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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. This 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 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 rain off and on at kickoff throughout the game, Temperature 53 warming to 57 by games end, Wind: Light increasing to S 10-15 mph as the afternoon progresses.
Beavers at Washington CenturyLink Field Seattle, Washington 7:15 PM – Mostly cloudy with rain at times, then decreasing to rain likely (60%) by the end of the game, Temperature hovering near 52, Wind: S 10 mph with gusts to 20 mph, then S 10-15 mph later in the game.
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A high pressure ridge (shaded “Arch” shape) dried us out Thursday, but it has now turned our airflow from the northwest (the term for that is flattening as it looses it’s hump), for more rain chances today through the weekend. A frontal system is moving through increasing chances of rain, then another frontal system followed by more will continue the rain for the weekend into next week. An upper level trough of low pressure will take over early next week continuing the wet weather pattern.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this evening, a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain likely (60%) Saturday AM, rain Saturday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with rain likely (70%) in the evening, a good (50%) chance of rain late Saturday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then rain likely (60%) Sunday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible Sunday night) through Monday night lows 45-52 cooling to 50 Monday night highs 59-67 cooling to 64 Monday. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Tuesday, rain Tuesday night through Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Thursday and Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday highs 62-55 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 slight (20%) chance of coastal showers this evening and late tonight and partly cloudy inland this evening with a slight (20%) chance of showers and mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), coastal rain with inland AM rain likely (60%) and rain in the afternoon Saturday (0.15 in. of rain possible), cloudy with coastal rain evening rain and rain likely (70%) late at night, inland rain likely (60%) in the evening with a good (50%) chance of rain late Saturday night (0.20 in. of rain possible), cloudy with coastal rain Sunday and and a good (50%) chance of inland rain Sunday (0.20 in. of rain possible), coastal rain likely (60%) at night with a good (50%) chance of evening inland rain and rain likely (70%) late Sunday night (0.25 in. of rain possible), then rain and breezy Monday and Monday night lows 49-55 cooling to 52 Monday night highs 59-62. Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy Tuesday through Wednesday, rain Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday and Thursday night, then rain likely (60%) Friday highs 60-56 lows 52-47. (seasonal averages high 59 low 45)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain this evening, rain Saturday (0.50 in. of rain possible), rain likely (60%) Saturday night (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain Sunday through Monday, then mostly cloudy with rain Monday night snow level above 8,000 ft. tonight through Monday night lows 33-39 cooling to 36 Monday night highs 48-50. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Tuesday, rain Tuesday night, rain and snow likely (70%) Wednesday and Wednesday night, rain likely (60%) Thursday, showers likely (60%) Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday snow level above 8,000 ft. Tuesday, and Tuesday night, 6,500 ft. Wednesday, 5,500 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday, 6,500 ft. Thursday night, then back up to 8,000 ft. Friday highs 52-40 warming to near 50 Friday 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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