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Look back a couple of posts and you will find a comment above the forecast with an answer to my weekly weather question that is close, but not a winner. Give it a try. You could win.

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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. 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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Advisories:  A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LONG TOM RIVER AT MONROE, THE LUCKIAMUTE RIVER NEAR SUVER, THE MARYS RIVER NEAR PHILOMATH, THE MOHAWK RIVER NEAR SPRINGFIELD, THE SANTIAM RIVER AT JEFFERSON, THE SOUTH FORK OF THE COQUILLE RIVER AT MYRTLE POINT AND AT COQUILLE, THE SILETZ RIVER AT SILETZ, THE ALSEA RIVER NEAR TIDEWATER, AND THE SIUSLAW RIVER NEAR MAPLETON. SOME EVACUATION ORDERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED.  (SEE FULL REPORTS OF EACH AND ANY NEW WARNINGS ISSUED).

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM TODAY FOR THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY.  A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT ABOVE 5,000 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON CASCADES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT BELOW 5,000 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT ABOVE 4,500 FT. FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 4,500 FT. FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST AND UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM TODAY FOR EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY.

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An upper level low pressure trough (“U” shape on yellow line) will be moving closer to us then moving through. A  surface low and frontal system pushed through Oregon with another storm system right on it’s heals offshore to make sure we stay very wet. Mt. Ashland is open today. Hoodoo is open (as usual closed Wednesdays). Willamette Pass reports they closed today, but will be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Please check the ski resort 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 today with rain , heavy at times this AM, rain this afternoon (0.75 in. of rain possible) and tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible), then rain (0.25 in. of rain possible) Friday and rain Friday night through Saturday night highs 54-46 lows 40-34. Mostly cloudy with rain Sunday through Wednesday highs 45-52 lows 36-40. (seasonal averages high 48 low 34)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with rain today (0.85 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph late), showers (0.30 in. of rain possible) tonight, mostly cloudy with AM rain likely (60%), rain (0.15 in. of rain possible) Friday afternoon and breezy (wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph), rain Friday night and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph shifting gusts to 40 mph decreasing very late), mostly cloudy with showers Saturday (snow level 3,000 ft.), then rain and snow Saturday night highs 53-46 lows 43-35. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Sunday through Monday night, then mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday through Wednesday highs 47-53 lows 37-40. (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 rain (1.40 in. of rain possible) today and windy (wind: SW  25-35 mph decreasing to SW 15-20 mph late afternoon), showers tonight (0.45 in. of rain possible), rain (0.25 in. of rain possible) Friday and very windy (wind: S 15-20 mph increasing to S 30-45 mph at the shore and S 15-25 mph increasing to 25-35 mph inland late afternoon), rain Friday night and very windy (wind: S 30-35 mph shifting SW 15-25 mph late at the shore and SW 25-35 decreasing to SW 15-25 mph), showers Saturday, then rain in the evening with rain and snow late Saturday night highs 52-47 lows 46-40. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Sunday AM, rain Sunday afternoon, rain and breezy Sunday night, rain and snow Monday AM, rain in the afternoon, then rain and breezy Monday night through Wednesday highs 50-55  lows 42-46. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40).

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with rain (1 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph) today, rain and snow (1-4 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible) tonight, rain or snow Friday (1-4 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible), rain and snow, snow heavy at times, and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph gusts 50 mph lowering to 40 mph) Friday night, then rain or snow Saturday and Saturday night snow level 6,000 ft. today, 5,000 ft. tonight, 5,500 Friday night, then 3,000 ft. Saturday, and 2,500 ft. Saturday night highs 35-30 lows 28-23. Mostly cloudy with snow Sunday through Monday, rain or snow Monday night, then rain and snow Tuesday through Thursday snow level at the surface Sunday through Monday, 2,500 ft. Monday night, 3,500 ft. Tuesday, 7,500 ft. Tuesday night, then 6,500 ft. Wednesday highs 33-37 lows 26-30.

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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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