Rio 2016: Rain, wind force additional delays for Wednesday events

By Katy Galimberti, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer

August 10,2016; 7:44PM,EDT

 

 

UPDATES (all times in Rio de Janeiro time):
5:12 p.m. Wednesday: Officials have announced that all matches except six have been postponed for today.
4:36 p.m. Wednesday: While tennis matches have not been cancelled yet, organizers said those who had day session tickets are entitled to a full refund.
3:07 p.m. Wednesday: No matches will take place until 4 p.m., local time, as rain continues to fall.
"There will continue to be showers throughout the afternoon," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brian Lada said. "However, there won't likely be any heavy downpours."
1:55 p.m. Wednesday: Play has been delayed until 3:30 p.m., officials said.
12:44 p.m. Wednesday: No tennis play will take place until at least 2 p.m. local time due to rain.
12:12 p.m. Wednesday: Tennis play has been delayed again until 1 p.m. local time due to rain.
10:47 a.m. Wednesday: Due to rain, all tennis events have been delayed until 11:30 a.m. local time on the centre court and noon local time on the outside courts.
9:16 a.m. Wednesday: Officials announced that rowing events on Wednesday have been postponed due to weather.

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The 2016 Summer Olympics are in full swing in Rio de Janeiro.
After wind and rain forced delays and cancelations for multiple events on Sunday, weather will continue to have an impact for part of this week.
A man wipes water off the field of play of the central tennis court as matches are delayed due to rain in the tennis competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
On Sunday, high winds forced officials to postpone the rowing events to Monday. Tennis play was also delayed on Sunday due to wind.
Rain caused delays to tennis play and rowing on Wednesday.
Drier conditions will arrive by Thursday, but winds could still be an issue for some events.
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As beach volleyball preliminaries continue on Thursday, the light wind could make for less-than-ideal conditions.
Rio is predicted to stay dry on Friday in time for the start of the track events.
"Friday will be the nicest day of the week with seasonable temperatures and sunny skies," Miller said.
Temperatures will begin to rise heading into the weekend, and humidity will build over the region.

"Sunday will really be a warm day with highs near 80 F (26 C)," Miller said. "That will be the start of a stretch of dry weather that lasts into early next week."
However, conditions will stay dry for weekend track, tennis and rowing events.
But as events continue early next week, rain could lead to additional delays. Miller said spotty showers and even a thunderstorm could unfold on Tuesday.