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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. This is your last chance this week to win. Since the Hurricane season for this year is almost over (it ends November 30th) I thought this would be an interesting question. What is the longest period of time on record without a hurricane hitting the United States? 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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Advisories: A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE ABOVE 1,000 FT. , FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES FOOTHILLS ABOVE 1,000 FT, THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS OF LANE COUNTY ABOVE 1,000 FT, AND THE NORTHERN CASCADES INCLUDING THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM SATURDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM SATURDAY ABOVE 2,500 FT. FOR EASTERN CURRY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON CASCADES, UNTIL 4 AM SATURDAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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Here is a look at your Saturday College Football Forecasts:
Beavers vs Washington at Reser Stadium: Kickoff 12:30 PM -Cloudy with a 30% chance showers possibly mixed with snow and quite cool in the upper 30s warming (?) to 40 by the end of the game. Wind S 5-10 mph. You will definitely need to bundle up and wear rain gear.
Ducks vs. USC at Autzen Stadium: Kickoff 5:00 PM – Cloudy with a slight chance of showers and cool 40 cooling to the 30s by the end of the game. You will definitely need to bundle up and wear rain gear.
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The upper air flow is swinging from the northwest over the Pacific Northwest to bring us more moisture. A trough of low pressure (“U” shape n the jet stream is sliding through Oregon. A series of frontal systems will march through to keep us wet and we will seriously cool down. With falling temperatures and falling snow levels be aware that driving conditions could get slippery.
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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 rain and snow showers tonight, small hail possible this evening (1 in. of snow possible mainly in the hills, 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with AM rain and snow showers likely (60%) Saturday AM, a (30%) chance of showers in the afternoon (1 in. of snow possible mainly in the hills, under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Saturday night and Sunday AM, then a mix of clouds and sun Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain, then rain likely (60%) Monday night lows 32-25 warming to near 40 Monday night highs 40-47. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Tuesday through Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) and rain continuing to be likely Thursday night and Friday highs near 50 lows 40-38. (seasonal averages high 51 low 37)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Cloudy with rain and snow showers (0.10 in. of rain possible) tonight (snow level 1,000 ft. falling to 500 ft.late, 1-2 in. of snow possible above 1,500 ft., 1 in. of snow possible at lower elevations), cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Saturday AM, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday afternoon (snow level 500 ft. rising to 2,000 ft. in the afternoon, 1 in. of snow possible, under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers in the evening, mostly cloudy Saturday night (snow level 2,500 ft.), mostly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night, then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday, then rain likely (60%) Monday night lows 34-30 warming to near 40 Monday night highs 43-50. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Tuesday, rain Tuesday night through Wednesday night, rain and snow likely (60%) Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), rain likely (60%) Thursday night, then rain and snow likely (60%) Friday highs 50-53 cooling to 47 then back to 52 Friday lows 45-40. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with coastal showers (0.40 in. of rain possible) and isolated thunderstorms this evening then showers late this evening and tonight, isolated thunderstorms inland this evening with showers tonight (snow level 1,500 ft. falling to 1,000 ft. late, 0.20 in. of rain possible), cloudy Saturday, coastal showers likely (60%) in the morning, rain and snow showers likely (60%) inland in the AM, a good (50%) chance of showers in the afternoon (AM snow level 1,000 ft., 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of showers in the evening, mostly cloudy late Saturday night through Sunday night, then cloudy and windy with rain likely (60%) Monday and Monday night lows 37-33 warming to 46 Monday night highs 47-54. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) and breezy Tuesday, mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday night through Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) and Thursday night, then rain likely (60%) Friday highs 56-50 warming to 53 Friday lows 48-40. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with snow showers (4-8 in. of snow possible) tonight and colder, AM snow showers Saturday, snow showers likely (60%) in the afternoon (2 in. of snow possible), a slight (20%) chance of snow showers Saturday night, a mix of clouds and sun Sunday, mostly cloudy Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Monday and Monday night snow level at the surface tonight through Saturday night, free air freezing level at the surface rising to 3,500 ft. Sunday afternoon, rising to 4,000 ft. Sunday night, snow level 3,500 ft. Monday, then 4,500 ft. Monday night lows 15-32 highs 26-35. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) and breezy Tuesday, rain likely (60%) and breezy Tuesday night, rain and snow likely (60%) Wednesday through Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) and Thursday night, then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Friday snow level 5,000 ft. Tuesday, 6,000 ft.Tuesday night, 5,000 ft. Wednesday, 4,500 ft. Wednesday night, falling to 3,000 ft. Thursday, then 3,500 ft. Thursday night and Friday highs 40-34 warming to 37 Friday lows near 30.
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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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