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Today is your last chance to win this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question. What is the difference between a “Typhoon” and a “Hurricane”? 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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Don’t forget to “Fall Back” to Standard Time at bedtime Saturday night. The official time change is at 2 AM Sunday, but you don’t have to stay up that late to set your clocks back one hour. The Fire Department suggests that you check the batteries in your smoke detectors and replace them if necessary and the same goes for CO2 detectors and Radon detectors. Make sure they are working properly.
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A frontal system will zip through the Pacific Northwest today allowing for an increased chance of rain. There will be a chance of showers for the weekend into next week as a trough of low pressure (Shaded “U” shaped area with blue arrows in the Gulf of Alaska) continues to send waves of moisture at us.
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Here are your Saturday College Football Forecasts:
Ducks vs. USC at Los Angeles Coliseum 4:00 PM:Partly cloudy 78 cooling throughout the game, wind: SSW 5 mph.
Beavers vs. Arizona State at Reser Stadium 7:35 PM: Mostly cloudy with a little better than a slight chance of rain (30%) 56 cooling throughout the game, wind: S 5-10 mph decreasing to Light.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain this afternoon and tonight with patchy fog late night and Saturday AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance rain with patchy fog late Saturday night and Sunday AM, mostly cloudy Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog Sunday night highs 60-70 lows 49-52 cooling to 48 Sunday night. Partly cloudy with patchy AM fog Monday, mostly cloudy Monday night, patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night, patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday night and Thursday highs 70-53 lows 48-44. (seasonal averages high 59 low 42)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) rain this afternoon, cloudy with rain likely (60%) at the shore and a (40%) chance of rain inland tonight, a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday AM, a (40%) chance of showers in the afternoon and evening, patchy fog with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Saturday night and Sunday AM inland with a slight (20%) chance of coastal rain in the afternoon, then partly cloudy with patchy fog late Sunday night highs 60-66 lows near 52. Mostly cloudy Monday with patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Monday afternoon, mostly cloudy Monday night, patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night, patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday night and Thursday highs 62-52 lows 52-46. (seasonal averages high 58 low 45)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy this AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain this afternoon and evening, a good (50%) chance of showers late tonight and Saturday AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of rain and warmer Sunday, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday night snow level above 8,000 ft. today through Sunday night highs 50-47 warming to 58 Sunday lows near 37. Partly cloudy Monday through Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, 12,000 ft. Tuesday, 11,000 ft. Tuesday night, snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday, 7,500 ft. Wednesday night, then 4,000 ft. Thursday highs 59-40 lows 40-30.
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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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