Notre Dame Football Weather: First Half Looks Like the Window vs. Michigan State

All week the forecast for Saturday night pointed toward a soaked stadium. The hour by hour picture has shifted a bit, and the driest stretch of the day now lines up close to the 7:30 p.m. kickoff. The National Weather Service hourly forecast for Notre Dame puts the heaviest rain chances in the late morning and midday window, up near 85 percent from 10 a.m. through noon. Those numbers fall through the afternoon and sit in the low to mid 40s from 5 p.m. through 8 p.m. They climb again after that, to roughly 56 percent at 9 p.m., 65…