Perfect weather on Schwan's USA CUP day #1

By Barclay Kruse, NSC Chief Communications Officer (& Schwan's USA CUP Media Director)

If you've played in Schwan's USA CUP, presented by PUMA, in the past, you know that there's one constant year in and year out -- hot weather. Typically it's not hot all week long. But yes, nearly every year it's hot for three or four days out of the week.

We just finished day #1 of the Schwan's USA CUP Weekend tournament, and wonder of wonders, we had moderate temperatures, low humidity and light winds. In other words, a perfect day for soccer. I even saw spectators wearing sweatshirts at the morning and evening games.

And for the next two days, the forecast is for more of the same.

But if you're coming for the Weeklong tournament that starts with Opening Ceremonies on Monday, July 16, you'll be happy to know the forecast is for temperatures in the 80's, and maybe 90's, later in the week. In other words, a normal Schwan's USA CUP.

But if you don't believe me about today, printed below is the National Weather Service data for Blaine, Minn. for Friday, July 13. Nice, huh?

TIME	WIND	SKY	TEMP	DEW PT
17:50	SW 9	Partly Cloudy	77	46
16:50	SW 14	Partly Cloudy	79	43
15:50	S 12	Partly Cloudy	75	43
14:45	SW 10	Partly Cloudy	73	45
13:45	W 7	Partly Cloudy	73	43
12:50	SW 5	Partly Cloudy	73	43
11:53	SW 5	Partly Cloudy	72	43
10:48	W 6	Partly Cloudy	70	43
9:45	Calm	Mostly Cloudy	66	46
8:51	Calm	Partly Cloudy	64	48