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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. Today is your last chance to win this week. 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: THE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE MOHAWK RIVER NEAR SPRINGFIELD, THE WILLAMETTE RIVER AT HARRISBURG, THE WILLAMETTE RIVER AT CORVALLIS, THE CLACKAMAS RIVER AT ESTACADA AND NEAR OREGON CITY, THE SILETZ RIVER AT SILETZ, THE LONG TOM RIVER AT MONROE, AND THE ALSEA RIVER NEAR TIDEWATER, HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. (CHECK THE FULL REPORTS LINK BELOW FOR UPDATED CHANGES AND A COMPLETE LIST OF FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF OREGON.)
A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WILLAMETTE RIVER BELOW OREGON CITY BELOW THE FALLS, , ALBANY, AND SALEM, THE LUCKIAMUTE RIVER NEAR SUVER, THE MARYS RIVER NEAR PHILOMATH, THE SANTIAM RIVER AT JEFFERSON, THE SOUTH FORK OF THE COQUILLE RIVER AT MYRTLE POINT AND AT COQUILLE, AND THE SIUSLAW RIVER NEAR MAPLETON. (SEE FULL REPORTS OF EACH AND ANY NEW WARNINGS ISSUED BECAUSE THIS LIST MAY NOT CONTAIN ALL OF THE CURRENT WARNINGS SINCE THEY ARE CONSTANTLY BEING UPDATED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND).
AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM SATURDAY FOR THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 4 AM SATURDAY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 7 AM SATURDAY FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWESTERN OREGON AND THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY FOR THE ENTIRE I-5 CORRIDOR FROM PORTLAND THROUGH EUGENE AND SPRINGFIELD. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST, AND FROM 1 PM UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM TONIGHT FOR JACKSON COUNTY, THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TODAY UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY ABOVE 5,000 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON CASCADES AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TODAY UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY ABOVE 4,000 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON CASCADES AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TODAY UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY ABOVE 5,500 FT. FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE 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 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 (0.50 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph in the afternoon), rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) tonight and windy (S 15-25 mph increasing to S 25-35 mph gusts to 50 mph late), mostly cloudy and cooler with rain Saturday (0.30 in. of rain possible) Saturday and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph shifting SW 10-15 mph in the afternoon), showers Saturday evening, rain likely (60%) late Saturday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then rain Sunday (0.25 in. of rain possible) and Sunday night highs 53-44 lows 42-35. 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 a good (60%) chance of AM showers, rain (0.20 in. of rain possible) this afternoon and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph in the afternoon), rain in the evening, showers (0.45 in. of rain possible) tonight and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph), mostly cloudy with showers Saturday (snow level 3,000 ft. falling to 2,500 ft, 0.25 in. of rain possible) and Saturday evening, rain and snow showers likely (60%) late Saturday night (snow level 2,500 ft. falling to 2,000 ft. late, under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain and snow likely (60%) Sunday AM, rain and snow Sunday afternoon (snow level 1,500 ft. rising to 3,000 ft. in the afternoon, 0.15 in. of rain possible), then rain and snow Sunday night highs 50-45 lows 42-35 warming to near 38 Sunday night. 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 cooling to near 48 Thursday lows 37-44. (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 rain likely (60%), rain (0.40 in. of rain possible) this afternoon and very windy (wind: S 25-35 mph increasing to S 30-45 mph at the shore and S 15-25 mph increasing to 25-35 mph inland late afternoon), rain this evening, showers (0.80 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 (0.30 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), coastal rain, inland AM rain and snow, then rain and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph at the shore and S 15-20 mph inland, gusts to 45 mph) Sunday afternoon (0.60 in. of rain possible), then rain and breezy Sunday night highs 54-49 lows 45-40. Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy Monday, showers Monday night, rain and windy Tuesday through Wednesday night, then rain likely (60%) Thursday highs 49-55 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 or snow (2-4 in. of snow possible, 0.50 in. of rain possible) today and windy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph increasing to 20-30 mph gusts to 60 mph in the afternoon), rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) this evening, rain and snow (4-8 in. of snow possible, 0.75 in. of rain possible) late tonight and windy (wind: SW 25-35 mph gusts 55 mph) tonight, rain and snow (4-8 in. of snow possible, 0.50 in. of rain possible) Saturday and windy (W 20-30 mph gusts to 50 mph decreasing to W 15-20 mph gusts to 35 mph in the afternoon), evening snow showers, snow likely (60%) late Saturday night snow Sunday and breezy (wind: Sw 5-10 mph increasing to SE 15-25 mph in the afternoon), then rain and snow and breezy Sunday night snow level 5,000 ft. today, 7,000 ft. falling to 5,000 ft. tonight, 3,000 ft. Saturday, then at the surface Saturday night through Sunday night highs 36-32 lows 27-22. Mostly cloudy with snow Monday, rain and 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, 3,000 ft. Monday night, 3,500 ft. Tuesday, 7,000 ft. Tuesday night and Wednesday, then 6,500 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday highs 34-39 cooling to 33 Thursday lows 26-32.
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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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