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Preview Weather Forecast for the Pac-12 Championship Game Friday:
Ducks vs UCLA at Autzen Stadium Kickoff 5 PM – Partly cloudy 45 cooling into the upper 30s throughout the game. Bundle up, it will get quite chilly.
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It’s time for my weekly weather quiz question. The Hurricane season officially ends today so I thought one more hurricane question was in order. Here it is. Only two Category 5 hurricanes with winds over 155 mph hit the USA between 1900 and 1996. What were their names? 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: AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 4 AM TUESDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, JACKSON COUNTY, THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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A cold front moved through Oregon returning the moisture flow for just a chance of precipitation for a short period of time. A high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape on the jet stream) is moving toward us and the airflow will dry us out and return the sunshine. So, for the better part of the next 6 days we’ll see sunshine after the late night and early AM fog clears out. That also means that our air quality will suffer with the sinking air of high pressure holding on to the pollutants at the surface.
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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: Partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Thursday AM, partly cloudy Thursday afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Thursday night and Friday AM, partly cloudy Friday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with with patchy fog late Friday night and Saturday AM, a mix of clouds and sun in the afternoon, then partly cloudy with patchy fog late Saturday night lows 33-28 highs 42-48 cooling to near 45 Saturday. Partly cloudy with early AM and late night patchy fog Sunday through Monday night, partly cloudy Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday night, then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday highs 45-50 cooling to 45 Tuesday lows near 29. (seasonal averages high 48 low 36)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly clear with patchy fog late tonight and Thursday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog late Thursday night, mostly sunny with patchy fog Friday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly clear with areas of fog late Friday night and Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Saturday night lows near 32 highs 46-50. Mostly sunny Sunday, partly cloudy with areas of patchy fog Sunday night and Monday AM, partly cloudy Monday afternoon through Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 50-46 lows 33-36. (seasonal averages high 50 low 38)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight and Thursday AM, sunny in the afternoon, clear in the evening at the beaches then mostly cloudy Thursday night, mostly clear inland with areas of fog late Thursday night and Friday AM, sunny in the AM inland with areas of fog then partly cloudy Friday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening then mostly cloudy at night at the beaches, mostly clear with areas of patchy fog late Friday night inland, partly cloudy with areas of AM fog Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy with patchy fog late Saturday night lows 34-39 cooling to 35 Saturday night highs 54-52. AM and late night fog and partly cloudy Sunday through Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 54-50 lows near 38. (seasonal averages high 52 low 41).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy this evening, clear tonight, sunny Thursday, clear Thursday night, partly cloudy Friday, mostly clear Friday night, mostly sunny Saturday, then mostly clear Saturday night free air freezing level 5,000 ft. tonight, 7,500 ft. Thursday, 8,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday, 6,000 ft. Friday night, 8,000 ft. Saturday, then 7,500 ft. Saturday night lows 24-33 highs near 38. Mostly sunny Sunday and Monday, mostly clear Sunday night and Monday night, partly cloudy Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) of rain Tuesday night, then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday free air freezing level 8,000 ft. Sunday, 9,000 ft. Sunday night, 7,500 ft. Monday, 8,000 ft. Monday night, 7,500 ft. Tuesday, snow level 6,000 ft Tuesday night, then 3,000 ft. Wednesday highs 42-36 lows near 32.
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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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