Super Bowl LX fans will enjoy nice weather for kickoff
Good weather is expected for Super Bowl LX on Sunday, both at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara and in Los Angeles, according to the National Weather Service.
Low clouds and fog that hung over parts of the Santa Clara area Sunday morning are expected to dissipate by midday, with the area becoming a bit sunnier. Kickoff between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
Eleanor Delizio, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Monterey, said temperatures around the stadium would rise into the 60s, and potentially into the upper 60s, “depending on how much sun they get there.” Winds will be light.
More clouds are expected to arrive in the evening, brought in by another weather system, but no precipitation is expected in the South Bay. There is a slight chance of rain in the evening in North Bay and wine country, Delizio said.
The weather will be even nicer for fans partying in the Los Angeles area, where “you’d have a hard time believing it’s February,” said Rose Schoenfeld, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.
“Today is going to be a pretty nice day,” she said.
Temperatures will be in the 70s to 80s — about 10 to 15 degrees above average for this time of year — with “pretty clear skies,” Schoenfeld said.
A gentle flow from the offshore Santa Ana keeps marine influence at bay, she said. This comes with a small risk of fire, because “we’ve been dry for a very long time here – about a month – so some of the grasses have become dry.”
However, the winds are not very strong. And after several storms flooded the region at the start of the rainy season, most of the region’s main fuel sources — such as living trees and bushes — already contain “enough moisture that they’re not ready to burn,” Schoenfeld said. “They can save it from previous rains and keep it for a while.”
After the weekend’s football festivities, “we’re going to take a pretty drastic turn here weather-wise,” Schoenfeld said, with temperatures dropping into the 60s by Tuesday, while there’s also a chance of rain during the day.
Light rain is likely Tuesday night into Wednesday, Schoenfeld said, with rain chances lingering through the end of the week.
