The Masters is scheduled to get underneath means on Thursday, completely reside on Sky Sports activities, however may thunderstorms and robust winds impression the opening spherical at Augusta Nationwide?
Antagonistic climate delay has compelled at the very least one suspension in play in every of the previous 5 editions of The Masters, whereas rain has been skilled in over half of the 88 earlier editions of the occasion.
Sunshine situations and lightweight winds greeted the gamers for Wednesday’s observe spherical, as they’d the earlier two days, though the climate is ready to alter for the opening spherical of the main season.
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The most recent forecast has a ’90 per cent likelihood’ of showers and thunderstorms on Thursday morning, with wind gusts of as much as 45 miles per hour anticipated, with the opportunity of storms returning once more later within the day.
The climate issued by match officers on Wednesday morning mentioned: “A chilly entrance is forecast to convey a band of rain and scattered thunderstorms by the area between 6AM-1PM (11am-4pm BST) Thursday.
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“Heavy rainfall and occasional wind gusts of 40-45 mph are anticipated over this era. A lull in precipitation ought to happen behind the chilly entrance between 1-4PM (BST) earlier than scattered showers and remoted thunderstorms drift again into the area for the late afternoon and night hours.”
Sturdy winds proceed into Friday, with gusts anticipated to achieve 30mph, though situations might be much less humid and sunshine is scheduled to return.
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The weekend forecast is about as good because the match may hope for, with heat and sunny situations and winds considerably lower than the earlier two days, which means the occasion will have the ability to get again on monitor if there are any delays earlier within the week.
“Windy situations persist Friday underneath largely sunny skies as a dry and steady airmass settles into the world,” the climate replace mentioned. “Largely sunny skies could be anticipated by the weekend with west to south-westerly winds within the 7-15 mph vary.”
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The Masters has not completed on a Monday since 1983, when Seve Ballesteros claimed a four-shot victory, with that run set to proceed this week regardless of the questionable forecast for the opening day of the match.
When is The Masters on Sky Sports activities?
Wall-to-wall protection from the match begins at 2pm over the primary two rounds on Thursday and Friday, with Featured Group motion and common updates from across the course obtainable to take pleasure in on Sky Sports activities Golf till the worldwide broadcast window begins at 8pm.
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There might be numerous further motion all through all 4 days by way of the crimson button on Sky Sports activities Golf, together with Sky Q and Sky Glass, offering loads of bonus feeds and permitting you to comply with gamers’ progress by varied elements of Augusta’s well-known structure.
Sky Sports activities Golf will present prolonged build-up content material over the weekend and occasional reside updates from the course earlier than the worldwide broadcast window begins at 8pm for the third spherical and 7pm for the ultimate day, with early motion obtainable all through by way of the crimson button.
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