Is the rain coming back? Will the stadium roof be open? What the Miami forecast says

The Miami Marlins open their new baseball season at loanDepot Park at 4:10 p.m. Thursday against the New York Mets.

Will the stadium’s roof be opened or closed based on the weather forecast?

After all, Wednesday rains brought street flooding to several neighborhoods in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, with three inches reported in Wilton Manors and two inches in Coral Gables, according to NBC6.

Could Thursday dump more of the same?

According to Miami Herald Marlins reporter Jordan McPherson, the stadium roof will likely be closed for Thursday’s season opener, but hopefully be open for Friday evening’s home game, team officials told him.

The Marlins’ stadium is in Little Havana, about two miles west of downtown Miami.

What the forecast says

The Marlins made a cautious, prudent call. There’s a chance of showers Thursday, but by the 4 p.m. game start game most of the rain should have passed through the area, according to meteorologist Will Redman at the National Weather Service in Miami.

▪ The highest rain chance for Thursday is between 11 a.m. through about 2 p.m. or so, Redman said.

Don’t expect any of that potential lingering rain to fall in the form of thunderstorms like Wednesday evening’s soakers.

And the passing showers may skip the home game near downtown Miami.

“There is energy remaining in like far South Florida, like the southern half of Miami-Dade and Monroe and Collier counties. But it’s probably just going to be showers, maybe an isolated thunderstorm or two, but for the most part just showers today,” Redman said.

▪ The temperature at game time? Miami should be at 78 degrees at 4 p.m., according to CBS News Miami meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez.

▪ Clearing out. The rain chances drop by the evening and the skies could clear out by the mid-evening with maximum temperatures Thursday in the upper-70s or 80 degrees.

What will keep fans and players dry — aside from the stadium’s retractable roof?

▪ Credit basic wave patterns acting as shields.

“Today we have a high-pressure ridge kind of building. It’s not like a huge ridge. It’s more of like a weak ridge or a shortwave ridge. What that’s going to do is kind of compress the potential of thunderstorms developing,” Redman said.

Weekend forecast

The weekend should be fairly similar to Thursday evening, Redman said, because of that weak pressure ridge. Mostly dry. “There can be a couple stray showers because the high pressure won’t be super dominant, but it’s going to be mostly dry for Friday and Saturday.”

Rain chances are 20% Saturday, Sunday and Monday in the afternoons.

Warmer on the weekend, predicts CBS News Miami’s Gonzalez. Highs around 86 and lows around 72 Saturday and Sunday, she said.