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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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An upper air trough of low pressure (“U” shape on yellow line) moved away from us as high pressure (“Arch” shape on yellow line) took over to dry us out. Now low pressure returns, but a frontal system will wait until tonight to start bringing back the wet weather, then another frontal system will push through between Saturday and Sunday.
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With the chance of rain developing this evening you should take the rain gear if you go to a high school football game this evening. Bundle up it will get chilly as the evening progresses.
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Here are your Saturday College Football Forecasts:
Beavers vs California in Berkeley, CA Kickoff: 3:30 PM -Partly cloudy 63 cooling slightly by the end of the game.
Ducks vs. Stanford in Palo Alto, CA Kickoff: 5 PM -Partly cloudy near 63 cooling to near 55 by the end of the game.
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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: A mix of clouds and sun with patchy fog this AM, becoming mostly cloudy this afternoon (Veterans Day), evening rain developing, showers likely (60%) late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM showers, rain likely (60%) Saturday afternoon, rain Saturday night, then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday (0.25 in. of rain possible) and Sunday night highs 53-50 warming to 54 Sunday lows 36-42 cooling to 38 Sunday night. Mostly cloudy with showers Monday, showers likely (60%) Monday night and Tuesday, then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night through Wednesday night, then showers likely (60% ) Thursday highs near 50 lows 38-43. (seasonal averages high 54 low 38)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, increasing clouds to mostly cloudy this afternoon (Veterans Day), cloudy with a (40%) chance of evening rain, a good (50%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) Saturday (snow level 3,500 ft.), rain Saturday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), then cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday, and showers likely (60%) Sunday night highs near 53 lows 38-42. Mostly cloudy with showers Monday, rain Monday night, showers likely (60%) Tuesday, cloudy with showers likely (60%) Tuesday night, showers likely (60%) Wednesday, rain likely (60%) Wednesday night, then showers likely (60%) Thursday highs near 53 lows near 42. (seasonal averages high 55 low 41)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, mostly cloudy this afternoon (Veterans Day), cloudy with good (50%) showers tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a (30%) of showers Saturday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain Saturday night (0.25 in. of rain possible), then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday and a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday night highs 56-52 warming to 55 Sunday lows 40-45 cooling to 42 Sunday night. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Monday, showers Monday night, showers likely (60%) Tuesday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Wednesday, rain likely (60%) Wednesday night, then showers likely (60%) Thursday highs 52-55 lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 56 low 43).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy and breezy (wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to W 15-25 mph this afternoon) today (Veterans Day), rain and snow developing this evening, rain and snow showers late tonight (2-4 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of snow showers Saturday AM, rain and snow likely (60%) and colder Saturday afternoon (2 in. of snow possible, 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain and snow Saturday night, rain and snow showers Sunday, then rain and snow showers likely (60%) Sunday night free air freezing 8,000 ft. this afternoon, snow level 5,500 ft. falling to 3,500 ft. Friday night, 3,000 ft. Saturday, 4,000 ft. Saturday night, 4,500 ft. Sunday, then 4,000 ft. Sunday night highs 45-36 lows 28-32 cooling to 27 Sunday night. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers Monday, then rain and snow showers likely (60%) Monday night through Thursday snow level 3,000 ft. Monday, 4,500 ft. Monday night, 3,500 ft. Tuesday, 4,000 ft. Tuesday night, 3,500 ft. Wednesday, then 4,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday highs 37-33 lows near 28.
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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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