If you will allow me to put my armchair meteorologist hat on, I read an article somewhere about how this heat dome that's been causing temperatures to skyrocket in recent days has been collapsing since Thursday. As such, that's been causing enough of a disruption in the atmosphere to where thunderstorms are even more likely to pop up than usual.
So with that being said, it's not particularly surprising that the weather is a bit spotty over Truist Park in Cobb County and as of right now, the tarp is reportedly on the field and has been since around noon.
The tarp is being placed on the field
While the starting pitchers did both continue their warmups as if the game would start on time, the forecast worsened a bit and now Mark Bowman is reporting that a delay is possible.
The starting pitchers have halted their warmups. Looks like the start of today's game will be delayed.