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Sorry, no winner this week.
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Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. A couple of you posted good answers, but not the correct answer. 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. Yukutat, Alaska has the highest normal annual precipitation in the US with 134.96 in. and Hilo, Hawaii comes in second with 128.15 in. according to USA Today’s “The Weather Book.” I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you starting next Monday. 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: FLOOD WARNING CONTINUE TO BE IN EFFECT FOR THE WILSON RIVER NEAR TILLAMOOK, THE SOUTH YAMHILL RIVER AT MCMINNVILLE, THE SOUTH PUDDING RIVER AT AURORA, THE WILLAMETTE RIVER AT OREGON CITY ABOVE THE FALLS AND BELOW OREGON CITY BELOW THE FALLS, THE WILLAMETTE RIVER AT 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, THE GRAYS RIVER NEAR ROSEBURG, THE NEHALEM RIVER NEAR FOSS, 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).
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM TODAY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT 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 WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TODAY ABOVE 5,000 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON CASCADES AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TODAY ABOVE 4,000 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON CASCADES AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON CASCADES AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TODAY 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 to make sure we stay very wet over the weekend into next week when more frontal systems will roll through the Pacific Northwest. Heavy snowfalls from the latest storm have renewed hope that the ski season is back and here to stay. Mt. Ashland is open. Hoodoo is open (as usual closed Wednesdays). Willamette Pass is open today 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 and cooler with rain this AM, showers (0.25 in. of rain possible) this afternoon and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph shifting W 10-15 mph in the afternoon), a good (50%) chance of showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) tonight, rain Sunday (0.25 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph) rain Sunday evening, showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) late Sunday night and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph shifting SW 5-10 mph late), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday, then a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night highs 45-48 lows 34-36. Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday through Wednesday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain 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 46-33. (seasonal averages high 48 low 35)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers (snow level 3,000 ft. falling to 2,500 ft, 0.10 in. of rain possible) today, cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) this evening, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow (snow level 2,500 ft. falling to 2,000 ft. late, under 0.10 in. of rain possible) late tonight, rain and snow Sunday AM, rain (snow level 1,500 ft. rising to 3,000 ft. in the afternoon, 0.15 in. of rain possible) Sunday afternoon, evening rain, rain and snow showers (snow level 2,000 ft. late, 0.20 in. of rain possible) late Sunday night, cloudy with AM rain and snow showers likely (60%(snow level 2,000 ft. rising to 2,500 ft. in the afternoon), then rain likely (60%) Monday night highs 45-50 lows 35-38. Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night, rain Wednesday, rain likely (60%) Wednesday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers 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 showers (0.20 in. of rain possible) today, coastal showers likely (60%) this evening with evening showers inland and a good (50%) chance of rain late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), coastal evening showers likely (60%), evening showers inland, a good (50%) chance of rain late tonight (snow level 2,000 ft. late, under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: SW10-15 mph increasing to S 20-30 mph late at the shore and S 10-20 mph inland), rain (0.60 in. of rain possible) Sunday and very windy (wind: S 25-35 mph at the shore increasing to S 30-45 mph late AM and afternoon and S 15-20 mph inland increasing to S 20-30 mph late AM and afternoon) Sunday afternoon, evening rain, showers (0.30 in. of rain possible) late Sunday night and very windy (wind: S 25-35 mph shifting W 15-20 mph late at the shore and S 20-25 mph shifting W 15 mph late inland), cloudy with showers likely (60%) Monday AM, a good (50%) chance of showers Monday afternoon and evening, showers likely (60%) late Monday night highs 47-52 lows 42-44. Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night, rain Wednesday, rain 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 53-56 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 or snow this AM, rain or snow showers (4-8 in. of snow possible, 0.50 in. of rain possible) this afternoon and windy (W 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph this AM), cloudy with snow showers this evening, a good (50%) chance of snow showers (1-3 in. of snow possible) late tonight, snow Sunday (2-5 in. of snow possible) and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph), rain or snow in the evening, rain or snow showers late and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph switching SW 10-15 mph late) Sunday night, snow showers Monday, snow likely (60%) Monday night snow level 2,500 ft. today then at the surface Sunday through Monday night highs 30-35 lows 22-26. Mostly cloudy with rain or snow Tuesday, rain Tuesday night through Wednesday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain or snow Thursday night then mostly cloudy in the AM, a mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of rain or snow 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 34-25.
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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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