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Here it is my 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 College Football Forecast for tonight:
The Ducks vs California at Autzen Stadium: Kickoff 6 PM Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy and dry 60 cooling through the 50s by the end of the game. Wind: SW 15-10 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 TODAY 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) will slowly move to the eastward allowing high pressure to help dry us out for a bit. A frontal system pushed through and dropped some more rain on us Wednesday, but that will be over for a while at least. 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 a slight chance of a shower, patchy AM fog, a mix of clouds and sun this afternoon, mostly cloudy this evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Friday AM, a mix of clouds and sun Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday evening, mostly cloudy at 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 highs 60-67 lows 44-48. Cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday, mostly cloudy with 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 69 low 43)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog and scattered areas of frost this AM with a slight (20%) chance of showers, mostly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight, mostly cloudy Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night, mostly cloudy Saturday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) of rain Saturday night highs 62-73 lows 44-50. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday, 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 71 low 47)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, mostly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, partly cloudy tonight, just mostly cloudy Friday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night and along the beaches Saturday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday night highs 59-64 lows 47-50. Mostly 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 63-68 lows 48-52. (seasonal averages high 63 low 47).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: A mix of clouds and sun today with a (30%) chance of AM rain and showers, a slight (20%) chance of showers this afternoon, 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, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday night snow level 5,000 ft. rising to 5,500 ft. today, 6,000 ft. tonight, above 8000 ft. Friday and Friday night, free air freezing level 11,000 ft. Saturday, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Saturday night highs 40-56 lows 34-40. 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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