Getty Images Good news, Chiefs fans. It won’t be as cold as previously expected on Sunday night. Bad news, Chiefs fans. You’re still going to freeze. According to Weather.com, the projected high for Sunday in Kansas City has increased to 19 degrees, with the projected low now at 15. Up from one. That’s good news for the local football team, since the Patriots (specifically, their quarterback) have single-elimination experience in those single-digit conditions. The Chiefs don’t. (Then again, the Chiefs didn’t have playoff experience in the snow, and things worked out well for them on Saturday.) Regardless, the K.C. deep freeze for now isn’t expected to be quite so deep. Which is nothing else means that folks in attendance won’t be as miserable as they otherwise would have been.<doc-sep>The New England Patriots and the Kansas City Chiefs will face off on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, for the AFC championship game. Both teams will be forced to fight frigid weather as they vie for a spot at the 2019 Super Bowl. Players and fans alike will face very cold weather on Sunday but may not have to deal with the freezing temperatures Kansas City was predicted to get. They are still urged to protect their skin from possible frostbite. Fans are asked to be cautious, especially if they are consuming alcohol while tailgating. The city is expected to get temperatures in the 20s throughout Sunday, AccuWeather reported. Temperatures prior to the game will feel like single digits, AccuWeather meteorologist Tyler Roys said. Arrowhead Stadium was initially expected to receive an "arctic blast" during Sunday's game. "Temperatures at kickoff could range from 10 degrees to well below zero, potentially making it the coldest game in Arrowhead Stadium history," the National Weather Service reported on Monday. That forecast changed by Friday, with possibly clear and sunny weather in the 20-degree range. The threat of painfully cold weather did not seem to concern either team, ESPN reported. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said he only planned to wear the hand warmer he typically uses around his waist during cold weather. "We're going to get ready for the Chiefs. Whatever it is, it is," Patriots coach Bill Belichick told reporters. "Love to play in a championship game. Schedule it wherever you want. We'll be there." Meanwhile, Chiefs head groundskeeper Travis Hogan announced on Thursday that the team's grounds crew was forced to resod the stadium's turf following several inches of snow. "We weren't planning on a resod this week, but Mother Nature had other plans," Hogan wrote. "10 inches of snow and all the snow in the snow in the stadium being hauled out on the sidelines changed things. My crew did an unbelievable job. They are the BEST! Everyone is tired but we are ready. Let's Roll!" The Chiefs dealt with massive snowfall on Arrowhead Field ahead of its NFL playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts on January 12, according to CBS Sports. Kansas City went on to beat the Colts 31-13 to advance to the AFC championship game against the Patriots. The AFC championship game is scheduled to kick off at 6:40 p.m. EST on Sunday.<doc-sep>As the 2019 AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium kicks off on Sunday at 6:40 p.m. ET on CBS. Leading up to the game, the Kansas City weather has been a huge topic of conversation. While the Kansas City weather forecast for Sunday has improved since earlier in the week, temperatures are still expected to get well below freezing, possibly reaching as low as 20 degrees for Patriots vs. Chiefs. Mother Nature could also deal Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, and company winds that could top out at 15 mph. The Chiefs vs. Patriots over-under opened at 57, moved all the way down to 54.5, and bounced back to 56 as the Chiefs vs. Patriots forecast has improved. And if you're evaluating the weather and looking to make any Patriots vs. Chiefs picks, check out the NFL predictions from SportsLine's proven computer model first. SportsLine's proprietary computer model went 176-80 straight-up last season and beat more than 95 percent of CBS Sports Office Pool players in 2016 and '17. It also performed better than 98 percent of experts tracked by NFLPickWatch.com during that span. Additionally, it went 48-34 on A-rated picks against the spread last season, and $100 bettors who have followed it the past two seasons are up nearly $4,000. The model has continued to nail its top-rated picks in 2018-19, entering the championship round on a blistering 16-6 run. For the season, it is now 30-15 on all top-rated picks, extending its two-year run to a strong 78-49. It also went 170-84 on straight-up NFL picks during the regular season, ranking inside the top 10 on NFLPickWatch.com. Additionally, it is 7-1 on all against the spread