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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. Today is your last chance to win this week. What is needed in the stratosphere, but is considered a dangerous pollutant in the lower atmosphere near the earth’s surface? 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 FROM 2 PM TODAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TODAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS AND THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS OF LANE COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM TODAY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. * A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SIUSLAW RIVER NEAR MAPLETON.*
**A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS, THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES, THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON, AND THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST. RIVERS AND STREAMS MIGHT RISE RAPIDLY WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL.**
FOR OTHER FLOOD WARNINGS OUTSIDE OF THE SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY GO TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE WEBSITE AT: THIS ADDRESS
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The jet stream has positioned itself to send a strong fetch of moisture to the Pacific Northwest. A frontal system is spreading even more rain over Oregon. The rain chance diminishes Saturday and Sunday. Another frontal system will move in to start off the first week of the New Year with even more rain. Mt. Ashland is closed today due to snow conditions. Hoodoo is closed for December 29-30, but will be open Saturday December 31st and Sunday January 1st with limited operations. Still not enough snow yet for Willamette Pass to open for skiing. Please check their web sites for details and updates.
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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 (0.50 in. of rain possible) today (small hail possible), showers likely (60%) this evening, a (40%) chance of showers and colder late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), a mix of clouds and sun Saturday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Saturday night (New Year’s Eve) and Sunday (New Year’s Day), then cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Sunday night highs 48-40 warming to near 45 Sunday lows 30-32. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday, a (30%) chance of rain Monday night, cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday, then a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday night and Thursday highs 48-52 cooling to near 45 Thursday lows near 40. (seasonal averages high 45 low 33)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with showers (0.40 in. of rain possible) today (snow level 3,000 ft. this afternoon), a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) tonight (snow level 2,500 ft. falling to 2,000 ft.), patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Saturday and Saturday night (New Year’s Eve) with patchy fog late at night, areas of AM fog and freezing fog, mostly cloudy Sunday (New Year’s Day), then cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday night with patchy fog late at night highs 50-43 warming to 47 Sunday lows 34-39. Patchy AM fog, cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Monday afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday night, areas of fog late Monday night and Tuesday AM, cloudy Tuesday afternoon, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late Tuesday night and early Wednesday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday afternoon, rain likely (60%) Wednesday night with patchy fog late, then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday highs 47-50 cooling to near 44 Thursday lows near 38. (seasonal averages high 48 low 36)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with coastal showers and a slight (20%) chance of isolated thunderstorms late this AM and early this afternoon with showers late this afternoon, showers inland today (0.50 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) tonight (snow level 2,000 ft. late), patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Saturday and Saturday night (New Year’s Eve), patchy fog late night and early Sunday AM, mostly cloudy Sunday afternoon (New Year’s Day), then cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain with patchy fog Sunday night highs 48-54 lows 38-34 warming to 42 Sunday night. AM fog, cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Monday, a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday night with fog late night and Tuesday AM, cloudy Tuesday afternoon and night with areas of fog late Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday afternoon, rain likely (60%) with areas of fog late Wednesday night, then cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday highs 52-54 cooling to near 49 Thursday lows near 42. (seasonal averages high 51 low 40).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with rain this AM, rain and snow showers (8-14 in. of snow possible, 1.5 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: W 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph) and possible small hail today, snow showers (3-7 in. of snow possible, 0.50 in. of rain possible) and colder tonight, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of AM snow showers, partly cloudy Saturday afternoon, mostly cloudy Saturday night (New Year’s Eve) and Sunday (New Year’s Day), a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday night snow level falling to 3,500 ft. today, at the surface tonight and Saturday AM, free air freezing level at the surface Saturday, 5,000 ft. Saturday night, 6,500 ft. Sunday, then snow level 6,500 ft. Sunday night highs 36-33 warming to 42 Sunday lows 22-30. Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday, a (30%) chance of rain and snow Monday night, a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday and Tuesday night, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday, then rain likely (60%) Wednesday night and Thursday snow level 6,500 ft. Monday, 5,000 ft. Monday night, 6,000 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night, then 6,500 ft. Wednesday through Thursday highs 37-44 cooling to 38 Thursday lows near 32.
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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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