Colorado Rockies vs. Washington Nationals: Weather updates from DC

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Colorado Rockies and Washington Nationals will attempt to finish their four-game series on Sunday afternoon at Nationals Park. However, the weather forecast could make that a tall order.

Rain began falling at Nationals Park around 10:30 a.m. (Eastern time) and a downpour ensued just before 11 a.m., forcing the ground crew to pull the tarp onto the field. At 11:50 a.m., the tarp was still on the field and rain was falling.

@RockiesWX says that the forecast isn’t looking good for the game, and only looks worse as the day goes along.

Showers developing around the DC metro area this morning. Should become more numerous as the day goes on. It’s not looking like a total washout at this point, but will definitely impact the @rockies and @Nationals this afternoon. #rockies @RoxPileFS pic.twitter.com/s1m2sHqW0b
— Coors Field Forecast (@RockiesWX) April 15, 2018

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One of the biggest issues with a potential washout on Sunday is that this is Colorado’s only scheduled regular-season trip to our nation’s capital. The team was scheduled to leave after the game on Sunday to head to Pittsburgh, where they are slated to begin a three-game series against the Pirates on Monday night. However, cold weather and precipitation is forecast for Pittsburgh during the first part of the week, meaning the Rockies could be playing a waiting game there as well.

Colorado won the first two games of this series but Washington came back to capture Saturday’s matinee behind a dominating performance from Max Scherzer. Only a two-run homer from Charlie Blackmon in his return from a quad injury kept the Rockies from being no-hit by the three-time Cy Young Award winner in a dominating performance.

I will keep this page updated from Nationals Park as I am sitting in the press box and keeping an eye on the field and weather conditions. Check below for the latest updates and make sure you refresh the page to see the latest conditions.

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UPDATES (Note that all times are Eastern):

11:55 a.m. — No official word on a delay has been given, but rain is coming down and the tarp is still in place.

12:05 p.m. — Fans are coming into the stadium but light rain is still falling and the wind is whipping through the stadium as well, making for pretty miserable conditions.

12:12 p.m. — Some of the Rockies and Nationals pitchers are on the field playing long toss, but that’s the only sign of action for either team at the moment. Rain has lightened but wind is still howling.

12:36 p.m. — Still no word on a delay. No movement either as tarp is still on field and no players have been out on the field for quite some time. Props to the people waiting in line for autographs by the field though!

12:55 p.m. — Some fans are sitting in their seats. Grounds crew is getting ready to do something with the tarp it appears.

12:59 p.m. — They moved the tarp to get the water off of it but the tarp has been placed back on the infield.

1:02 p.m. — Now the grounds crew is getting the tarp folded and off the field. Game time is 33 minutes away so we’ll keep you updated.

1:12 p.m. — Grounds crew are getting the field ready for play in a hurry. Wanting to get the game started on time before another round of rain is scheduled to move in.

1:17 p.m. — Players are stretching and starting pitchers are warming up. Plan is to start on time.

1:31 p.m. — Lineup cards are being exchanged. Plan is to play as much as possible before the next round of rain arrives.