00:00Pittsburgh is on the clock late this week into the weekend as the draft draws massive crowds to the city.
00:08Up to 700,000 visitors are expected, according to Visit Pittsburgh, and the weather will have some impact.
00:17First of all, for round one Thursday night, the weather couldn't get any better.
00:23Temperatures falling into the 60s with no rain.
00:25Then it gets a little tricky for Friday into Saturday.
00:30Friday night, for round two and three, we're watching a frontal boundary.
00:35Now, it's more likely than not that the front and the rain holds off until rounds two and three are
00:42over.
00:42But then that front arrives late Friday night and Saturday.
00:46And Saturday, for the final day of the draft, which begins at noon Eastern,
00:51that's where there could be some showers and thunderstorms around.
00:54And if so, that will make things a little tricky.
00:58But it certainly looks like the weather Thursday and Friday look great.
01:02Now, this marks the 91st NFL draft, a historic return to Pittsburgh for the first time since 1948.
01:11What was once a small, closed-door meeting is now a massive multi-day fan experience.
01:18And next year, the spotlight shifts to Washington, D.C., where attendance could top one million fans,
01:26according to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
01:29The
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