Dry, cooler weather expected for final
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-08 20:50
Joerg Kachelmann, ARD television's weather forecaster, told Reuters that
temperatures at kickoff at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Sunday for the match at
Olympiastadion between Italy and France would be 24 degrees.
That is well below the stifling highs of 35 degrees recorded two days ago in
western sections of Berlin around the stadium before a series of thunderstorms
drenched the city.
"We're going to see clouds and patches of blue skies in between with a 20
percent chance of showers," Kachelmann said of the weather at the stadium on
Sunday evening.
"The temperature at 8 p.m. will be 24 degrees and it will be only slightly
cooler at about 21 degrees when the World Cup is handed over later," he added.
"That's not too bad as far as heat and humidity is concerned," Kachelmann
said. "No deluge should be expected either."
A thunderstorm and cloud burst on Friday evening forced the cancellation of
an outdoor concert at the Brandenburg Gate for World Cup fans. There were
further spells of rain in Berlin on Saturday.
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