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Your Oregon Civil War Football Weather Forecast:
Ducks vs Beavers at Reser Stadium Corvallis: Kickoff 12:30 PM Saturday mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Temp near 42 Wind N 5-10 mph. So far it looks like a mostly dry day, but I wouldn’t go without the rain gear.
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Attention skiers: Hoodoo, Willamette Pass, Mt. Bachelor, and Mt. Hood Meadows are all open. Mt. Ashland reports it will open tomorrow December 3rd.
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Another trough of low pressure has moved in offshore to set us up for more storms. A frontal system pushed through Eastern Oregon with more rain and snow. The next major storm system will approach the Pacific Northwest Monday, so that could mean a relatively dry weekend then back to wet next week.
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Advisories: A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON CASCADES , THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS, THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN-CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST.
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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 with evening showers likely (60%), then a slight (20%) chance of showers late tonight with patchy fog, mostly cloudy in the AM with patchy fog, a mix of clouds and sun Friday afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog Friday night and Saturday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday and Saturday night lows near 30 highs 40-43. Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Sunday and Sunday night, a good (50%) chance Monday and Monday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, then rain likely (60%) Tuesday night through Thursday highs 42-47 lows 34-39. (seasonal averages highs 47 low 35)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow this evening, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow tonight (snow level 2,500 ft. no accumulation expected), mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog Friday, mostly cloudy Friday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday, a (30%) chance of showers Saturday night, mostly cloudy with a (20%) chance of showers Sunday and Sunday night lows 34-38 highs 43-46. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday, a good (50%) chance of showers Monday night, a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night through Wednesday night, and showers likely (60%) Thursday highs 44-50 lows near 44. (seasonal averages high 50 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with a 40% chance of rain tonight, just mostly cloudy Friday and Friday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday, and a (30%) chance of showers Saturday night, a (30%) chance of showers Sunday and Sunday night lows 37-40 highs 53-49. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday, a good (50%) chance of showers Monday night, rain Tuesday and Tuesday night, cloudy with rain Wednesday and Wednesday night, and showers likely (60%) Thursday highs near 50 lows 39-44. (seasonal averages high 54 lows 40).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Cloudy with occasional light snow this evening (mainly South), a slight (20%) chance of snow showers late tonight (1 in. of snow possible) and Friday AM, a mix of clouds and sun Friday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, a slight (20%) chance of snow showers late Friday night, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday, and a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday night snow level 2,500 ft. tonight through Friday night, rising to 3,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night lows 23-19 highs 32-34. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday through Monday night, rain and snow likely (60%) Tuesday and Tuesday night, snow likely (60%) Wednesday through Thursday snow level 3,500 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, 4,500 ft. Monday, and 4,000 ft. Monday night through Tuesday night, then 2,500 ft. Wednesday through Thursday highs 29-34 lows 24-22.
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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.