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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 (EVACUATION ORDERS WERE ISSUED FOR ALL OF MARCOLA), 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. (SEE FULL REPORTS OF EACH AND ANY NEW WARNINGS ISSUED).
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY FOR THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE BEACHES AND HEADLANDS FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT ABOVE 5,000 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON CASCADES AND THE SISKIYOUS MOUNTAINS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT BELOW 5,500 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON CASCADES AND THE SISKIYOUS MOUNTAINS, AND ABOVE 4,500 FT. FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST AND UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY, AND FROM 1 PM UNTIL 10 PM FRIDAY 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.
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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 frontal system right on it’s heals to make sure we stay very wet over the weekend into next week. 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 (0.25 in. of rain possible) tonight and Friday (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) Friday night, then mostly cloudy with rain Saturday (0.30 in. of rain possible Saturday and 0.25 in. of rain possible Saturday night) through Sunday night lows 42-35 highs 50-44. Mostly cloudy with rain Monday through Wednesday night, then rain likely (60%) Thursday highs 47-52 lows 36-40. (seasonal averages high 48 low 34)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with rain this evening, showers (0.20 in. of rain possible) late tonight, mostly cloudy with a good (60%) chance of AM showers, rain (0.20 in. of rain possible) Friday afternoon and breezy (wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph in the afternoon), rain in the evening, showers (0.30 in. of rain possible) Friday night and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph), mostly cloudy with showers Saturday (snow level 3,000 ft., 0.25 in. of rain possible) and Saturday evening, rain and snow showers likely (60%) late Saturday (60%), then rain and snow showers likely (60%) Saturday night and Sunday AM, rain and snow Sunday afternoon and Sunday night lows 47-40 highs 54-49. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Monday, rain and snow showers Monday night, rain Tuesday through Wednesday night, then rain likely (60%) Thursday 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 this evening, showers late tonight (0.35 in. of rain possible), AM rain likely (60%), rain (0.35 in. of rain possible) Friday afternoon and very windy (wind: S 10-20 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 evening, showers (0.50 in. of rain possible) late at night and very windy (wind: S 30-45 mph shifting SW 25-35 mph late at the shore and SW 25-35 decreasing to SW 15-25 mph), showers (0.25 in. of rain possible) Saturday and Saturday evening, showers likely (60%) late Saturday night (snow level 2,000 ft. late, under 0.10 in. of rain possible), AM rain and snow, then rain and breezy Sunday afternoon and Sunday night lows 46-40 highs 54-49. Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy Monday, showers Monday night, rain and windy Tuesday through Wednesday night, then rain likely (60%) Thursday highs 50-55 cooling to near 50 Thursday lows 42-47. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with rain and snow (1-4 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible) tonight, rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) Friday and breezy (wind: S 10-15 mph gusts to 35 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph gusts to 50 mph in the afternoon), rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph gusts 50 mph lowering S 15-20 mph gusts to 35 mph late) Friday night, rain and snow Saturday and breezy (SW 15-25 mph), snow Saturday night and Sunday, then rain or snow and breezy Sunday night snow level 5,000 ft. tonight, 5,500 Friday and Friday night, 3,000 ft. Saturday, 2,500 ft. Saturday night, then at the surface Sunday and Sunday night lows 29-22 highs 36-32. Mostly cloudy with snow Monday, rain or snow likely (60%) Monday night, rain or snow Tuesday, rain Tuesday night through Wednesday night, then rain likely (60%) Thursday snow level at the surface Monday, 2,500 ft. Monday night, 4,000 ft. Tuesday, 6,000 ft. Tuesday night, then 6,500 ft. Wednesday through Thursday highs 34-39 cooling to 34 Thursday 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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