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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 just a slight (20%) chance of showers Temp near 40 Wind N 5-10 mph. It looks like a mostly dry day, but I wouldn’t go without the rain gear. You may run into some AM fog on your way to Corvallis and you should bundle up since it will be quite cool.
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Sorry, but no winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. This one relates to our space program. What U.S. space vehicle was launched in 1973 and returned to earth in July of 1979? A hint: it wasn’t a “soft” landing. The answer is “Skylab.” It’s engines failed and it was falling out of orbit. There was a plan in the works at NASA to use the Space Shuttle to take a replacement engine up to keep Skylab in orbit until it could be properly fixed. Delays in the Shuttle program didn’t have it ready before Skylab plummeted back to Earth. I’ll have another weekly weather quiz question starting Monday. The first person to post the correct answer will win a week of free of personalized weather forecasts tailored to your needs.
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Attention skiers: All of the local Ski areas are open.
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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 frontal system will approach the Pacific Northwest between Tuesday, so that should mean a relatively dry weekend then back to wet 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: Some clearing this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog tonight and Saturday AM with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday night lows near 32 high near 40. Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Sunday through Monday AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers in the afternoon, a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night and Tuesday, then rain likely (60%) Tuesday night through Friday highs 42-48 lows 34-39. (seasonal averages highs 47 low 35)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with isolated showers this evening, scattered showers late tonight, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday and Saturday night, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Sunday, and a (40%) chance of showers Sunday night lows 34-38 highs 43-52. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday, a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night and Tuesday, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night through Thursday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday night, and rain likely (60%) Friday highs near 50 lows 40-45. (seasonal averages high 50 low 36)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy this evening with isolated showers, mostly cloudy with scattered showers late tonight, cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday and Saturday night, a (40%) chance of rain Sunday and Sunday night lows 35-45 highs 50-53. Mostly cloudy with a (20%) chance of rain Monday and Monday night, and rain likely (60%) Tuesday through Thursday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday night, and rain likely (60%) Friday highs near 50 lows near 45. (seasonal averages high 54 lows 40).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy this evening with a slight (20%) chance of snow showers, a (30%) chance of showers tonight and Saturday, and a (40%) chance of showers Saturday night, a slight (20%) chance of snow showers North snow level 2,500 ft. tonight, rising to 3,500 ft. Saturday and 4,000 ft. Saturday night lows 21-19 high 33. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday, a (40%) chance of showers Sunday night, a (30%) chance of AM rain and snow Monday, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Monday night, rain and snow likely (60%) Tuesday through Thursday night, snow and rain likely (60%) Friday snow level 3,500 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, 4,500 ft. Monday, and 4,000 ft. Monday night, 4,500 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night, 3,500 ft. Wednesday through Thursday, 3,000 ft. Thursday night, and 4,500 ft. Friday highs 29-36 lows near 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.