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Duck Football Game Forecast for today: A mix of clouds and sun with cooler temperatures. Be prepared for the temperature in the 60s at kickoff to rise to only the low 70s before the game is over. Kickoff time is 12:30 PM. For the Beavers game at TCU (Arlington, TX) kickoff at 4:45 PM PDT/6:45 PM CDT sunny skies temperature 85 cooling to the 70s by the end of the game.
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Congratulations to Garron Slocum who was the first person to post the correct answer for my weather quiz question. Here is the question one more time. What is the warmest temperature ever recorded in the world and name the location. Garron’s answer “Al Azizia, Africa (Sudan) {actually Libya} a temperature of 136 D F in 1922 is correct. Garron wins a week of free personalized forecasts tailored to his needs. I will have another weekly weather quiz question for you starting next Tuesday. We’ll skip starting it on Monday due to the holiday.
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A high pressure ridge (See “Arch” shape) is moving away from us while another trough of low pressure (See “U” shape offshore) will replace the ridge and a cold front is moving through to cool us down again (see the nasty weather along the east coast due to what’s left of Hurricane Earl).
Note: With the changing weather pattern we will see a drastic drop in temperatures over the holiday weekend particularly in the foothills and mountains. Be prepared for cold temperatures at night and possible precipitation if you will be camping or engaging in any outdoor activities.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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Here are your detailed forecasts. **
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Mostly cloudy this AM, a mix of clouds and sun and cooler this afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday AM, a mix of clouds and sun and cooler Sunday afternoon, and partly cloudy Sunday night highs 73-70 lows near 43. A mix of clouds and sun in the AM, mostly cloudy Monday (Labor Day), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Monday night through Wednesday night highs 74-70-74 lows near 50. AM clouds then a mix of clouds and sun and cooler Thursday afternoon with a slight (20%) chance of showers, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night and Friday highs 70-76 low 50. (seasonal averages high 80 low 49)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Mostly cloudy today, partly cloudy and cooler in the evening, then mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy in the evening then partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday AM (Labor Day), then mostly cloudy in the afternoon, and mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Monday night lows 47-53 highs 76-70-76. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday through Friday highs 70-74 lows 54-49. (seasonal averages high 84 low 52)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy today with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain, partly cloudy in the afternoon inland, mostly cloudy tonight through Monday (Labor Day) highs 60-64 lows 50-48. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night through Friday lows 53-50 highs 60-65. (seasonal averages high 68 low 52).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain, a mix of clouds and sun and much cooler today with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon and night time showers, a slight chance of AM showers Sunday, cooler with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon and evening showers, then partly cloudy late Sunday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. tonight, snow level above 8,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, 7,000 ft. Sunday, then back to above 8,000 ft. Sunday night highs 63-57 lows 34-36. A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon showers Monday (Labor Day), partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night and Tuesday AM, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday morning snow level above 8,000 ft. highs 65-55 lows 36-38. Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and a bit warmer Wednesday afternoon then cooler Thursday and Friday snow level above 8,000 ft. highs 60-52-55 lows 36-42.
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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.