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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. Today is your last chance to win this week. What is a “halo?” 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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This is Winter Weather Safety and Awareness Week and the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Portland website has tips for you to keep safe during the upcoming Winter season. Just go to: WINTER AWARENESS WEEK.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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Here are your preliminary Saturday College Football Forecasts: You’re going to need the rain gear for both locations.
Ducks vs Colorado at Autzen Stadium 12:00 PM – Cloudy with a 50% chance of rain at kickoff increasing to rain (80% chance) as the game progresses, Temperature 53 warming to 58 by games end, Wind: Light.
Bravers at Washington CenturyLink Field Seattle, Washington 7:15 PM – Mostly cloudy with rain at times, then rain likely (60%) by the end of the game, Temperature hovering near 52, Wind: S 10-15 mph.
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A high pressure ridge (shaded “Arch” shape) dried us out Thursday, but it is moving away from us and low pressure will return for more rain chances today through the weekend. A frontal system will move through today increasing chances of rain then another frontal system followed by more will continue the rain for the weekend into next week.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain today (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of rain tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and Saturday AM, rain likely (60%) Saturday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then showers likely (70%) late Saturday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday, rain likely (60%) Sunday night highs 59-67 lows 45-52. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Monday through Tuesday, rain Tuesday night through Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Thursday highs 69-59 lows 50-44. (seasonal averages high 62 low 43)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain today (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday AM inland with coastal rain likely (60%), rain in the afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), coastal rain likely (70%) with evening rain likely (70%) inland and a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with rain likely (70%) Sunday and Sunday night highs 58-62 lows 49-55. Mostly cloudy with rain Monday through Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday highs 62-56 lows 53-50. (seasonal averages high 59 low 45)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain today (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with (30%) chance of rain this evening, a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday AM, then rain likely (60%) in the afternoon through Sunday with rain Sunday night snow level 7,000 ft. today, then above 8,000 ft. tonight through Sunday night highs 42-49 lows 33-39. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Monday through Tuesday, rain Tuesday night and Wednesday, rain and snow likely (60%) Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Thursday snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday through Tuesday, 7,500 ft. Tuesday night, 6,500 ft. Wednesday, then 5,500 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday highs 49-40 lows 39-33.
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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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