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Weather was a running subplot on an NFL wildcard weekend which harkened to the famous, or infamous, Ice Bowl of 1967. That issue looms large not only because of concerns that weather might unduly influence the outcome of an important game, but because it could be a harbinger of issues that impact the NFL's ultimate game, Super Bowl XLVIII in New York on February 2. Forecasts for life-threatening cold in Green Bay for Sunday's game between the Packers and San Francisco 49ers were off by about 10 degrees and the high recorded in the northern Wisconsin Camelot was seven degrees. Expectations based on Friday's weather models were a high of five degrees below zero with the wind chill factor approaching 25-below.
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