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Rainy Night Expected At Fenway For Red Sox-Angels

BOSTON (CBS) - Thinking of heading for the Red Sox game tonight? Bring along your raincoat and be prepared for a potential delay.

Rain is just now starting to move into the Boston area as of (3:30pm) and will continue heavy at times for several hours. The heaviest is likely to occur between 4 and 7pm, a total of .5"-1.0" of rain is possible. The steady and heavy rains will move east of Fenway and Boston between 8 and 9pm so if they are patient they will likely be able to get the game in tonight.

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Conditions will remain less than ideal though, skies will be cloudy and some lingering drizzle will make for a damp, cool night at the Ballpark. Temperatures will start off in the upper 50s and fall a few degrees each hour.

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Winds will shift from the Southwest to the Northwest early this evening, meaning a wind direction pushing out to right field... so despite the cool and damp weather there could still be some big numbers put up.

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