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Here is your remaining College Football Weather Forecast for today.

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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Sorry, no winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is the difference between a “dormant” volcano and an “extinct” volcano? Here is the correct answer. An active volcano is a volcano that has had at least one eruption during the past 10,000 years. An active volcano might be erupting or dormant. An erupting volcano is an active volcano that is having an eruption. A dormant volcano is an active volcano that is not erupting, but supposed to erupt again. An extinct volcano has not had an eruption for at least 10,000 years and is not expected to erupt again in a comparable time scale of the future. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you starting Monday. 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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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 sending clouds and rain up at us from the south too. More frontal systems (like this one on Monday, position shown Tuesday) will march in line through Oregon next week assuring the wet weather will stick around. We’ll have to keep an eye out for flooded streets due to plugged storm drains and keep watching water levels if you live near a river or stream.

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Advisories: A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR  EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY UNTIL 4 AM MONDAY FOR EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING 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 showers tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain (0.25 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph) Sunday (0.50 in. of rain possible), rain Sunday night (0.50 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph), rain (1.35 in. of rain possible) and windy (wind: S 25-35 mph) Monday, then rain (1.00 in. of rain possible), possibly heavy at times, Monday night and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph decreasing to S 10-15 mph late night), then rain Tuesday and showers Tuesday night lows 43-50 cooling to 46 Tuesday night highs 54-57 cooling to 53 Tuesday. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Wednesday through Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), then rain likely (70%) Thursday night through Saturday highs 54-50 warming to 53 Friday and cooling to near 50 Saturday lows 44-47. (seasonal averages high 52 low 38)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Cloudy with rain and snow showers this evening, showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) late tonight (snow level 3,000 ft. rising to 3,500 ft. late), showers likely (60%) Sunday AM, rain (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) in the afternoon, rain (0.20 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph late) Sunday night, rain and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph) Monday (0.20 in. of rain possible) and Monday night (0.55 in. of rain possible), rain Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with showers Tuesday night lows 40-48 highs 52-55. Mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday and Wednesday night, rain likely (60%) Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), rain likely (60%) Thursday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday, then mostly cloudy with rain Friday night and Saturday highs 54-56 lows 44-47. (seasonal averages high 53 low 40)

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with coastal showers while inland evening showers and showers likely (60%) late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with showers Sunday AM, rain (0.15 in. of rain possible) in the afternoon and very windy (wind: S 20-30 mph increasing to S 25-40 mph in the afternoon at the shore and S 20-30 mph inland), rain (0.60 in. of rain possible) Sunday night and very windy (wind: S 25-40 mph gusts near 60 mph), rain (0.95 in. of rain possible) and very windy (wind: S 35-50 mph at the beaches, S 20-30 mph inland) Monday, rain (1.45 in. of rain possible) Monday night and windy (wind: S 35-50 mph decreasing to 20-30 mph late at the beaches, S 15-25 mph inland), rain Tuesday, then showers Tuesday night lows 45-52 highs 52-55. Mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday and Wednesday night, rain likely (60%) with patchy fog Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), rain likely (70%) Thursday night and Friday, then mostly cloudy with rain Friday night and Saturday highs 54-57 lows 47-50. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43)

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Cloudy with rain and snow showers tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible, 1-2 in. of snow possible), rain and snow likely (60%) Sunday (0.10 in. of rain possible, 2 in. of snow possible), rain and snow (0.50 in. of rain possible, 2-4 in. of snow possible) Sunday night and windy (winds: S 20-30 mph gusts to 50), rain and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 50 mph) Monday, the same: rain and windy (wind: S 20-30 gusts to 45 mph in the evening) Monday night, rain and snow Tuesday, then rain and snow showers Tuesday night snow level 3,500 ft. tonight and Sunday, 5,000 ft. Sunday night, 6,500 ft. Monday, 7,000 ft. Monday night, 5,500 ft. Tuesday, then 5,000 ft. Tuesday night lows 30-35 cooling to 32 Tuesday night highs 36-42 cooling to 37 Tuesday. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers Wednesday, rain and snow at night, rain and snow likely (60%) Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), rain Thursday night and Friday, then rain and snow Friday night and Saturday snow level 4,500 ft. Wednesday, 4,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday, 7,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday, 7,500 ft. Friday night, then 6,500 ft. Saturday highs 37-34 warming to 42 Saturday lows 30-35.

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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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