picks in the 2019 NFL playoffs. Anyone who has followed it is way up. Now it has taken the AFC Championship weather into account and simulated every possible scenario 10,000 times. We can tell you that the Patriots vs. Chiefs weather has the model leaning to the under, which hits in well over 50 percent of simulations. Mahomes vs. Brady is the battle everybody is talking about as one of the league's legends takes on a top rising star. And while these two helped their teams pile up 83 points in their regular-season meeting, the model is calling for a much different type of matchup this time around. Kansas City's defense was brilliant last week against the Colts, holding one of the NFL's hottest offenses to just 13 points. The Patriots were similarly tough against the Chargers, giving up just seven points until very late in the third quarter when the game was already out of hand. And both teams have been running the ball well recently. Patriots rookie Sony Michel went off for three touchdowns against the Chargers last week, while Damien Williams has helped the Chiefs quickly forget about Kareem Hunt. All those factors, combined with frigid conditions, have created plenty of value on the under, according to the model. It also says you can back one side of the spread in well over 50 percent of simulations. You can only see that pick at SportsLine. Who wins Patriots vs. Chiefs? And which side of the spread hits in well over 50 percent of simulations? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Chiefs vs. Patriots spread you need to jump on Sunday, all from the computer model that has returned nearly $4,000 to $100 bettors over the past two seasons.<doc-sep>
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - JANUARY 12: The Kansas City Chiefs exit the tunnel onto the field during player introduction prior to the AFC Divisional round playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts at Arrowhead Stadium on January 12, 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) The latest weather forecasts show temperatures improving in Kansas City by as much as 30 degrees before kickoff of the AFC Championship Game on Sunday. There’s good news and there’s bad news for fans planning on attending Sunday’s AFC Championship Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New England Patriots. The good news? It might not be as brutally, record-breaking-ly cold as originally expected when the two best teams in the conference take the field. The bad news? It’s still going to be absolutely frigid. So pack your thickest winter coat, wear two pairs of mittens, and maybe check the Arrowhead Stadium rules and policies on bringing personal space heaters into the game. Originally, forecasts predicted the temperature at kickoff could be in the negative, which would have potentially set a mark for one of the coldest games in NFL playoff history. As of Friday, that estimate had changed, with new reports suggesting the thermometer could actually break the 30 degree Fahrenheit threshold. That’s still what most average people would call absurdly cold, but it’s maybe not quite as miserable or unbearable as originally thought. Obviously it’s the weather, so there’s still a significant chance the situation could change again before Sunday. But at the very least, fans of both teams hoping to make their voices heard might breathe a slight sigh of relief, knowing they won’t get frostbite in their lungs the moment they open their mouths to cheer. Much has been made of what the weather will mean in determining the outcome of this game. Some pundits claim it’s all part of the Chiefs’ home-field advantage, and point to the team’s demolition of the Colts last weekend in light snow and similar temperatures as proof. Others swear the conditions favor the Patriots, who are used to playing cold playoff games in January, and who rely more on a power running game to put points on the board. For their part, both title game participants have shrugged off any notion that the weather will play a major role in their game-planning for Sunday. “It will be a little chilly and that’s OK. We’re at that time of the year. You go play,” Chiefs head coach Andy Reid told the media on Monday. “I don’t think it will be an issue… we continue to practice outside where it’s cold. It’s all part of it. You just have to adapt.” His counterpart on the Patriots, head coach Bill Belichick, similarly sounded nonchalant when discussing hypothetical forecasts. “Love to play in the championship game. Schedule it wherever you want. We’ll be there,” Belichick remarked to reporters on Wednesday. “We’re getting ready for the Chiefs. Whatever it is, it is.” Assuming both coaches aren’t just full of hot air (get it? ), it sounds like both New England and Kansas City will be ready to rock and roll come Sunday night, regardless of what the weather’s like outside.