The San Francisco 49ers will host the Seattle Seahawks for a wet and windy NFC wild-card game on Saturday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said on Thursday that “bad weather slows the game down and equalizes stuff,” amid initial weather forecasts of heavy rains that could cause flooding in the morning along with wind gusts up to 33 mph and a 60% chance of showers and thunder around kickoff.
Since then, weather experts have gone as far as warning fans not to drive to the game due to the “potent storm” as officials in Santa Clara County issued evacuation warnings for several areas in the South Bay early Friday evening.