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Your Oregon Civil War Football Weather Forecast:
Ducks vs Beavers at Reser Stadium Corvallis: Kickoff 12:30 PM today 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 will be moving Eastward away from us giving us some drier weather. Another low will move in offshore to set us up for more storms. Friday started the short drying trend. 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: A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM TODAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, CENTRAL, EASTERN, AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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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 patchy fog this AM with a slight (20%) chance of showers today, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers tonight high near 40 low near 32. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday, a (30%) chance of showers Sunday night, a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday, 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, AM fog, with a slight (20%) chance of showers today and a slight (20%) chance of rain tonight, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Sunday, and a (40%) chance of showers Sunday night highs 43-52 lows 34-38. 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 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: Cloudy AM fog, with a slight (20%) chance of rain today and tonight, a (40%) chance of rain Sunday and Sunday night highs 50-53 lows 35-45. Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Monday and Monday night, and rain likely (60%) Tuesday through Thursday, cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday night and Friday highs near 50 lows near 45. (seasonal averages high 54 lows 40).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of snow showers this AM, a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers this afternoon, and a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers tonight snow level rising to 3,500 ft. rising to 4,000 ft. this afternoon, 4,500 ft. tonight high 33 low 19. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday, a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday night, a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers Monday, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Monday night, snow likely (60%) Tuesday with a (40%) chance of freezing rain, rain and snow likely Tuesday night with a (30%) chance of freezing rain, then snow and rain likely (60%) Wednesday through Friday snow level 4,500 ft. Sunday, 3,500 ft. Sunday night, 4,500 ft. Monday, and 4,000 ft. Monday night, 4,500 ft. Tuesday, 4,000 ft. Tuesday night, 4,000 ft. Wednesday, 3,500 ft. Wednesday night through 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.