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It’s Monday and that means I had to come up with another weekly weather quiz question. Here it is. We have had rain and snow but let’s focus on total precipitation which includes rain and melted snow or other frozen precipitation. What US city has the highest normal annual precipitation in inches? Extra credit if you get the right total too. 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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Be careful driving during winter storms. Make sure you at least carry chains if you will be driving in the foothills or mountains and be aware that there could be some slippery conditions as far down as the valley floor. You need extra stopping distance when the roadway is slippery. Remember that bridges and overpasses cool down faster than the regular roadway which means that snow could pile up faster and conditions can get icy quicker than on the streets.
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Advisories: A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A WINER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST RANGE. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON, THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES FOOTHILLS, THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES (NOT INCLUDING THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY), AND THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 4 PM TUESDAY ABOVE 1,000 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST, CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, AND JACKSON COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ABOVE 3,000 FT. FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, AND JACKSON COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON CASCADES, AND THE SISKIOUS MOUNTAINS, THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST.
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An upper level low pressure trough (“U” shape on yellow line) will be moving through and another frontal system will push into Oregon for another chance for snow. It will turn back to just rain by Tuesday night into Wednesday except for the mountains. Mt. Ashland is closed due to poor snow conditions. Hoodoo is open (as usual closed Wednesdays). Willamette Pass will be open on a very limited basis today for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Please check their web sites for the latest details and updates as the new storms could improve the snowpack for skiing.
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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 a slight (20%) chance of rain or snow showers this AM (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), a good (50%) chance of rain or snow showers this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain or snow showers this evening, snow showers tonight (1-2 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible), rain or snow showers Tuesday (1 in. of snow possible, 0.30 in. of rain possible), then rain Tuesday night (0.40 in. of rain possible) and Wednesday AM, rain in the afternoon (snow level 1,000 ft.), then rain Wednesday night highs 40-50 lows 32-40. Mostly cloudy with rain Thursday through Sunday highs 50-44 warming to near 48 Sunday lows 40-33. (seasonal averages high 47 low 34)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM snow showers, rain and snow showers (snow level 500 ft., 1 in. of snow possible, under 0.10 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) this afternoon (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), rain and snow showers likely (60%) in the evening, rain and snow showers tonight (snow level 500 ft, 1-2 in. of snow above 1,500 ft., 1 in. at lower elevations, 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers Tuesday (snow level 500 ft.rising to 1,000 ft. in the afternoon, 0.15 in. of rain possible), and Tuesday evening (snow level 1,000 ft. rising to 2,000 ft. in the afternoon), rain and snow Tuesday night (snow level 2,000 ft. rising to 2,500 ft. late, 0.25 in. of rain possible), then mostly cloudy with rain and snow Wednesday AM (snow level 2,000 ft), rain in the afternoon, and Wednesday night highs 43-52 lows 32-42. Mostly cloudy with rain Thursday through Friday night, then rain and snow Saturday through Sunday highs 52-42 lows 43-33. (seasonal averages high 50 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with AM coastal rain and snow showers likely (60%) and showers likely (60%) in the afternoon, a good (50%) chance of AM rain and snow showers inland and rain and snow showers in the afternoon (snow level 1,000 ft. , 1 in. of snow possible, under 0.10 in. of rain possible) today (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), evening coastal showers, rain and snow showers late tonight with rain and snow showers inland (snow level 1,000 ft. 1-2 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with coastal showers and rain and snow showers inland Tuesday (snow level 1,000 ft. rising to 1,500 ft. in the afternoon, 0.30 in. of rain possible) and breezy (winds: S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph), rain late Tuesday night and breezy (winds: S 15-25 mph at the shore and S 10-15 mph inland), then rain and very windy (winds: S 25-35 mph increasing to 30-45 mph at the shore, S 15-25 mph inland, gusts to 50 mph increasing to 65 mph in the afternoon) Wednesday (0.60 in. of rain possible) and Wednesday night highs 45-50 lows 36-47. Mostly cloudy with rain Thursday, rain and breezy Thursday night and Friday, rain and windy Friday night, mostly cloudy with rain Saturday, then rain and snow Saturday night and Sunday highs 53-45 lows 47-38. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of snow showers today (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), snow showers (3-6 in. of snow possible) tonight, snow showers Tuesday (5-9 in. of snow possible), snow Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, rain or snow Wednesday afternoon and breezy (wind: S 1-25 mph gusts to 40 mph increasing to 50 mph in the afternoon), then rain Wednesday night snow level at the surface today through Tuesday night, 5,500 ft. Wednesday afternoon, then 6,500 ft. Wednesday night highs 20-39 lows 16-30. Mostly cloudy with rain Thursday through Friday, rain and snow and breezy Friday night and Saturday, then mostly cloudy with rain or snow Saturday night and Sunday snow level 6,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, 7,000 ft. Friday, 5,000 ft. Friday night, 3,000 ft. Saturday and. Saturday night, then 2,500 ft. Sunday highs 37-16 lows 28-22.
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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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