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No winner for my weekly weather quiz question. Nine people have died and 11 were injured in the state of Oregon from 1887 to 1995 due to what kind of weather events? The weather events were tornadoes. Yes, we can have tornadoes in Oregon. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you next Monday. The first person to post the correct answer will win a week of free personalized weather forecasts tailored to your needs.
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Your Local Saturday College Football Weather Forecast:
The Beavers at Washington: Kickoff at 7:15 PM- Partly cloudy 52 degrees cooling through the 40s before the game is over, Winds: N 10 mph
The Ducks off this weekend. Next game 6PM next Thursday.
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An upper level high pressure ridge (“Arch” shaped area of blue arrows in the jet stream approaching the Pacific Coast) is setting up to keep us dry, but cool. A very weak cold front rolled across Oregon last night bringing back a slight chance of precipitation. A definite cooling trend as we move through the middle of October.
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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: Areas of patchy fog this AM, mostly sunny today, mostly clear with patchy fog late tonight, and Sunday AM, a mix of clouds and sun in the afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Sunday night and Monday AM highs 62-66 lows near 36 . A mix of clouds and sun Monday through Thursday, partly cloudy nights, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday night, and mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday highs 60-65 and back to near 60 Thursday and Friday lows 33-40 (seasonal averages highs 65 low 40)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Partly cloudy today and this evening, mostly cloudy tonight, patchy AM fog Sunday, then partly cloudy in the afternoon and at night highs 66-63 lows 42-40. Sunny Monday, partly cloudy Monday night through Thursday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday night, and mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday highs 65-70 cooling to 62 Friday lows 37-45. (seasonal averages high 70 low 44)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy today and tonight, patchy AM fog then partly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night highs 63-60 lows 42-40. Partly cloudy Monday through Wednesday, mostly clear Wednesday night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday night and Friday highs 62-66 cooling to 59 by Friday lows 40-45. (seasonal averages high 63 lows 46).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: A mix of clouds and sun today, mostly clear tonight, a mix of clouds and sun Sunday, and partly cloudy Sunday night free air freezing level 10,000 ft. today, 9,000 ft. tonight and Sunday, 10,000 ft. Sunday night highs 55-57 lows 32-30. Mostly sunny Monday, a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday through Thursday, partly cloudy nights, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday night and Friday free air freezing level 10,000 ft. Monday, 12,000 ft. Monday night, 13,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday, 14,000 ft. Wednesday night, 12,000 ft. Thursday, and a snow level above 8,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday highs 60-63 cooling to 56 Thursday and near 50 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.