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Sorry, no winner for this week’s weather quiz question. Here is the question for the last time. Oregon’s Cape Foulweather was named that because of a particularly strong storm that produced high winds and “thick and hazy conditions” that lasted for about two weeks. Who gave the Cape its fitting name? The correct answer is Captain James Cook. I’ll have a new weather quiz question for you starting next Monday. 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.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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Saturday College football games forecast: They are both away games today.
Ducks vs Colorado in Boulder, CO – Kickoff 12:30 PM : Partly cloudy to mostly sunny 70 warming to near 73.
Beavers vs Washington State in Seattle, WA – kickoff 7:30 PM : Cloudy with showers 56 holding steady and then dropping by a couple of degrees by the end of the game.
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An upper air trough of low pressure (“U” shape on jet stream line) is moving through and a frontal system off shore will stall over the Northern reaches of the area waiting until today or Sunday push through to keep the chance of rain and cooler temperatures with us. High pressure will take over and bring back the sun, for a while at least, early next week.
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WEEKEND METEOR SHOWER: The Earth has entered a stream of debris from Halley’s comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the shower to peak on this morning with more than 15 meteors per hour. It will continue for the next few days too. Check http://spaceweather.com for links to a live meteor radar, sky maps and observing tips. Good luck finding them through the clouds, but remember you need to be away from the city lights to se much of anything.
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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 (20%) chance of rain today ( some sun breaks) and tonight, cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday AM, a (30%) chance of showers in the afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of showers and colder Sunday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday AM, then partly cloudy Monday night highs 68-57 lows 48-33. Patchy AM frost, mostly sunny Tuesday, partly cloudy at night, patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night, a mix of clouds and sun Thursday, mostly cloudy at night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday highs 58-65 cooling to near 60 Friday lows 34-45. (seasonal averages high 61 low 40)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain then patchy fog late tonight and early Sunday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers in the afternoon and Sunday night, partly cloudy Monday, then mostly clear with patchy frost late Monday night highs 69-58 lows 47-37. AM frost, mostly sunny Tuesday, mostly clear Tuesday night with patchy frost late at night and early Wednesday AM, sunny Wednesday, partly cloudy Wednesday night through Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday highs 56-65 lows 37-43. (seasonal averages high 63 low 44)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog, mostly sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy at night with a slight (20%) chance of coastal rain and a slight (20%) chance of inland rain late at night, patchy AM fog Sunday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday AM and a slight (20%) chance of showers in the afternoon and Sunday night, partly cloudy Monday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Monday night highs 65-57 lows 53-47. Mostly sunny Tuesday, mostly clear Tuesday night, mostly sunny Wednesday, partly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday, mostly cloudy Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday highs 60-62 lows 43-48. (seasonal averages high 60 low 45).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy today and this evening, mostly cloudy tonight, a mix of clouds and sun Sunday with a slight (20%) chance of showers, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of evening showers, a slight (20%) chance of showers and colder late Sunday night, partly cloudy Monday and Monday night free air freezing level 12,000 ft. today and tonight, snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday, 7,000 ft. Sunday night, free air freezing level 6,000 ft. Monday and Monday night highs 58-40 lows 38-28. Mostly sunny Tuesday, partly cloudy Tuesday night through Thursday, mostly cloudy Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday free air freezing level 6,500 ft. Tuesday, 7,500 ft. Tuesday night, 10,000 ft. Wednesday, 11,000 ft. Wednesday night, 12,000 ft. Thursday, 11,000 ft. Thursday night, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Friday highs 48-56 lows 28-37.
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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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