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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 WARNINGS 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 NEHALEM RIVER NEAR FOSS, AND THE SIUSLAW RIVER NEAR MAPLETON. (SEE FULL REPORTS OF EACH AND ANY NEW ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND).
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM UNTIL 10 PM SUNDAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY, AND THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM UNTIL 5 PM SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST, AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM UNTIL 4 PM SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY UNTIL 4 PM MONDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON CASCADES AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 10 PM SUNDAY FOR 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 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: S 5-10 mph increasing S 15-25 mph), rain Sunday evening, showers (under 0.30 in. of rain possible) late Sunday night and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph shifting W 10-15 mph late), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) Monday, a (40%) chance of rain in the evening, a good (50%) chance of rain late Monday night, then mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday and Tuesday night lows 34-44 highs 45-49. Mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday and Wednesday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Thursday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) of showers Friday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday highs 55-47 warming to near 50 Saturday lows 40-33. (seasonal averages high 48 low 35)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers this evening, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow late tonight (snow level 2,500 ft. falling to 2,000 ft. late, under 0.10 in. of rain possible), 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 and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph), evening rain, rain and snow (snow level 2,500 ft. late, 0.25 in. of rain possible) late Sunday night, cloudy Monday with a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers (snow level 2,000 ft. rising to 2,500 ft. in the afternoon), a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, a good (50%) chance of rain (snow level 3,000 ft.) late Monday night, then mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday and Tuesday night lows 35-44 highs 46-50 cooling to 45 Tuesday. Mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday and Wednesday night, showers likely (60%) Thursday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Friday through Saturday highs 55-50 lows 46-32. (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 a (40%) chance of showers this evening, a good (50%) chance of rain late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: SW 10-15 mph increasing S 20-30 mph late at the shore and S 10-20 mph inland), rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) Sunday and very windy (wind: S 25-35 mph increasing to S 30-45 mph late AM and afternoon at the shore and S 15-20 mph increasing to S 20-30 mph late AM and afternoon), rain (0.35 in. of rain possible) Sunday night and very windy (wind: SW 25-35 mph shifting W 15-20 mph late at the shore and W 15-25 mph inland), cloudy with showers likely (60%) Monday AM, a good (50%) chance of showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) Monday afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of showers in the evening, rain likely (60%) late Monday night, mostly cloudy with rain and windy Tuesday, then rain likely (60%) and breezy Tuesday night lows 40-48 highs near 50. Mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday and Wednesday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Friday highs 54-50 lows 49-39. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: 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 breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph), rain or snow in the evening, rain or snow showers (3-7 in. of snow possible, 0.50 in. of rain possible) late Sunday night and windy (wind: W 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph in the evening), cloudy with snow showers likely (60%) Monday AM, a good (50%) chance of snow showers in the afternoon, a (40%) chance of rain or snow showers in the evening, a good (50%) of rain or snow late Monday night, rain or snow Tuesday, then rain Tuesday night snow level at the surface tonight through Monday night, 4,000 ft. Tuesday, then 7,000 ft. Tuesday night lows 22-32 highs 33-38. Mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday and Wednesday night, rain likely (60%) Thursday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain or snow showers Thursday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Friday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday night, then rain and snow likely (60%) Saturday snow level 7,500 ft. Wednesday, 7,000 ft. Wednesday night, 6,000 ft. Thursday, 3,000 ft. Thursday night, then 3,500 ft. Friday through Saturday highs 42-35 warming to near 39 Saturday lows 30-38.
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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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