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Advisories: A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES AND FOOTHILLS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 11 AM SATURDAY FOR THE WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST, SOUTHERN OREGON COAST, THE WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST, AND THE WESTERN ROGUE BASIN OF SOUTH WESTERN OREGON. THAT MEANS THERE IS A HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE AREAS LISTED. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF OREGON.
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Saturday College Football Forecasts: Ducks vs. Nevada at Autzen Stadium – Kickoff time 12:30 PM – Mostly sunny and hot, warming from near 80 to the mid 90s by the end of the game. Beavers vs Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin – Kickoff 11:00 AM CDT 9:00 AM PDT – Mostly sunny & warming from near 70 to near 80 by the end of the game.
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We will be staying under a strengthening blocking high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape covering the Pacific Northwest) assuring that we will stay from very warm to hot. It looks like a frontal system will move in early next week with increased onshore airflow and that should break the back of this heat wave.
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Here are your detailed forecasts.**
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Sunny and very warm today, clear tonight, mostly sunny & hot Saturday, clear Saturday night, mostly sunny and still very warm Sunday, then mostly clear Sunday night highs near 92-95 cooling to near 90 Sunday lows 55-52. Mostly sunny Monday and Tuesday, mostly clear Monday night, mostly cloudy late Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday highs 84-76 lows 53-47. (seasonal averages high 79 low 48)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny today through Sunday AM with mostly clear nights, then partly cloudy Sunday afternoon and Sunday night highs 94-97 cooling to 92 Sunday lows near 57. Partly cloudy Monday through Thursday highs 89-80 lows 56-50. (seasonal averages high 81 low 53)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, sunny this afternoon and Saturday afternoon with partly cloudy nights and early AM with patchy coastal fog, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog Sunday AM and late at night, mostly sunny Sunday afternoon highs 66-62 lows near 52. Mostly cloudy with patchy fog early Monday AM and late Monday night, mostly cloudy Monday afternoon and Tuesday through Thursday highs 66-63 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 65 low 51).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon and evening, clear tonight, mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear at night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today through Sunday night highs 82-84 lows near 52. Mostly sunny Monday through Thursday with mostly clear nights free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Monday through Wednesday, then 13,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday highs 77-68 lows near 50.
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**Because weather forecasting is a combination of science, intuition, and timing there can be no absolute guarantees that individual forecasts will be 100% accurate. Nature is in a constant state of flux and sudden unexpected weather events can happen.
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