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Here it is my new weekly weather quiz question. This is an easy “Fall” question. What makes the leaves lose their green color and fall off of the trees? Please remember to post your answer as a comment by clicking on “no comments /comments” in the upper right hand portion of this page under the caption, then add your comment. The first person to post the correct answer will win a week of free personalized weather forecasts tailored to your needs. The answer has to be a comment to win. An email answer will not count. Good luck.
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Here is your Special Thursday night College Football Forecast:
The Ducks vs California at Autzen Stadium: Kickoff 6 PM Partly cloudy and dry 60 cooling through the 50s by the end of the game. Wind: W 10-15 mph. You might want to bundle up. It will get chilly as the game goes on.
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Advisories: A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM UNTIL 8 AM THURSDAY FOR EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
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An upper air trough of low pressure (“U” shape on the orange jet stream line) is sending even more moist cooler air our way. One frontal system came through already and a second even stronger one is sweeping through Oregon dropping more rain on us. There will be a break in the wet weather, but how long will it last?
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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: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and a slight (20%) chance of isolated thunderstorms this evening, showers tapering off and ending late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible, more in storms), patchy AM fog, a mix of clouds and sun Thursday, partly cloudy Thursday night with patchy fog late and Friday AM, a mix of clouds and sun Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday night, a mix of clouds and sun Saturday with more clouds late in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday night lows 40-48 highs 60-67. Cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday, a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday night, rain likely (60%) Monday (Columbus Day), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night, a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday highs 64-67 lows 50-48. (seasonal averages high 70 low 43)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers this evening, isolated showers with patchy fog late tonight, mostly cloudy with patchy fog and scattered areas of frost Thursday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, partly cloudy late Thursday night, mostly cloudy Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night, mostly cloudy Saturday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) of rain Saturday night lows 42-48 highs 62-72. Cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday night, a (30%) chance of rain Monday (Columbus Day), a (30%) chance of rain Monday night and Tuesday, a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday highs 68-65 lows 46-50. (seasonal averages high 72 low 47)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy tonight, coastal showers this evening and scattered showers late, scattered showers inland late tonight, patchy fog late night and early Thursday AM, a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, mostly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, partly cloudy Thursday night, Just mostly cloudy Friday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night and Saturday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday night lows 44-49 highs 59-65. Cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday night, a good (50%) chance of rain Monday (Columbus Day) and Monday night and Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 64-68 lows 48-52. (seasonal averages high 63 low 47).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers likely (60%) then tapering off by late tonight, a mix of clouds and sun Thursday with a (30%) chance of AM showers, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday night, a mix of clouds and sun Saturday, increasing clouds by late afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday night snow level 5,000 ft. tonight, rising to 6,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, above 8000 ft. Friday and Friday night, free air freezing level 11,000 ft. Saturday, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Saturday night lows 32-39 highs 40-56. A mix of clouds and sun Saturday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday night, a good (50%) chance of rain Monday (Columbus Day), a (40%) chance of rain Monday night, a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday, 7,000 ft. Sunday night, then above 8,000 ft. Monday through Wednesday highs 52-56 lows near 38.
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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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