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This 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 is moving into the Pacific Northwest allowing for a better 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: SW 5 mph shifting E 5 mph.
Beavers vs. Arizona State at Reser Stadium 7:35 PM: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain (20%) 62 cooling throughout the game, wind: S 5-10 mph.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with rain tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible) and patchy fog late night and Saturday AM, a (40%) chance of AM rain, a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy and a slight (20%) chance rain with patchy fog late Saturday night and Sunday AM, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon and Sunday night with patchy fog late at night and Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, with patchy fog Sunday night lows 49-52 cooling to 48 Monday night highs 66-64. 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 (30%) chance of rain Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday night through Thursday evening, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow late Thursday night, then rain and snow likely (60%) Friday highs 64-50 lows 46-40. (seasonal averages high 59 low 42)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with rain tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), AM rain likely (60%) at the shore and a (40%) chance of rain inland AM rain, and a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), and evening, patchy fog with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Saturday night, patchy fog Sunday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Sunday night, AM fog, then mostly cloudy Monday and Monday night lows 53-50 highs 62-65. Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night, patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night, rain likely (60%) and cooler Thursday and Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Friday highs 59-52 lows 50-42. (seasonal averages high 58 low 45)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) this evening, a good (50%) of showers late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of showers Saturday AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday AM, partly cloudy and warmer Sunday and Sunday night, then partly cloudy Monday and Monday night snow level above 8,000 ft. tonight through Saturday, free air freezing level 11,000 ft. Saturday night, then 13,000 ft. Sunday through Monday night lows 38-43 highs 47-60. Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday night and Friday free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Tuesday, 11,000 ft. Tuesday night, snow level 6,500 ft. Wednesday, 4,000 ft. Wednesday night, 2,500 ft. Thursday, then at the surface Thursday night and Friday highs 57-35 lows 36-26.
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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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