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Here is my weekly weather quiz question and this is your last chance to win this week. You’ve no doubt heard about the tornadoes that struck in the eastern half of the country recently. Here is my question. Has anyone found a way to stop tornadoes? Please explain your answer. Please remember to post your answer as a comment by clicking on “no comments /comments” in the upper right hand portion of this page under the caption, then add your comment. The first person to post the correct answer will win a week of free personalized weather forecasts tailored to your needs. The answer has to be a comment to win. An email answer will not count. Good luck.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny and warmer Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night, mostly sunny and warmer Sunday, then partly cloudy Sunday night through Monday night lows 54-58 cooling to 55 Sunday night and Monday night highs 87-91 cooling back to 87 Monday. Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night, mostly sunny Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday with mostly clear skies at night highs 88-82 warming to 85 Friday lows 56-54. (seasonal averages high 80 low 51)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight, mostly cloudy Saturday AM, sunny Saturday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Saturday night and Sunday AM, sunny with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Sunday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Monday night lows 56-60 cooling to 58 Monday night highs 92-87. Mostly sunny Monday, partly cloudy Tuesday, mostly clear Tuesday night, mostly sunny Wednesday through Friday, with mostly clear nights highs 86-82 warming back to 86 Friday lows near 58. (seasonal averages high 82 low 55)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy Sunday night, then partly cloudy Monday and Monday night lows 53-55 highs near 66. Partly cloudy and pleasant Tuesday through Wednesday, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday, mostly clear Thursday night, then mostly sunny Friday highs 66-68 lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 64 low 52).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this evening, partly cloudy tonight, mostly sunny Saturday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, partly cloudy Saturday night, mostly sunny Sunday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and Sunday night through Monday night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. tonight, 14,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, 15,000 ft. Sunday through Monday night lows 50-55 cooling to near 50 Monday night highs 80-82 cooling to 78 Monday. Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Tuesday and Tuesday night, partly cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night, mostly sunny Thursday AM, partly cloudy Thursday afternoon and Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday AM, then partly cloudy Friday afternoon free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Monday through Wednesday night, then 14,000 ft. Thursday through Friday highs 74-70 warming to 76 Thursday and Friday lows 48-42.
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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.
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