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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. Since the Hurricane season for this year is almost over (it ends November 30th) I thought this would be an interesting question. What is the longest period of time on record without a hurricane hitting the United States? 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: A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE ABOVE 1,000 FT. , FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES FOOTHILLS ABOVE 1,000 FT, THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS OF LANE COUNTY ABOVE 1,000 FT, AND THE NORTHERN CASCADES INCLUDING THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM TODAY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM SATURDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY ABOVE 2,500 FT. FOR EASTERN CURRY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES AND THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON CASCADES, THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND CENTRAL, EASTERN, AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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Here is a look at your Saturday College Football Forecasts:
Beavers vs Washington at Reser Stadium: Kickoff 12:30 PM -Cloudy with a 30%-40% chance showers and quite cool in the upper 30s warming (?) to 40 by the end of the game. You will definitely need to bundle up and wear rain gear.
Ducks vs. USC at Autzen Stadium: Kickoff 5:00 PM – Cloudy with a slight chance of showers and cool 40 cooling to the 30s by the end of the game. You will definitely need to bundle up and wear rain gear.
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The upper air flow is swinging from the northwest over the Pacific Northwest to bring us more moisture. A frontal system has moved through increasing the chances for rain and mountain snow. A trough of low pressure (“U” shape n the jet stream will slide through Oregon today. A series of frontal systems will march through to keep us wet and we will seriously cool down.
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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 cloudy with showers today (0.25 in. of rain possible), showers this evening, rain and snow showers likely (60%) tonight (snow level 1,000 ft., little or no accumulation of snow possible, 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday AM a (30%) chance of showers in the afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday evening, mostly cloudy Saturday night, then a mix of clouds and sun Sunday and mostly cloudy Sunday night highs near 42 lows 31-35. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday, a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night, then rain likely (60%) Tuesday through Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) highs near 48 lows 35-38. (seasonal averages high 51 low 37)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Cloudy with rain and snow showers (0.25 in. of rain possible) today (snow level 2,000 ft., 3-4 in. of snow possible), rain and snow showers in the evening, rain and likely (60%) tonight (snow level 1,500 ft. falling to 1,000 ft late at night, 1 in. of snow possible, 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Saturday (snow level 1,500 ft. 2,000 ft. in the afternoon, under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday night (snow level 2,000 ft.) highs 42-45 cooling to 40 Saturday night lows 34-30 warming to 35 Sunday night. Just mostly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday, rain likely (60%) Monday night and Tuesday, rain Tuesday night through Wednesday night, then rain likely (60%) Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) highs 49-46 lows 42-45 cooling to 38 Wednesday night. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with coastal showers (0.40 in. of rain possible) and isolated thunderstorms today, rain and snow showers with isolated thunderstorms inland this AM then showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon (snow level 1,500 ft. rising to 2,000 ft. in the afternoon) and breezy (wind: W 15-25 mph decreasing to W 10-15 mph this afternoon), evening showers, coastal showers likely (60%) late tonight, with rain and snow showers likely (60%) inland Friday night (snow level 2,000 ft. falling to 1,500 ft. late Friday night, 0.20 in. of rain possible), AM rain and snow showers likely (60%) inland Saturday, coastal showers likely (60%) in the morning, a good (50%) chance of showers in the afternoon (snow level 1,500 ft. rising to 2,000 ft., 0.10 in. of rain possible) a (40%) chance of showers late Saturday night (evening snow level 2,000 ft), then just mostly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night highs 46-52 lows 37-33 warming to near 40 Sunday night. Cloudy and breezy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday, rain and windy Monday night, rain likely (60%) Tuesday and breezy, then mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday night through Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) highs 52-55 cooling to near 50 Thursday lows 40-49 cooling to near 40 Wednesday night. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with snow showers today (4-8 in. of snow possible), snow showers (6-10 in. of snow possible) likely (60%) tonight and colder, cloudy with snow showers likely (60%) Saturday (1 in. of snow possible), mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of snow showers in the evening, a slight (20%) chance of snow showers Saturday night, a mix of clouds and sun Sunday, then mostly cloudy Sunday night snow level at the surface today through Saturday night, free air freezing level at the surface Sunday, then rising to 4,000 ft. Sunday night highs 23-34 lows 15-26. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Monday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Monday night and Tuesday, rain and snow likely (60%) and Tuesday night (breezy Tuesday night) through Wednesday night, then snow likely (60%) Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) snow level 3,500 ft. Monday, 4,000 ft. Monday night, 5,500 ft. Tuesday, 6,000 ft. Tuesday night, 4,500 ft. Wednesday, 4,000 ft. Wednesday night, then falling to 2,500 ft. Thursday highs 36-39 cooling to 32 Thursday lows near 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.
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