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Forecast for the Ducks Football “Spring Game” today at 11:00 AM: It looks like we’ll see mostly sunny skies with increasing clouds tonight. Look for temperatures near 60 at the start then slowly warming up to a high near 74 late in the afternoon.
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Forecast for the Eugene Marathon Sunday: A mix of clouds and sun Sunday. Temperatures will be near 50 at the start warming to an afternoon high near 70. 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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Sorry, no winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is “radiational cooling?” Here is the correct answer. Radiational Cooling is the cooling of the Earth’s surface. At night, the Earth suffers a net heat loss to space due to terrestrial cooling. This is more pronounced when you have a clear sky. 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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Upper level high pressure (Shaded “Arch” shape) has given us plenty of sunshine and much warmer than normal temperatures, but will change as low pressure (shaded “U” shape) will be dropping down from the Gulf of Alaska. Add that to a very dry cold front that will sweep through today and all we will get is some clouds tonight. A second front will bring a chance of rain to Oregon Sunday night.
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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 and warm today, partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy tonight, a mix of clouds and sun Sunday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday night and Monday AM, a good (50%) chance of showers Monday afternoon, then partly cloudy Monday night highs 74-62 lows 45-38. Mostly sunny Tuesday, clear Tuesday night, sunny Wednesday and Thursday, clear Wednesday night, partly cloudy Thursday night, then mostly sunny Friday highs 63-75 cooling to near 72 Friday lows 38-42. (seasonal averages high 63 low 41)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy this AM, sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight, mostly cloudy Sunday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Sunday night, a (30%) chance of rain Monday AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers in the afternoon, then just partly cloudy and colder Monday night highs 78-65 lows 48-40. Sunny Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with clear skies each night, then sunny Friday highs 67-80 cooling to 77 Friday lows 39-45 cooling to 42 Thursday 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 this AM, sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy tonight with patchy coastal fog and patchy drizzle late tonight, patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Sunday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday night, patchy AM fog and a slight (20%) chance of rain, a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday afternoon, then mostly cloudy in the evening and partly cloudy at night highs 58-55 lows 45-43. Sunny and warmer Tuesday, Wednesday, and cooler Thursday, clear at night, then sunny Friday highs 59-68 cooling to near 60 Friday lows 43-46. (seasonal averages high 57 low 44)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny today, partly cloudy tonight and Sunday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain late Sunday night, rain likely (60%) Monday AM, a (40%) chance of showers and cooler in the afternoon, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday evening, just partly cloudy at night free air freezing level 10,000 ft. today and tonight, 9,000 ft. Sunday, snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday night, 6,000 ft. Monday, then 5,500 ft. Monday night highs 60-45 lows 34-27. Mostly sunny Tuesday, clear Tuesday night, sunny Wednesday and Thursday, clear Wednesday night and mostly clear at Thursday night, then mostly sunny Friday free air freezing level 7,500 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night, 9,000 ft. Wednesday, 12,000 ft. at night, then 13,000 ft. Thursday through Friday highs 46-64 cooling to near 60 Friday lows 32-35.
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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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