The forecast across much of western and central Oregon calls for high chances of rain and cooling temperatures through the weekend, giving the region a dose of fall weather.

“When we start getting towards the latter part of September or the early part of October, that’s typically when we get our first fall-like weather pattern coming into the region. And low and behold that’s what we’ve got,” said David Bishop, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Portland.

The storm could bring an inch or more of precipitation to much of western Oregon, including the Willamette Valley.

"We’ve got a very broad area of low pressure that’s sitting off the coast, and as it’s kind of churning a little bit further southward it is enabling just a significant amount of moisture to be pus

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