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Football Forecast for Thursday:

Ducks vs UCLA at Autzen Stadium: Kickoff 6PM Partly cloudy 60 Wind: light

Should be dry for the game with slowly increasing clouds and the chance of rain beginning late at night. Make sure you dress in layers because the temperature will be dropping as the game progresses. You might want to make sure you are prepared for a sprinkle just in case the storm decides to move in a little sooner. It’s Oregon after all.

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We have a winner! Congratulations to Pauline Hauder. She is this week’s weather quiz winner. She was the first person to post the correct answer for the meaning of G.O.E.S in that category of weather satellites. Here is the weather quiz question I asked. The United States launched its first weather (TIROS) satellite on April 1, 1960. Now we have many of them. One group of weather satellites is designated as G.O.E.S. What do the letters stand for? Pauline’s answer was Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. They are placed in orbit above the Equator at an altitude of 22,300 feet so that they match the speed of the rotation of the earth. That keeps the satellite positioned so it looks down at the same area of the earth all of the time. I’ll have another question for you starting next Monday. There has been some confusion as to where you should post the answer. Please post your answer as a comment after the forecasts on this page. Just scroll down past the forecasts and you’ll see where you can add a comment. 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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An upper level upper level High Pressure ridge (“Arch” shaped area) will keep us dry for another day, but it will start to move eastward away from us Thursday. An upper level trough of low pressure (the “U” shaped  area over the Gulf of Alaska) will start changing our weather and help send moisture ahead of a series of disturbances that will be approaching the coast overnight Thursday through early next week.

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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: Patchy fog early this AM, a mix of clouds and sun this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight, a mix of clouds and sun Thursday, then becoming mostly cloudy Thursday night with a (40%) chance of rain late highs 60-63 lows 35-43. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Friday through Saturday, rain Saturday night, and rain likely (60%) Sunday through Tuesday highs  60-63 cooling to 58-55 Sunday and Monday and back to near 60 Tuesday lows 45-50 cooling to near 40 Monday night. (seasonal averages highs 63 low 40)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg:  Sunny today, clear tonight, partly cloudy Thursday, and mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Thursday night highs 70-65 lows 43-46. Cloudy with rain becoming likely (60%) Friday, mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Friday night through Saturday night, rain Sunday, rain  in the evening, showers late Sunday night, showers likely (60%) Monday, then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night and (40%) Tuesday highs 64-62 and holding near 60 Sunday through Tuesday lows  48-53 cooling to the low 40s Sunday night and Monday night. (seasonal averages high 67 low 43)

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Areas of patchy dense coastal fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, becoming partly cloudy tonight, partly cloudy Thursday AM then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain developing along the beaches, and cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night highs 63-60 lows 45-47. Cloudy and breezy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday, rain likely (60%) Friday night,  rain and windy Saturday through Sunday, rain and colder Sunday night, rain likely (60%) Monday and Monday night, and cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday highs 62 Friday and Saturday, 58 Sunday and 57 Monday,  lows 50-43. (seasonal averages high 62 lows 45).

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:  Mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, a mix of clouds and sun Thursday, mostly cloudy Thursday night with a (40%) chance of showers free  air freezing level 13,000 ft. today through Thursday, a snow level above 8,000 ft. Thursday night highs 64-58 lows 35-37. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Friday through Saturday night, rain Sunday, rain likely Sunday night and Monday, then rain and snow likely (60%) Monday night and Tuesday snow level 6,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, 6,500 ft. Saturday, rising to 8,000 ft. Saturday night and Sunday, dropping to 5,500 ft. Sunday night, and 4,000 ft. Monday through Tuesday highs 45-50 on Saturday cooling to near 40 Monday and warming to near 50 Monday lows 35-30.

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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.