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SUPER BOWL XIX NOTES : Latest Forecast: Cool, Cloudy and Dry for Game

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From Times Staff Writers and Wire Services

Despite a front that could deliver light showers to the San Francisco Bay area by early today, forecasters stood by their prediction of cool, cloudy and dry conditions for the Super Bowl at Stanford Stadium.

A National Weather Service forecaster said that at game time, skies will be partly cloudy and the temperature will be 55.

The chance of rainfall during the game remains less than 10%. Winds will be from the northwest at 5 to 7 m.p.h. The public-address voice at Stanford will sound familiar to Southland sports fans. It belongs to John Ramsay, a Cerritos travel agent who at one time or another has been the PA announcer for every major team in Southern California. This is the first time in 19 Super Bowls that the PA announcer has been hired from out of town.

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In a San Francisco Chronicle poll of some out-of-town reporters covering the Super Bowl, 30 picked the 49ers and 22 the Dolphins.

Seven of eight Chronicle reporters predicted a 49er victory.

Three floats costing a total of $32,000 have been built for a 49er victory parade down Market Street Monday morning.

There’s only one hitch: no victory, no parade.

A letter in the Chronicle sports section Saturday:

“I’m an inmate at San Quentin and would like to say: No matter if we win or lose the Super Bowl Sunday, I want to personally thank Bill Walsh and the entire 49er organization for bringing me and the rest of the men here a standard of excellence both on and off the field. Good luck tomorrow, and tell the defense to keep their hands up for those Marino passes.” MICHAEL SANALIE San Quentin John Frank, the 49ers’ rookie tight end who suffered a dislocated elbow two weeks ago, will remain on the roster for the Super Bowl game, the team said Saturday.

The former Ohio State star probably will wear an adjustable cast that protects both sides of his elbow joint. He wore the cast last week in practice.

Other 49ers with injuries all worked out during a 30-minute final practice session Saturday. They were wide receiver Dwight Clark (hamstring), tight end Russ Francis (hamstring), and defensive end Dwaine Board (shoulder).

Miami tight end Dan Johnson, tested for possible appendicitis, has been given clearance to play after participating in a walk-through workout Saturday at Stanford Stadium.

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Tight end Bruce Hardy will start in place of Johnson, but Johnson will play later, Coach Don Shula said.

Tests taken at an Oakland medical laboratory proved negative as far as appendicitis was concerned, but Miami team physician Charles Virgin said Johnson could be suffering from regional irritation in the stomach.

“It may be the residual from the severe gastro-intestinal disorder he suffered earlier,” Virgin said.

That disorder caused Johnson to miss the Dolphins’ playoff game with Seattle.

Johnson caught 34 passes this season for 426 yards and three touchdowns.

The last of 49,800 tickets for the NFL’s Pro Bowl at Honolulu next Sunday have been sold, the NFL announced. It was the second earliest sellout since 1980, when the all-star football game came to Aloha Stadium.

The only Pro Bowl in Hawaii that wasn’t a sellout was the 1982 game. Ticket sales fell 200 short because the NFL suspended the sale of tickets for two months because of a players’ strike.

This year’s game, to be televised by ABC, will start at 1 p.m. PST.

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