Eagles game. Helene is expected to make landfall on Thursday in Florida's Big Bend region and according to The Weather Channel "Hurricane Helene is intensifying and is likely to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall in Florida [Thursday night], delivering catastrophic, possibly record storm surge, destructive winds and flooding rainfall."
What impact could Hurricane Helene have on the Bucs/Eagles game?
Weather forecast for Buccaneers vs. Eagles
The hurricane should clear out by the time the Bucs and Eagles kick off on Sunday at 1 p.m. EST. According to NFL Weather, there will still be a chance of thunderstorms during the game and the temperature at kickoff will be 87 degrees and will feel like 96 degrees with the humidity. There won't be much wind, with 7 MPH winds coming from the southwest and 10 MPH wind gusts.
The chance of thunderstorms will continue throughout the game and it'll only get toastier as the game continues. The temperature will get up to 88 degrees but will feel like a whopping 99 degrees outside by the fourth quarter. If there's a game where the Bucs want to rock their white uniforms and make the visitors wear their dark home jerseys, this is it.
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