Auburn’s Saturday is shaping up to come with a side of weather.
The latest National Weather Service forecast calls for rain around Auburn football’s Tiger Walk and throughout much of the day leading into the Week 2 game against Southern Miss at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Sept. 12.
Tiger Walk is scheduled for 4:15 p.m. CT, about two-and-a-half hours before kickoff, and the outlook includes showers likely across the day with thunderstorms also possible.
Temperatures should still feel like late summer in Alabama. The high is expected to reach 86 degrees, with the low Saturday night dipping to 72. Around Tiger Walk time, NWS says it’ll be about 93 degrees, with rain chances sitting in the 60-70% range.
Those chances hold through 7 p.m., just after the 6:45 p.m. kickoff, before falling to 10-20 percent after that. For the rest of the day, rain chances do not rise above 10 percent.
The overnight forecast calls for a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1 a.m. Rainfall totals are expected to run between one-tenth and one-quarter of an inch, though thunderstorms could bring higher amounts.
On Saturday, showers are likely at several points - before 10 a.m., between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., and again after 1 p.m. The day should be partly sunny, with a south wind around 5 mph shifting west in the afternoon.
Saturday night brings a 20% chance of showers, with thunderstorms possible before 10 p.m. and partly cloudy skies expected as the temperature settles around 72 degrees.
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