April showers will be arriving ahead of schedule for many cities in the eastern United States this week, potentially impacting Thursday's MLB Opening Day activities.

One game has already been postponed. The Cincinnati Reds were scheduled to host the Washington Nationals on Thursday, but team officials announced that the game would be moved to Friday at 4:10 p.m. EDT due to inclement weather in the forecast.

The Cincinnati Reds’ 2018 Opening Day game vs. the Washington Nationals scheduled for 4:10 p.m. Thursday, March 29 has been postponed until 4:10 p.m. Friday, March 30 because of impending inclement weather. pic.twitter.com/nhJihPTC0I
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) March 28, 2018

Three of the games scheduled to take place on Thursday in Detroit, New York and Atlanta will face cloudy and damp weather.

"As a cold front stretches from the Ohio and Tennessee valleys up into the eastern Great Lakes on Thursday, some of the baseball games for Opening Day may be impacted," said AccuWeather Meteorologist Ryan Adamson.

Pittsburgh Pirates @ Detroit Tigers

Heavy rain has forced the postponement of Thursday's game between the Pirates and Tigers. It has been rescheduled for Friday, the Tigers announced on Twitter.

Today’s scheduled game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Comerica Park has been postponed due to inclement weather. The game has been rescheduled for Friday, March 30 with first pitch set for 1:10 PM ET. The game will be televised on @FOXSportsDet .
— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) March 29, 2018

Spectators heading to the game on Friday can look forward to party sunny conditions. However, with temperatures in the 40s around first pitch, fans will certainly want to consider wearing a jacket.

St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Mets

Luckily for those in the Northeast, conditions will turn out drier for the Cardinals and Mets in New York, according to Adamson.

"While a shower or brief rain delay cannot be ruled out, the game is unlikely to get rained out," he said.

Being only a week removed from one of this year's biggest snowstorms, temperatures hovering in the low 50s will feel springlike to many.

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Philadelphia Phillies @ Atlanta Braves

Although warmer weather is in store for those in Atlanta, fans will have little need for sunscreen or sunglasses. Clouds are expected to shroud the sky throughout the day as storms approach from the west.

"As opposed to the games that start at 1:10 p.m. Eastern Time in Detroit and New York, the game in Atlanta begins at 4:10 p.m. Eastern Time," Adamson said.

"Therefore, the rainfall will likely be approaching toward the later innings of the game," he warned.

The threat of a rain delay will therefore increase if the game goes into extra innings.

Any spectators traveling from the stadium on Thursday evening will need to be weather-aware, keeping the radio on in case a severe weather warning is issued.

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