Weather Forecasts for KEY CITIES and BATTLEGROUND STATES (Impact on Voter Turnout, GOTV, etc)

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[NYC_BULLMOOSE]

Weather Forecasts for Key Cities

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Ohio (20 electoral votes)

2004 vote: Bush-R (50.8 pct) 2,858,727; Kerry-D (48.7 pct) 2,739,952 Recent Polls: Obama 51 pct, McCain 47 pct - CNN/Time (thru Tuesday)

Cincinnati weather.com forecast: Sunny, high of 72 degrees (10 pct chance of precipitation), slight winds (7 mph)

Cleveland weather.com forecast: Sunny, high of 66 degrees (10 pct chance of precipitation), slight winds (7 mph)

Columbus weather.com forecast: Sunny, high of 71 degrees (10 pct chance of precipitation), slight winds (7 mph)

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Florida (27 electoral votes)

2004 vote: Bush-R (52.1 pct) 3,964,522; Kerry-D (47.1) 3,583,544 Recent Polls: Obama 51 pct, McCain 47 pct - CNN/Time (thru Tuesday)

Jacksonville weather.com forecast: Showers (40 pct chance of precipitation), high of 75 degrees, windy (13 mph)

Miami weather.com forecast: Partly cloudy, high of 81 degrees, (10 pct chance of precipitation), mild winds (9 mph)

Tampa weather.com forecast: Partly cloudy, high of 81 degrees (10 pct chance of precipitation), calm winds (6 mph)

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Missouri (11 electoral votes)

2004 vote: Bush-R (53.3 pct) 1,455,713; Kerry-D (46.1 pct) 1,259,171 Recent Polls: McCain 48 pct, Obama 48 pct - American Research Group (thru Thursday)

Kansas City weather.com forecast: Partly cloudy, high of 74 (20 pct chance of precipitation), windy (19 mph)

St. Louis weather.com forecast: Sunny, high of 72 degrees (10 pct chance of precipitation), mild winds (11 mph)

Springfield weather.com forecast: Sunny, high of 71 degrees (20 pct chance of precipitation), windy (15 mph)

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Pennsylvania (21 electoral votes)

2004 vote: Kerry-D (50.9 pct) 2,938,095; Bush-R (2,793,847 Recent Polls: Obama 52 pct, McCain 44 pct - Muhlenberg Coll/Morning Call (thru Friday)

Philadelphia weather.com forecast: Mostly sunny, high of 66 degrees (10 pct chance of precipitation), calm winds (4 mph)

Pittsburgh weather.com forecast: Sunny, high of 68 degees (10 pct chance of precipitation), calm wind (4 mph)

Allentown weather.com forecast: Sunny, high of 65 degrees (10 pct chance of precipitation), calm wind (5 mph)

[NYC_BULLMOOSE]

Only covering Cities in Four States at the Moment (even weather.com is in the bag for ObamaMesiah...)

But covers the big ones OH, FL, PA, and big MO...

Looks like very nice weather -- turn-out should be high (I had frankly been hoping for a little rain in Philly...)

-- ALL THE MORE REASON FOR US ALL TO WORK HARD TO GOTV for McCain/Palin... Anybody besides me working the phones on Monday and Tuesday?

[Fred]

Spread the word to all those coal swing states, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado, New Mexico, and Virginia.

Obama will bankrupt coal companies - Official calls comments 'unbelievable'...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122918/posts?q=1&;page=71#71

What Obama's plans are for the coal industry--- “So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can,” Obama said. “It's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted.”

[Boucheau]

I’m doing my rain-dance now.

[Quackattack]

More rain, more GOP votes, right?

[icwhatudo]

The info you linked is outdated.

Current forecast for Philly is 60% chance of showers.

[NYC_BULLMOOSE]

your mouth — to god's ears.

I see what you mean — weather.com actually has DIFFERENT forecasts for Philly in different parts of the site — looks like the “left” hand doesn't talk to the “right”...

it appears that 60% chance of rain is the better call (corroborated elsewhere)...

Btw, by not covering CO, ND, MT, NH — the weather channel is indirectly saying these states are in the bad for bho — I strongly disagree...

[NYC_BULLMOOSE]

something like that — bad weather in cities like Philly would be helpful — so many obama people in that city...

[madameguinot]

Polls are often wrong as are weather reports! Thanks for the update, though!

[MitchellC]

TWC has the inside scoop that Karl Rove will be using his weather machine on Tuesday? Yes!!!

[txhurl]

‘even weather.com is in the bag for Obama’

Worse, even the weather is!

[EQAndyBuzz]

It’s a CNN poll so I do not put much stock into it.

[Artemis Webb]

I think your line of thinking is all wet. In past elections the Democrats depended on high voter turnout among the elderly who thought that the Democrats were still the party of FDR. The elderly as a rule of thumb would not go out in bad weather and that was good for the GOP.

NOW however I suspect grandma and grandpa are going to have a hard time pulling the lever for some guy named Barack Hussein Obama. Indeed a believe a lot of them will jump to McCain. Just as one elderly lifelong Democrat I personally know.

Young people and those who worship the products of the Ivy League schools are the base of the Obama campaign and they are not going to be put off my ANY bad weather.

We want clear skies on November 4th.

[snippy_about_it]

I was hoping for bad weather. :-(

[nina0113]

something like that — bad weather in cities like Philly would be helpful — so many obama people in that city...

In Philadelphia, if it rains FIRE, Obama will still carry the city by 110%, without any of the trouble of anybody actually going to the polls.

[proudtobeanamerican1]

Keep praying.

[Yardstick]

What do the internals of these weather reports look like?

[HelloooClareece]

The weather doesn’t matter, the long lines do.

From my personal observations at early voting I am beginning to realize that young people and African Americans have an aversion to long lines.

:)

[JustaCowgirl]

Pray for rain in the Philly area and the Cleveland area and Detroit. And Miami. Oh, and the Twin Cities. Chicago is a lost cause, but I hope it rains on them anyway.

[icwhatudo]

Updated rain chances as of 9:30pm est

Philly PA-60%
Northern VA-60%
Durham, NC-70%

[TypeZoNegative]

No rain tomorrow! I need to vote!