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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. A couple of you posted good answers, but so far not the correct answer. This 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 AND ALBANY, 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, AND THE COQUILLE RIVER AT MYRTLE POINT 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, 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 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 WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 4 PM SATURDAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT 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 FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE NORTH WILLAMETTE VALEY INCLUDING PORTLAND. 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 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 HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST, AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. 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 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 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 frontal system pushed through Oregon and yet another storm is right on it’s heals to make sure we stay very wet over the weekend into next week when more frontal systems will roll through the Pacific Northwest. Mt. Ashland is open. Hoodoo is open (as usual closed Wednesdays). Willamette Pass was oped today and will be open 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 with rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) tonight and windy (S 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph), mostly cloudy and cooler with rain (0.25 in. of rain possible) Saturday and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph shifting W 10-15 mph in the afternoon), showers Saturday evening, rain (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) late Saturday night, rain Sunday (0.25 in. of rain possible) and Sunday night, showers Monday and Monday evening, then rain late Monday night lows 42-35 highs 45-48. Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday through Wednesday night, showers likely (60%) Thursday and Thursday night, then mostly cloudy Friday AM, and a mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday afternoon highs 49-55 cooling to 47 Friday lows 40-35. (seasonal averages high 48 low 35)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with rain (0.20 in. of rain possible) this evening, showers (0.45 in. of rain possible) late tonight and windy (wind: SW 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph this evening), rain and snow showers (snow level 3,000 ft. falling to 2,500 ft, 1-2 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible) Saturday, cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Saturday evening, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow (snow level 2,500 ft. falling to 1,500 ft. late, 1 in. of snow possible, under 0.10 in. of rain possible) late Saturday night, rain and snow Sunday AM, rain (snow level 1,500 ft. rising to 2,500 ft. in the afternoon, 0.15 in. of rain possible) Sunday afternoon, evening rain, rain (snow level 2,000 ft. late) late Sunday night, AM rain and snow showers, rain and snow likely (60%) in the afternoon Monday, then rain likely (60%) Monday night lows 44-35 warming to 38 Monday night highs 45-50. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Tuesday and Tuesday night, showers Wednesday, showers likely (60%) Wednesday night, then rain likely (60%) Thursday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night, then partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Friday highs 47-58 cooling to near 50 Friday lows 47-39. (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 (0.80 in. of rain possible) late tonight and very windy (wind: S 35-50 mph shifting SW 20-30 mph late at the shore and SW 25-35 decreasing to SW 15-25 mph inland), showers (0.30 in. of rain possible) Saturday and breezy (wind: W 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph early in the AM), coastal showers likely (60%) Saturday evening with evening showers inland and a good (50%) chance of rain late Saturday night, coastal evening showers likely (60%), evening showers inland, a good (50%) chance of rain late Saturday night (snow level 2,000 ft. late, under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain (0.60 in. of rain possible) Sunday and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph at the shore increasing to S 25-40 mph in the afternoon and S 10-20 mph inland gusts to 50 mph) Sunday afternoon, evening rain, showers late Sunday night (snow level 2,000 ft. late) and very windy (wind: S 25-40 mph shifting SW 15-25 mph at the shore and SW 15-25 mph inland), showers Monday AM, rain likely (60%) Monday afternoon and Monday night lows 46-42 highs 47-52. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Tuesday and Tuesday night, showers Wednesday, showers likely (60%) Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday and Thursday night, then partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Friday highs 52-56 cooling to near 50 Thursday and Friday lows 50-40. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with rain this evening, rain and snow (3-7 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 20-30 mph gusts to 50 mph decreasing to W 15-20 mph), evening snow showers, snow (1-3 in. of snow possible) likely (60%) late Saturday night, snow Sunday and breezy (wind: Sw 5-15 mph increasing to SE 15-25 mph in the afternoon), rain and snow and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph switching SW 10-15 mph gusts to 30 mph late) Sunday night, snow showers Monday, rain and snow showers likely (60%) in the evening, then rain and snow likely (60%) Monday night snow level 7,000 ft. falling to 3,000 ft. tonight and Saturday, then at the surface Saturday night through Monday night lows 27-22 warming to near 26 Monday night highs 30-35. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Tuesday, rain Tuesday night through Wednesday night, showers likely (60%) Thursday, then rain and snow showers Thursday night and Friday snow level 4,000 ft. Tuesday, 6,500 ft. Tuesday night, 7,500 ft. Wednesday, 7,000 ft. Wednesday night, 6,000 ft. Thursday, then 3,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday highs 34-39 cooling to 33 Thursday lows 29-33 cooling to near 25 Thursday night.
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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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