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We have a winner.
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Congratulations to Michael Moore for being the first person to post the correct answer to this week’s quiz. Here is the question again. Skylab was the first space laboratory the United States sent into orbit. Due to engine failure it fell out of orbit and broke up on its way back to the surface. There was a plan to save Skylab by taking a rocket pack up to boost the orbit. That plan failed. What was the plan and why didn’t that engine make it into space to save Skylab? here is Michael’s answer. “The station was no longer on the orbital freeway. The shuttle was just about to become a big thing and the station was not convenient to slight operations for the shuttle (based on its orbit). The shuttle program was the future, so the funds for getting a rocket up there took a back seat in the budget. Now they’ve both gotten away from us.” And here is my response. Michael, Your answer is so close that I’ll have to give you the win. There was a plan to get an engine up to Skylab but it was too costly. The decision was made to us the first shuttle mission to take the engine up and attach it. The big problem turned out to be delays in getting the shuttle ready. Time ran out, Skylab’s orbit decayed, and it plummeted back to earth. As the first person to post the correct answer just go to the contact section of this site and email me when you are ready to decide when to use your week of forecasts. Congratulations. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you starting 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: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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The jet stream has settled down and will keep our weather pretty stable for most of the week as a high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape) builds in. A frontal system fell apart as it came through. We’re going back to more sunshine and warmer through Friday when the Autumnal Equinox occurs at 2:05 AM PDT.
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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 clear and cooler tonight with patchy fog late at night and early Tuesday AM, mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night through Thursday night lows 44-52 highs near 84. Continued partly cloudy Friday through Monday highs 85-78 lows 53-50. (seasonal averages high 76 low 46)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Clear tonight, sunny Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly clear Tuesday night and Wednesday night, sunny and warmer Thursday, then clear Thursday night lows 52-56 highs 85-88. Sunny Friday AM, partly cloudy Friday afternoon through Monday AM, then mostly cloudy Monday afternoon highs 89-79 lows 56-50. (seasonal averages high 78 low 51)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Clear inland tonight, partly cloudy this evening then mostly cloudy late tonight and Tuesday AM at the beaches, sunny Tuesday AM inland, partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Tuesday night, sunny Wednesday, partly cloudy inland, partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog Wednesday night and Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy Thursday night lows 50-54 highs 66-63. Mostly cloudy Friday through Saturday, partly cloudy Saturday night, then mostly cloudy Sunday through Monday highs near 64 lows 54-50. (seasonal averages high 65 low 50).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny and warmer Tuesday and Wednesday with mostly clear Tuesday night, then partly cloudy Wednesday night through Thursday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. tonight through Thursday night lows 42-49 highs 72-75. Partly cloudy Friday through Monday free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Friday through Saturday, then 14,000 ft. Saturday night through Monday highs 78-70 lows 48-45.
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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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