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Don’t forget to Spring Forward at bedtime Saturday night or officially at 2 AM Sunday to chance to Pacific Daylight Saving time.
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This is your last chance to win this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question. We have all heard the word “Eureka” used when someone makes an unexpected discovery. The question is who in history is quoted shouting “Eureka” when he made a discovery and what was the discovery? 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: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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A high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape on the yellow line) is moving eastward away from Oregon as the next trough of low pressure trough (“U” shape on the jet stream) approaches returning the clouds. A frontal system (shown just offshore) will bring the rain back by late this evening. Another frontal system (position shown for Tuesday) will continue the threat of rain next week.
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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: Increasing clouds with a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with AM rain likely (60%), a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain Saturday night (0.30 in. of rain possible), showers Sunday (0.20 in. of rain possible), then rain Sunday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) through Monday night lows 39-34 warming to 38 Monday highs 50-48. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Tuesday, showers Tuesday night, rain Wednesday through Thursday, then rain likely (60%) Thursday night and Friday highs 50-52 lows near 40. (seasonal averages high 55 low 37)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), AM rain, rain likely (60%) Saturday afternoon (snow level 3,000 ft. in the afternoon, under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain Saturday night (snow level 3,000 ft.rising to 3,500 ft. late at night, 0.15 in. of rain possible), rain and snow showers Sunday (snow level 2,000 ft. falling to 1,500 ft.), rain and snow showers in the evening, rain and snow showers likely (60%) late Sunday night ( under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then rain and snow and breezy Monday and Monday night lows 39-45 cooling to 37 Monday night highs 57-50. Mostly cloudy rain and snow Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday night through Friday highs 47-54 lows 40-44. (seasonal averages high 57 low 39)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of coastal rain this evening, rain tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and Saturday AM, rain likely (60%) in the afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), rain (0.45 in. of rain possible) Saturday night and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph), coastal showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Sunday AM, showers (0.30 in. of rain possible) in the afternoon and late at night (0.10 in. of rain possible), AM showers inland then inland rain and snow showers Sunday afternoon and evening, then showers likely (60%) late Sunday night, then mostly cloudy with rain and windy Monday and Monday night lows 45-38 highs 52-47. Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday through Friday highs 47-52 lows near 44. (seasonal averages high 54 low 41).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) Saturday AM, rain and snow likely (60%) Saturday (1 in. of snow possible), rain and snow Saturday night (1-4 in. of snow possible), rain or snow showers Sunday AM, snow showers Sunday afternoon, snow Sunday night, rain and snow and breezy Monday, then rain and snow Monday night snow level 5,000 ft tonight, 4,500 ft. Saturday, 3,500 ft. Saturday night, 2,500 ft. Sunday, at the surface Sunday night, 2,500 ft. Monday, then 3,000 ft. Monday night lows 32-22 warming to 26 Monday highs 41-33 warming to 38 Monday. Mostly cloudy with snow Tuesday, rain and snow showers Tuesday night, rain and snow likely (60%), Wednesday, rain likely (60%) Wednesday night through Thursday night, then rain and snow likely Friday snow level at the surface Tuesday, 3,000 ft. Tuesday night, 5,000 ft. Wednesday, 6,000 ft. Wednesday night, 6,500 ft. Thursday, 6,000 ft. Thursday night, then 5,500 ft. Friday highs near 39 lows near 29.
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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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