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Here are your College Football Forecasts for Saturday.
Ducks vs. Stanford at Autzen Stadium: Kickoff 5:00 PM Mostly cloudy with rain changing to showers Temperature near 50 cooling to the 40s by the end of the game, Wind: SW 10-15 mph decreasing to S 5-10 mph as the game progresses. Rain gear definitely needed. It never rains in Autzen Stadium?
Beavers vs. California at Reser Stadium: Kickoff 7:30 PM Mostly cloudy with rain changing to showers Temperature near 50 cooling to the 40s by the end of the game, Wind: S 5-10 mph. 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 has been a break from the chance of showers with high pressure (shaded “Arch” shape moving away) that took over, but that will end by late today. An upper level low off the coast (shaded “U” shape on last graphic) will push a frontal system into Oregon by late this afternoon bringing back the wet weather. Another frontal system (the next in a series of storms) will push through for the weekend (position shown is Sunday) as upper low pressure takes over increasing the rain chances again.
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Advisories: A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM UNTIL 10 PM FOR EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Mostly cloudy with a sight (20%) chance of afternoon showers, cloudy with a good (50%) chance showers this evening, rain likely (60%) late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain Saturday (0.35 in. of rain possible), showers likely (70%) Saturday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), then mostly cloudy with rain Sunday and Sunday night highs 56-52 warming to 54 Sunday lows 48-43 warming to 46 Sunday night. Mostly cloudy with rain Monday, rain possibly heavy at times Monday night, mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday through Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) highs 55-52 lows 48-43. (seasonal averages high 52 low 38)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this afternoon, cloudy with a (40%) of rain tonight (under 0.10 in of rain possible), rain (0.35 in. of rain possible) Saturday and Saturday evening, showers (0.15 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) late Saturday night, showers likely (60%) Sunday AM, then rain and breezy Sunday night highs 58-54 lows 47-42 warming to 45 Sunday night. Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy Monday and Monday night, then rain Tuesday through Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) highs near 54 lows 47-42. (seasonal averages high 53 low 40)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this afternoon, a (30%) showers at night and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph at the coast and S 10-20 mph inland) with a (40%) of showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain and breezy (wind: SW 20-30 mph at the shore and SW 15-20 mph – gusts to 40 mph in the AM) Saturday (0.65 in. of rain possible), evening rain, coastal showers late at night and showers likely (60%) Saturday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with coastal AM showers, AM showers likely (60%) inland while rain and breezy Sunday afternoon, then rain and windy Sunday night highs 58-52 lows 52-45 warming to 50 Sunday night. Mostly cloudy with rain and windy Monday through Tuesday, then rain Tuesday night through Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) highs 55-52 lows 51-46. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers today ( 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a (30%) chance of evening rain, rain likely (60%) tonight ( 0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph late), rain Saturday (0.50 in. of rain possible) and windy (winds: S 20-30 mph), rain and snow showers Saturday night, then rain and snow Sunday, rain or snow and breezy Sunday night snow level 6,500 ft. today and tonight, 6,000 ft. Saturday, 4,000 ft. Saturday night, 3,400 ft. Sunday, then 4,500 ft. Sunday night highs 43-36 lows 36-30 warming to 33 Sunday night. Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy Monday night, rain and snow Tuesday, rain and snow likely (60%) Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow Wednesday through Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) snow level 6,000 ft. Monday, 6,500 ft. Monday night, 5,000 ft. Tuesday, 4,000 ft. Tuesday night through Wednesday night, then 3,500 ft. Thursday highs 32-35 cooling to near 30 Wednesday lows near 35-30.
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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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