Apr
22.
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It’s “Earth Day” and “Good Friday”. We should celebrate our planet Earth and Christians rejoice in being saved by the ultimate sacrifice.
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Here is my weather quiz question for this week. Today is your last chance this week to win. Who created the “F” scale to determine the strength of tornadoes? Please 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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An upper air trough of low pressure (“U” shape) moved across Oregon and high pressure (“arch” shape) behind has cleared out the clouds and rain for today, but then back to wet as a low pressure trough and a frontal system will return the rain for Sunday. That means some more clouds on Saturday with skies partly cloudy. It looks like the rain will hold off until Saturday night. Another frontal system will move in early next week so it looks like the Spring rains will continue. Sorry, but you’ll need an umbrella or a coat to protect your Easter outfit for “Sunrise Services” and the rest of the day Easter Sunday. It might be a good idea to have Easter egg hunts indoors if possible.
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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: Patchy fog this AM, mostly sunny and warmer this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, partly cloudy Saturday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday night, then rain likely (60%) Sunday and Sunday night highs 60-65 cooling to 56 Sunday lows 32-44. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Monday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday night and Tuesday, a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday night, a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday night and Thurday highs 58-55 lows 40-42. (seasonal averages high 62 low 39)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny this AM with frost, partly cloudy tonight and Saturday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon, showers likely (60%) Saturday night, rain likely (60%) Sunday and Sunday night highs 66-60 lows 40-46 cooling to 43 Sunday night. Mostly cloudy with rain Monday, a good (50%) chance of showers Monday night through Tuesday night, a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday night and a (30%) chance of showers Thursday highs hovering from 56-62 lows near 42. (seasonal averages high 66 low 41)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Sunny this AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and tonight, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) of showers Saturday afternoon, showers likely (60%) Saturday night, cloudy with rain likely (60%) Sunday, then rain Sunday night highs 58-53 lows 42-47. Mostly cloudy with rain Monday, a good (50%) chance of showers Monday night through Tuesday night, a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday night, a (30%) chance of showers Thursday highs 52-56 cooling back to near 50 Thursday lows near 44. (seasonal averages high 58 low 44).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy this AM, mostly sunny and warmer this afternoon, mostly clear at night, mostly sunny in the AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers developing Saturday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Saturday night, then rain and snow likely (60%) Sunday (1-3 in. of snow possible) and Sunday night free air freezing level 4,000 ft. rising to 6,000 ft. this afternoon, snow level 5,500 ft. Saturday, 5,000 ft. falling to 4,000 ft. Saturday night through Sunday night highs 47-55 cooling to near 40 Sunday lows 24-32. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Monday and Monday night, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday and Tuesday night, a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday night and Thursday snow level 3,500 ft. Monday through Tuesday night, then rising to 5,000 ft. Wednesday, 4,000 ft. Wednesday night, and 3,500 ft. Thursday highs 36-42 cooling to 35 by Thursday lows 25-30.
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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.