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Here is my new weekly weather quiz question. You have a basement, and your friend says to go to the southwest corner if a tornado is approaching. Is that a good thing to do and why or why not? 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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We will be staying under a strengthening high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape covering the Pacific Northwest) for the week assuring that we will stay from very warm to hot.
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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: Sunny and still very warm today, hot Wednesday, and very warm Thursday with clear nights highs 92-95 cooling to 92 Thursday lows 49-55. Sunny Friday and Saturday with clear nights, mostly sunny Sunday, mostly clear at night, partly cloudy Monday AM, then mostly sunny and cooler Monday afternoon highs 95-85 lows 55-50. (seasonal averages high 80 low 49)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny today through Thursday with clear nights highs 93-96 cooling to 92 Thursday lows 53-56. Mostly sunny Friday and Saturday, mostly clear at night, sunny Sunday AM, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon through Monday highs 94-97 then down to near 88 Monday lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 81 low 53)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog early this AM, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear tonight with patchy coastal fog late at night and early Wednesday AM, sunny Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear with patchy coastal fog late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, sunny Thursday afternoon, then mostly clear Thursday night highs 66-73 cooling to 68 Thursday lows 49-53. Mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear Friday night, sunny Saturday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Saturday night and Sunday AM, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon, patchy fog late Sunday night, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog early Monday AM, then partly cloudy Monday afternoon highs 72-66 lows 50-53. (seasonal averages high 66 low 51).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Patchy smoke this AM, mostly sunny today and Wednesday, mostly clear at night, mostly sunny Thursday AM, partly cloudy Thursday afternoon and evening, mostly clear Thursday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today through Wednesday, 15,000 ft. Wednesday night, 14,000 ft. Thursday, then 15,000 ft. Thursday night highs 83-85 lows 50-55 cooling to 52 Thursday night. Mostly sunny Friday through Monday with mostly clear nights free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Friday through Monday highs 82-75 lows 55-48.
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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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