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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 15-20 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph toward the end of the game. Rain gear definitely needed and hang on to your hat. 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: SW 15-20 mph increasing to S 15-25 toward the end of the game. Rain gear definitely needed and hang on to your hat in Corvallis too.
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An upper level trough of low pressure coming out of the Gulf of Alaska (shaded “U” shape) is pushing a frontal system at us bringing back the wet weather just in time for the weekend and both college football games. An upper level low (shaded area) moving through Southern California is trying to send clouds and rain up at us from the south also. More frontal systems (like this one on Monday) will march in line through Oregon next week assuring the wet weather will stick around.
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Advisories: A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST, THE KLAMATH BASIN, EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM UNTIL 10 PM SATURDAY 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: Cloudy with a (40%) chance showers this evening, rain likely (60%) late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain Saturday (0.50 in. of rain possible), showers likely (70%) late Saturday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain Sunday (0.10 in. of rain possible) and Sunday night (0.45 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph), rain and windy Monday, then rain possibly heavy at times Monday night lows 48-42 warming to 48 Monday night highs 53-56. Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday through Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), then rain likely (60%) Thursday night and Friday highs 55-50 warming to 53 Friday lows 47-43. (seasonal averages high 52 low 38)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Cloudy with rain likely (60%) this evening, a good (50%) chance of rain tonight late (under 0.10 in of rain possible), rain likely (60%) Saturday AM, (0.30 in. of rain possible), rain Saturday afternoon and evening, showers (0.15 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) late Saturday night (snow level 3,500 ft), showers likely (60%) Sunday AM, rain (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) in the afternoon, rain (0.30 in. of rain possible) and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph late) Sunday night, then rain and windy Monday and Monday night lows 46-40 warming to 48 Sunday night highs 56-50 warming to 55 Monday. Mostly cloudy with rain and windy Tuesday and Tuesday night, rain Wednesday through Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), then rain continuing Thursday night and Friday highs 54-56 cooling 52 Friday lows 47-42 warming to 45 Thursday night. (seasonal averages high 53 low 40)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with rain likely (60%) this evening, a (30%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 20-30 mph at the coast and S 10-20 mph inland, gusts 40 mph late), rain (0.55 in. of rain possible) Saturday and breezy (wind: S 20-30 mph at the shore and SW 10-20 mph gusts to 40 mph in the AM), evening rain, coastal showers late at night and showers likely (60%) inland late Saturday night (0.20 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with coastal AM showers, AM showers likely (60%) inland while rain (0.20 in. of rain possible) Sunday afternoon and windy (wind: S 10-20 mph increasing to 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph in the afternoon, rain (0.90 in. of rain possible) Sunday night and windy (wind: S 25-40 mph at the shore and S 20-30 mph inland), then rain and very windy Monday and Monday night lows 50-44 warming to 52 Sunday night highs 58-52. Mostly cloudy with rain and very windy Tuesday and Tuesday night, rain Wednesday through Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), then rain continuing Thursday night and Friday highs 55-52 lows 55-52. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: 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 breezy (winds: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph), rain and snow in the evening, rain and snow showers late Saturday night, rain and snow Sunday, rain and snow and windy (winds: S 15-20 mph gusts to 35 mph increasing to S 20-30 mph gusts 45 mph late) Sunday night, then rain and windy Monday and Monday night snow level 6,000 ft. tonight, 6,500 ft. Saturday, 4,000 ft. Saturday night, 3,500 ft. Sunday, 4,500 ft. Sunday night, 6,000 ft. Monday, then 7,000 ft. Monday night lows 36-30 warming to 35 Monday night highs 40-36 warming to 42 Sunday cooling to 37 Monday. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Tuesday through Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), then rain and snow continue Thursday night and Friday snow level 5,000 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night, 4,500 ft. Wednesday through Thursday, then 4,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday highs 38-34 warming to near 36 Friday lows 33-28.
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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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