barring some gusty wind Penn State football fans heading to Beaver Stadium for the annual blue-white game can prepare for pleasant weather with warm temperatures and partly sunny skies but they may want to leave home a little early as local traffic experts predict delays due to both ongoing roadwork in the number of fans expected to travel to State College for the Saturday afternoon game the blue-white game is the annual spring scrimmage that caps the 15 dates of football team drills allowed by an NCAA rule but according to Matt Stein buggle a National Weather Service meteorologist tailgating activities typically begin during the morning hours early Saturday temperatures should be in the 40s and expected Friday rain showers likely will have moved out of the area sign bungle said it won't be cold he said adding that football fans in attendance should be comfortable in sweatshirts there may be some lingering clouds early in the morning Penn State football puts whiteout t-shirt on sale how can you buy it its annual leave the Lions biggest home game of the year by the game's 3 p.m. starts temperatures are likely to reach the mid 60's with largely cloud free skies he said relatively speaking it should be overall pleasant Stein buggle said the National Weather Service forecast for the hours before during and after the game in State College are listed below Friday night rain showers are expected mainly before 9 p.m. with a low near 48 degrees Saturday partly sunny are expected with a high near 66 degrees Saturday night a chance of rain is possible after 3 a.m. with mostly cloudy skies and a low near 43 degrees well weather will be pleasant motorists heading to and from the game might want to plan for some road work and related delays along the way that's according to PennDOT district two spokeswoman Marla Fannin who shared a list of roadway restrictions expected along the route to Beaver Stadium Penn State great Matt Millen set for blue-white broadcast booth returned millon had a successful heart transplant just over three months ago those expected restrictions are listed below the left lane of a bridge along Route 3014 a third and Street westbound will be closed the bridge which spans a portion of I 99 is outside of State College and Patton Township continuing crossover and lane restrictions are to be expected along Route 322 about a mile east of the village of Potter's Mills the restrictions could lead to delays and backups both right and left lane closures will be in effect along Route 322 east and westbound near Birnam Lewistown and Mifflin County drivers should expect delays for football traffic PennDOT officials said in an email Fannin also pointed out that district 2 officials will be posting about traffic along the route on Twitter you can see those tweets by clicking this link PennDOT's press office also will be sharing posts about restrictions on their Facebook page and those posts can be seen by clicking this link according to Mike crow Shoeless a spokesman with PennDOT district 8 roadways in the Harrisburg area should remain largely free from roadwork delays on Saturday the game is scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. but it will not be televised on the Big Ten Network until 8 p.m. [Music]