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Football Forecast for Thursday:
Ducks vs UCLA at Autzen Stadium: Kickoff 6PM Partly cloudy 60 Wind: SW 5-10 mph
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) is starting to move eastward away from us. An upper level trough of low pressure (the “U” shaped area stretching down from 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. Another frontal system will move through Oregon Sunday.
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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: Clear tonight, a mix of clouds and sun Thursday, then becoming mostly cloudy Thursday night with a good (50%) chance of rain late, mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Friday through Saturday, rain Saturday night lows 37-46 highs 63-60. Mostly cloudy with rain Sunday, rain likely (60%) Sunday night, showers likely (60%) through Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 58-54 warming to 58 Wednesday lows 43-37. (seasonal averages highs 63 low 40)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Clear this evening, partly cloudy tonight and Thursday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday afternoon, rain likely (60%) Thursday night, showers likely (60%) Friday, and rain likely (60%) Friday night lows 44-47 highs 67-62. Rain likely (60%) Saturday, rain Saturday night and Sunday, rain in the evening, showers likely (60%) Monday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday night and Tuesday, (40%) Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 63-65 lows 53-43. (seasonal averages high 67 low 43)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog tonight, cloudy Thursday with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon rain, rain likely (60%) Thursday night, showers likely (60%) Friday, rain likely (60%) Friday night and Saturday, rain and windy Saturday night and Sunday, and rain and colder Sunday night lows 45-55 highs 64-56. Showers likely (60%) Monday through Tuesday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night, and mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday highs 55-60-55 lows near 45. (seasonal averages high 62 lows 45).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Clear tonight, a mix of clouds and sun Thursday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday night, rain likely and cooler Friday through Saturday, and rain Saturday night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. tonight, 10,000 ft. Thursday, a snow level 7,000 ft. Thursday night, 6,000 ft. Friday, 6,500 ft. Friday night and Saturday, 7,000 ft. Saturday night lows 38-33 highs 59-45. Mostly cloudy with rain Sunday, rain and snow Sunday night, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Monday through Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday night and (40%) Wednesday snow level 7,000 ft. Sunday, dropping to 4,500 ft. Sunday night, and 4,000 ft. Monday through Tuesday, falling to 3,500 ft. Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 43-33 warming to 40-45 Tuesday and Wednesday lows 30-25.
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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.