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Forecast for the Ducks Football “Spring Game” Saturday at 11:00 AM: It looks like we’ll see partly cloudy skies all day with increasing clouds in the evening. The slight chance of showers should hold off until late at night. It will be a bit cool early with temperatures near 50 slowly warming up to a high near 70 late in the afternoon.
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Forecast for the Eugene Marathon Sunday: AM clouds with a slight (20%) chance of a shower, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Temperatures will be near 45 at the start warming to an afternoon high near 68. It will be a near perfect” day for a marathon whether you are a fast runner, a slow jogger, a walker, a wheelchair athlete, or a spectator.
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Upper level high pressure (Shaded “Arch” shape) has brought plenty of sunshine back, at least for your workweek, but low pressure (shaded “U” shape) will be dropping down from the Gulf of Alaska. Add that to a cold front (position shown is Monday) that will sweep through over the weekend (the strongest part will be to the north) and we’ll see just the slight chance of showers back by Saturday night and Sunday.
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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: Mostly sunny today, partly cloudy tonight through Saturday evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Saturday night and Sunday AM, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, a good (50%) chance of rain late Sunday night highs 77-68 lows 40-45 cooling to 42 Sunday night. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, then just partly cloudy Tuesday night though Thursday lows 38-34 warming to 43 Tuesday night highs 57-72. (seasonal averages high 63 low 41)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny today, mostly clear tonight, partly cloudy Saturday, mostly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and Sunday night highs 82-72 lows near 47. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM rain, a (30%) chance of showers Monday afternoon, mostly cloudy Monday night, then mostly sunny Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with mostly clear skies each night highs 63-78 lows 42-38 warming to 45 Wednesday night. (seasonal averages high 65 low 44)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy Saturday night with patchy fog and patchy coastal drizzle late Saturday night, mostly cloudy Sunday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday night highs 62-57 lows 46-45. Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday, mostly cloudy Monday night, mostly sunny and warmer Tuesday, partly cloudy at night, mostly sunny Wednesday, mostly clear at night, then mostly sunny Thursday highs 54-63 lows 43-48. (seasonal averages high 57 low 44)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny today, partly cloudy tonight, mostly sunny Saturday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Saturday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain late Sunday night free air freezing level 11,000 ft. today and tonight, 10,000 ft. Saturday, snow level 8,000 ft. Saturday night, 6,500 ft. Sunday, then 7,500 ft. Sunday night highs 68-54 lows 37-32. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Monday night, then partly cloudy Tuesday through Wednesday snow level 6,000 ft. Monday, 5,000 ft. Monday night, free air freezing level 6,500 ft. Tuesday, 8,000 ft. at night, 9,000 ft. Wednesday, 11,000 ft. at night, then 12,000 ft. Thursday highs 43-57 lows 28-40.
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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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