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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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A high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape) has settled in across the Pacific Northwest giving us a pretty stable mild weather pattern. The Autumnal Equinox occurs at 2:05 AM PDT Friday, but it will still feel like late Summer.
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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: Partly cloudy with patchy fog early this AM mainly to the East, mostly sunny and warmer this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Wednesday, mostly clear at night, partly cloudy Thursday and Thursday night highs 83-85 lows 46-54 cooling to near 50 Thursday night. Continued partly cloudy Friday through Monday AM, then mostly cloudy Monday afternoon highs 85-78 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 76 low 46)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Patchy AM fog, sunny today and Wednesday, mostly clear tonight and Wednesday night, partly cloudy Thursday and Thursday night highs 85-88 lows 52-58. Partly cloudy Friday through Monday highs 89-76 lows 56-52. (seasonal averages high 78 low 50)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy this AM at the beaches, sunny this AM inland, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight, partly cloudy Wednesday and 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 highs 66-63 lows 50-54. Mostly cloudy with patchy fog Friday, mostly cloudy Friday night and Saturday, partly cloudy Saturday night, then mostly cloudy Sunday through Monday with a slight chance of showers Monday afternoon highs near 64 lows 54-50. (seasonal averages high 65 low 49).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Sunny and warmer today, mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Wednesday, mostly clear in the evening, tonight, partly cloudy Wednesday night, mostly sunny Thursday, then mostly clear Thursday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today through Thursday night highs 72-75 lows 45-49. Partly cloudy Friday through Monday free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Friday through Saturday, then 14,000 ft. Saturday night through Monday highs 78-69 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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