Taylor Swift concerts at the Linc looking rain-free, and definitely nothing like the Nashville ordeal
The shower chances are minimal, and for now, at least, lightning is no threat.
The Philly weather may be quite decent on all three nights of the Taylor Swift concerts at Lincoln Financial Field this weekend, but at the very least it is all but certain that the megastar and her fans won’t be subject to the inconvenience and trauma of her Nashville performance last Sunday.
It’s dicey to be making assumptions about the capricious weather of May too far in advance, but Friday evening is looking quite pleasant for opening night, with almost no rain expected. And computer models remain bullish on the rains sparing the Linc during the concerts.
Showers are possible during the day Saturday, but the probabilities back off considerably during concert time and all but disappear for Sunday night.
Said Bobby Matrich, meteorologist with EPAWA, a consulting service used by the Phillies, “The way-too-early call is for no rain at all during the three concert’s active time frames. If I was hedging bets right now, that’s where I’d side.”
Temperatures should be in the comfortable 70s.
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Of note, no lightning is expected to occur during any of the three shows, which are expected to last about three hours each, starting with opening acts at 6:30 p.m.
Lightning prompted a “shelter in place” order on Sunday evening in Nashville, the most-recent stop on her Eras Tour, prompting fears and complaints from concert-goers, according to media reports. The concert was delayed four hours, as rains continued from about 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., the weather service in Nashville reported.
A few miles from Nissan Stadium, where the concert was held, lightning struck a house and started a fire, the weather service said.
The Philadelphia performances will mark the first concert event staged on three consecutive nights at the Linc since it was built 20 years ago.
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For Swift, five years since her last visit, it is a quasi-homecoming. She grew up in the Reading area and spent summers in Stone Harbor.
She first appeared at the South Philly Sports Complex in 2002, at age 12, not singing one of her hits, but performing the National Anthem at a Sixers game.