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Sorry, but no winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. The Hurricane season officially just ended Wednesday so I thought one more hurricane question was in order. Here it is. Only two Category 5 hurricanes with winds over 155 mph hit the USA between 1900 and 1996. What were their names? Here is the answer. Hurricane Camille struck in 1969 attacking the Gulf Coast causing 256 deaths and an unnamed (before the World Meteorological Association started naming Tropical Storms) hurricane struck the Florida Keys 1n 1935 causing 408 deaths.I’ll have another weekly weather quiz question for you starting 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 FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST. AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM NEXT MONDAY FOR THE ENTIRE I-5 CORRIDOR FROM PORTLAND SOUTH THROUGH EUGENE, AND FOR WESTERN COLUMBIA GORGE. AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM NEXT TUESDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
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A high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape on the jet stream) is planted offshore and the airflow will keep us in the sunshine, as long as the fog clears. So, for the better part of the next 7 days we’ll see sunshine after the late night and early AM fog and freezing fog clear out. That also means that our air quality will suffer with the sinking air of high pressure holding on to the pollutants at the surface.
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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: Cloudy with patchy fog, freezing fog, and frost this AM, a mix of clouds and sun this afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy late night and early Sunday AM fog, partly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late Sunday night and Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, then mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Monday night highs near 44 lows near 28. AM clouds and patchy fog Tuesday, a mix of clouds and sun in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy Thursday night, then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday highs 43-46 lows near 32. (seasonal averages high 47 low 35)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with areas of patchy fog and freezing fog this AM, sunny this afternoon through Monday afternoon with patchy fog and freezing fog late at night and early in the AM, mostly clear with patchy fog late Monday night highs 44-49 cooling to near 45 Monday lows near 30. Patchy fog Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night, patchy AM fog, sunny Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear to partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday night, AM fog, partly cloudy Thursday, mostly clear Thursday night, then partly cloudy Friday highs 48-44 lows 33-29. (seasonal averages high 49 low 38)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly clear with areas of fog this AM with possible freezing fog inland, sunny this afternoon, clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog and frost late tonight and Sunday AM with freezing fog inland, sunny Sunday afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog and areas of freezing fog again Sunday night and Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, then mostly clear with patchy fog Monday night highs 49-52 lows 32-34. Patchy AM fog Tuesday, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog late Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear to partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night, patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Thursday afternoon through Friday highs near 50 lows 38-32. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny today, mostly clear tonight, sunny Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night, mostly sunny Monday, then mostly clear Monday night free air freezing level 5,500 ft. rising to 6,500 ft. this afternoon, 8,000 ft. tonight through Sunday night, 9,000 ft. Monday and Monday night highs 40-45 lows near 26. Mostly sunny Tuesday through Thursday with mostly clear nights, then a mix of clouds and sun Friday free air freezing level 9,000 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night, 10,000 ft. Wednesday, 9,000 ft. Wednesday night, 7,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, then 5,500 ft. Friday highs 44-37 lows near 27.
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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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