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It’s time for my new weekly weather quiz question. Here it is. The weather has played an important role in Presidential Inaugurations in the United States. In what year was the hottest Inauguration day and who became President? 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 HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY NEAR THE BEACHES AND HEADLANDS FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES (NOT INCLUDING THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY). A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 4 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 4 PM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, CENTRAL, EASTERN, AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY UNTIL 1 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST.
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Weak, short lived high pressure dried us out a bit. A strong upper air trough of low pressure (“U” shape in the jet stream is setting up along the Oregon coast keeping the moisture level up. A frontal system moved southward on the California coast spinning some moisture northward, but not reaching us. Another frontal system will push into Oregon bringing colder air south producing falling temperatures and falling snow levels as the next cold front sweeps through just in time for Thanksgiving which will be wet and there may be some new snow in the mountains for the skiers (Hoodoo and Willamette Pass ski areas are hoping to open the season this Friday as long as they get enough additional snow.
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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 rain (0.25 in. of rain possible) today and breezy (wind S: 15-25 mph), rain tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind S: 15-25 mph), rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) Tuesday and windy (wind S: 20-30 mph), rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) Tuesday night and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph), then rain Wednesday and Wednesday night highs 47-52 cooling to near 46 Wednesday lows 42-45 cooling to 37 Wednesday night. Cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) and Thursday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday through Saturday, then rain likely (60%) Saturday night and Sunday highs 47-53 cooling to 49 Sunday lows 38-42. (seasonal averages high 50 low 37)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain, rain (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) this afternoon (AM snow level 3,500 ft.) and breezy (S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph late AM and afternoon), rain (0.60 in. of rain possible) and breezy (S 15-25 mph) tonight, rain (0.30 in. of rain possible) and breezy Tuesday (S 15-25 mph), rain (0.35 in. of rain possible) and breezy late Tuesday night (S 15-25 mph), rain Wednesday and Wednesday evening, then rain likely (60%) Wednesday night highs 47-52 cooling to 46 Wednesday lows 47-38. Mostly cloudy with showers Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), rain Thursday night, cloudy with rain and snow showers Friday, a (40%) chance of showers Friday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday, showers likely (60%) Saturday night, then rain likely (60%) Sunday highs 47-52 back to 47 Sunday lows near 40. (seasonal averages high 51 low 40)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with coastal rain today (0.30 in. of rain possible), AM rain likely (60%) inland then rain in the afternoon (0.30 in. of rain possible), windy (wind: S 25-35 mph at the shore, S 15-25 mph inland), rain (0.75 in. of rain possible) tonight and very windy (wind: S 25-40 mph at the shore and S 20-30 mph inland), rain (0.75 in. of rain possible) and very windy Tuesday (wind: S 25-40 mph at the shore and S 20-30 mph inland), then rain (1.00 in. of rain possible) and windy Tuesday night (wind: S 25-40 mph at the shore and S 20-30 mph inland – gusts to 55 mph decreasing to 45 mph late Tuesday night), rain and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph decreasing to W 5-10 mph in the afternoon) Wednesday and Wednesday evening, then rain likely (60%) Wednesday night highs 49-55 cooling to near 53 Wednesday lows 49-42. Mostly cloudy with showers Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) and rain in the evening, showers late Thursday night, showers likely (60%) Friday and Friday night, a good (50%) chance of showers and breezy Saturday, showers likely (60%) Saturday night, then rain likely (60%) Sunday highs 50-55 cooling to near 50 Sunday lows 40-44. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Cloudy with rain and snow today (1 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph), rain and snow tonight (3-7 in. of snow possible. 0.50 in. of rain possible), cloudy rain Tuesday and windy (wind SW 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph), rain likely (60%) Tuesday night and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph), then rain and snow Wednesday and Wednesday night snow level 3,500 ft. today, 5,000 ft. tonight, 6,000 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night, 5,000 ft. Wednesday, then 4,000 ft. Wednesday night highs 34-41 cooling to 37 Wednesday lows 33-29. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), snow Thursday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Friday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Friday night and Saturday, then rain and snow likely (60%) Saturday night and Sunday snow level 3,000 ft. Thursday, 3,500 ft. Friday, 4,500 ft. Friday night, 4,000 ft. Saturday, then 4,500 ft. Saturday night and Sunday highs 32-38 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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