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Here are your preliminary College Football Forecasts for Saturday.
Ducks vs. Stanford at Autzen Stadium: Kickoff 5:00 PM Mostly cloudy with rain 56 cooling to the upper 40s toward the end of the game. Rain gear definitely needed. It never rains in Autzen Stadium?
Beavers vs. California at Reser Stadium: Kickoff 7:30 PM Mostly cloudy with rain 55 cooling to the upper 40?s toward the end of the game. Rain gear definitely needed.
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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. What is the difference between a “dormant” volcano and an “extinct” volcano? 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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There will be a little break from the chance of showers with high pressure (shaded “Arch” shape centered at the coast) taking over through Friday. Another frontal system will push through next weekend as upper low pressure takes over increasing the rain chances again.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Patchy AM fog, partly cloudy this afternoon, and evening, cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Thursday AM, a mix of clouds and sun Thursday afternoon, cloudy Thursday night, mostly cloudy Friday, then cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night highs near 58 lows 40-46. Mostly cloudy with rain Saturday and Saturday night, rain likely (60%) Sunday, rain Sunday night, rain likely (60%) Monday and Monday night, then rain Tuesday highs 58-54 warming to 56 Tuesday lows 45-48. (seasonal averages high 53 low 38)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, just mostly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Thursday AM, partly cloudy Thursday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy Thursday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday, cloudy with showers likely (60%) late Friday night highs 58-62 lows 40-46. Mostly cloudy with rain Saturday, rain likely (60%) Saturday night and Sunday, then mostly cloudy with rain Sunday night through Tuesday highs near 55 lows near 44. (seasonal averages high 54 low 41)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with areas of fog this AM, mostly cloudy this afternoon, partly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight and Thursday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon and Thursday night, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Friday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening showers, then breezy with showers likely (60%) and breezy late Friday night highs 59-55 lows 43-50. Mostly cloudy with rain Saturday, rain likely (60%) Saturday night, then rain Sunday through Tuesday highs near 55 lows 48-52. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Cloudy today, partly cloudy tonight through Thursday evening, mostly cloudy Thursday night, a mix of clouds and sun Friday with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night free air freezing level 6,000 ft. today, 7,000 ft. tonight, 8,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, then snow level 6,000 ft. Friday and Friday night highs 43-48 cooling to 43 Friday lows 32-36. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Saturday, rain and snow Saturday night, rain and snow likely (70%) Sunday, then rain and snow Sunday night through Tuesday snow level 6,500 ft. Saturday, 5,500 ft. Saturday night, 4,000 ft. Sunday, 4,500 ft. Sunday night and Monday, 5,000 ft. Monday night, then 5,500 ft. Tuesday highs 44-38 warming to 43 Tuesday lows near 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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