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Sorry, no winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. 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? Here is the answer. Not necessarily. The SW corner is no safer than any other part of the basement, because walls, floors and furniture can collapse (or be blown) into any corner. The “safe southwest corner” is an old myth based on the belief that, since tornadoes usually come from the SW, debris will preferentially fall into the NE side of the basement. There are several problems with this concept, including: Tornadoes are not straight-line winds, even on the scale of a house, so the strongest wind may be blowing from any direction; and Tornadoes themselves may arrive from any direction. In a basement, the safest place is under a sturdy workbench, mattress or other such protection–and out from under heavy furniture or appliances resting on top of the floor above.
I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you next Monday. 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.
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Advisories: A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES AND FOOTHILLS, THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE COAST RANGE, THE WILLAPA HILLS, AND ALL OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 PM SUNDAY FOR THE UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST AND THE SOUTH CASCADES OF OREGON. THAT MEANS THERE IS A HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE AREAS LISTED. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TODAY UNTIL 8 PM SUNDAY FOR THE ENTIRE WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS, THE FOOTHILLS OF LANE COUNTY, THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON FOOTHILLS, AND THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST RANGE, AND THE WILLAPA HILLS.
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Saturday College Football Forecasts: Ducks vs. Nevada at Autzen Stadium – Kickoff time 12:30 PM – Mostly sunny and hot, warming from near 80 to the mid 90s by the end of the game. Beavers vs Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin – Kickoff 11:00 AM CDT 9:00 AM PDT – Mostly sunny & warming from near 70 to near 80 by the end of the game.
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We will be staying under a strengthening blocking high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape covering the Pacific Northwest) assuring that we will stay from very warm to hot. On the back side of the ridge the airflow will be from the west bringing more clouds and a frontal system will move in early next week and that should break the back of this heat wave.
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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 sunny & hot today and Sunday, mostly sunny but much cooler Monday, mostly clear at night highs 95-83 lows 54-50. Mostly sunny Tuesday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy at night, a mix of clouds and sun Wednesday AM, mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Wednesday night through Friday AM, then mostly sunny Friday afternoon highs 82-76 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 79 low 48)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny and hot today, mostly clear tonight, sunny Sunday, partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday AM, then partly cloudy Monday night highs 96-87 lows 57-52. Partly cloudy Tuesday through Friday highs 84-79 lows 52-48. (seasonal averages high 80 low 52)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late at night and early Sunday AM, mostly cloudy at the shore and partly cloudy inland Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late at night and early Monday AM, partly cloudy Monday afternoon, then just mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Monday night highs 67-60 lows near 52. AM fog, mostly cloudy Tuesday through Wednesday, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Wednesday night and Thursday, then just mostly cloudy Thursday night and Friday highs near 65 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 65 low 51).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny today, mostly clear at night, mostly sunny Sunday and Monday, mostly clear at night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today through Sunday night, then 15,000 ft. Monday and Monday night highs 83-76 lows 52-48. Mostly sunny Tuesday through Thursday with mostly clear nights, partly cloudy Thursday night, then mostly sunny Friday free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday, then 13,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday highs 74-66 lows 50-42.
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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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