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2013 Preakness Stakes weather forecast: Could there be some showers?

Weather for today’s Preakness Stakes is a lot drier than it was for the Kentucky Derby earlier this month. Skies will be mostly cloudy, but most of the rain will stay south of Baltimore, MD.

Weather for today’s Preakness Stakes is a lot drier than it was for the Kentucky Derby earlier this month. Skies will be mostly cloudy, but most of the rain will stay south of Baltimore.

A front has stalled across Virginia and North Carolina, focusing most of the shower and storm activity south of Pimlico Race Course. There is only a slight chance that showers or a storm could pass by later this afternoon.

PREAKNESS STAKES WEATHER FORECAST:
Cloudy to mostly cloudy skies today, cool with afternoon high temperatures near 70 degrees. Winds will be out of the east-southeast between 5 and 15 mph. There is only a slight chance of an isolated shower or storm later this afternoon. Most of this afternoon and evening will be dry.
Post time for the Preakness Stakes is at 6:20 p.m. ET, expect mostly cloudy to cloudy skies and a temperature around 68 degrees for the start of the race.

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