Here again is this week’s weather quiz question. Wind does actually “whistle through the wires.” What is the name given to the distinct musical or humming sounds made by the wind? Please place your answer as a comment on this page. The first person to post the correct answer will win one week of personalized forecasts tailored to your needs.
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Just remember, if you listen to all of the “Groundhog” reports you still won’t have a forecast for the Pacific Northwest. What do “Phil” and “General Lee” or any of the others know about our marine climate? Nothing! Flip a coin and you will have the same chance of getting it right as they do. You have to remember that “Phil” doesn’t even do his own forecasting. They have a committee that decides the result the night before so they can have the proclamation already printed out. Just think, with all of those lights for TV aimed at him how could he not see his shadow. The event is just to take one’s mind away from the winter weather. If what we have been experiencing is “winter” then six more weeks of this will beat most of the rest of the country’s winter storms. Just my viewpoint.
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The “El Nino” weather pattern will continue to control our weather keeping us above normal for temperatures and below normal for precipitation. An upper level trough of low pressure (see blue arrows over the Pacific Northwest forming the letter “U”) is sending a new storm system our way. This week we will see a parade of weak storm systems moving through Oregon instead of California.
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Advisories: None at this time
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Forecast for the Central and Southern Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Patchy fog this morning with showers today with a good (50%) chance of showers tonight and fog late high 50 low 39. Mostly cloudy with a chance of AM showers and afternoon rain likely (60%) Thursday high 50. Rain Thursday night low 39. Showers likely (60%) Friday and rain likely (60%) Friday night high 54 lows 42 . Rain likely (60%) Saturday and showers likely (60%) Saturday night high 55 low 40. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday and Sunday night high 55 low 43. Partly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday and Tuesday highs near 54, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Monday night low 43.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Morning showers today then showers likely (60%) this afternoon snow level 3,500′ high 54. A (40%) chance of showers tonight low 40. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday high 55. Rain likely (60%) Thursday night low 43. A good (50%) chance of rain Friday and (40%) Friday night high 56 low42. Rain likely (60%) Saturday and Saturday night high 56 low 44. A good (50%) chance of rain Sunday and Sunday night highs near 57 low 45. Rain likely (60%) Monday high 60. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night and Tuesday low 46 high 61.
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with showers and possible thunderstorms along the coast this morning, then afternoon showers with morning showers becoming likely (60%) this afternoon inland high 54. Evening showers likely (60%) with a good (50%) chance of showers late at the coast and a good (50%) chance of showers inland tonight low 47. Rain Thursday and Thursday night high 57 low 46. Rain likely (60%) Friday at the coast with a good (50%) chance inland and rain likely (60%) Friday night high 55 low 45. Mostly cloudy with rain Saturday and likely (60%) Saturday night high 55 low 45. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday and likely (60%) Sunday night lows in the upper 40s high 54. Rain likely (60%) Monday high 54. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night and Tuesday low 49 high 55.
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Rain and snow showers today snow level 3,500′ 1-3″ of snow then rain and snow showers likely (60%) in the evening and a (40%) chance overnight snow level 3,500′ 2″ of snow possible high 34 low 29. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Thursday morning with a chance in the afternoon snow level 4,000′ up to 4,500′ 1″ of snow possible high 37. Rain and snow likely (60%) Thursday night and snow showers likely (60%) Friday snow level 4,500′ low 30 high 39. Mostly cloudy with a (50%) chance of rain and snow Friday night snow level 4,500′ low 32. Rain and snow likely (60%) Saturday snow level 4,500′ high 40. Mostly cloudy a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday night through Monday night snow level 4,000′ rising to 4,500′ Monday and 5,000′ Tuesday lows near 35 highs near 40. Partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday snow level 5,000′ high 40.
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