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College Football Forecast: Ducks vs. Missouri State at Autzen Stadium: Kickoff at 12:30 PM Partly cloudy and cool 65 with increasing clouds and warming to near 72 by the end of the game.
The Beavers have a bye this week. Next game September 24th.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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An upper air trough of low pressure (“U” shape over the Pacific Northwest) is ushering in a moist marine airflow pushing many more clouds our way. A frontal system will move in which should produce some showers possibly as soon as Saturday evening ahead of the front. More frontal systems will march through giving us the Autumn weather that comes with the season and the Autumnal Equinox which occur at 2:05 AM PDT Thursday. I don’t know about you, but I have been seeing trees turning colors and losing their leaves for the past month which seems to indicate that Autumn-like clouds and low temperatures that we had for the latter part of this Summer triggered an early start to the Fall season.
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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: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy tonight, a mix of clouds and sun Saturday with increasing clouds to mostly cloudy East of I-5, partly cloudy Saturday evening and mostly cloudy at night with a slight (20%) chance of rain approaching from the West of I-5, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) of rain Sunday AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday afternoon and evening, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday night and Monday AM, then partly cloudy Monday afternoon and Monday night lows 40-55 cooling to near 50 Monday night highs 72-77. Partly cloudy Tuesday through Friday highs near 80 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 77 low 47)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday AM, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Sunday night and Monday AM, then partly cloudy Monday afternoon and Monday night lows 44-55 highs 75-82. Partly cloudy Tuesday through Friday highs 80-85 lows near 53. (seasonal averages high 79 low 51)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy at the shore this evening then mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight, mostly clear inland tonight, mostly cloudy Saturday AM with patchy coastal fog, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy late Saturday night, a slight (20%) chance of coastal rain Sunday AM then a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday afternoon and evening, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers inland Sunday night, mostly cloudy at the shore with a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night, mostly cloudy Monday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday afternoon and evening, then mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Monday night lows 45-55 highs 63-66. Mostly cloudy with patchy fog Tuesday AM, partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday evening, mostly cloudy with patchy late at night and early AM fog Wednesday night through Friday highs near 64 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 65 low 50).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy tonight, a mix of clouds and sun Saturday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Saturday night through Sunday evening, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Sunday night, a mix of clouds and with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday AM, mostly sunny Monday afternoon, and mostly clear Monday night free air freezing level 9,000 ft. tonight and Saturday, 11,000 ft. Saturday night and Sunday, snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday night and Monday, then free air freezing level of 14,000 ft. Monday night lows 35-45 highs 58-67. Mostly sunny Tuesday, partly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon, then partly cloudy Wednesday night through Friday free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday night, 13,000 ft. Thursday, 14,000 ft. Thursday night, and 13,000 ft. Friday highs 70-63 lows near 46.
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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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