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Sorry, no winner this week.
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Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. Define “Biometeorology?” Here is the answer. Biometeorology is the interdisciplinary field of science that studies the interactions between the biosphere and the Earth’s atmosphere on time scales of the order of seasons or shorter (by opposition to bioclimatology). To put it simply it is the study of how the weather effects the human body. 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.
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Advisories: A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE. FOR FLOOD UPDATES SEE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVER WARNINGS.
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Another trough of low pressure (“U” shape on the jet stream) is sliding southward and eastward pusing frontal systems our way. A frontal system pushed through Oregon and spread snow in the valleys and heavy snow in the mountains and foothills. Another frontal system will be aimed at us over the weekend bringing more rain. As the temperatures rise we’ll get rid of all of this snow, but that will also increase the flood potential from melting snow and falling rain.
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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 areas of fog this AM, a slight (20%) chance of morning showers, a (40%) chance of showers this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of showers tonight, rain likely (60%) Sunday (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday, then rain likely (60%) Monday night highs near 55 lows 39-33 warming to near 40 Monday night. Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Tuesday night through Friday highs near 54 lows 38-42. (seasonal averages high 58 low 38)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers today (snow level 3,000 ft. rising to 3,500 ft. in the afternoon, 0.10 in. of rain possible), evening showers likely (60%), rain and snow showers likely (60%) late tonight (snow level 2,500 ft. at night, under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Sunday AM, showers likely (60%) Sunday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible) and evening (snow level 2,500 ft.), a (40%) chance of showers late Sunday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday, then rain likely (60%) Monday night highs near 58 lows 38-40. Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday and Tuesday night, rain likely (60%) Wednesday and Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with rain Thursday through Friday highs 60-56 lows near 42 (seasonal averages high 59 low 40)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with a (40%) chance of coastal showers this AM, showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, showers inland in the afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), showers likely (60%) tonight through Sunday evening, a good (50%) chance of showers late Sunday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Monday, then rain Monday night highs 52-50 lows 38-43. Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday through Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with rain and breezy Thursday through Friday highs 53-50 lows near 43. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers today, mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) tonight(1 in. of snow possible), rain and snow showers likely (60%) Sunday (2 in. of snow possible), a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday night, a (40%) chance of rain and snow Monday, then rain and snow Monday night snow level 4,500 ft. today, 5,000 ft. tonight, 4,500 ft. Sunday, 4,000 ft. Sunday night, 2,500 ft. Monday, then 4,000 ft. Monday night highs 45-40 lows 29-25 warming to 28 Tuesday night. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) Tuesday and breezy, rain and snow Tuesday night and Wednesday, rain and snow likely (60%) Wednesday night, then rain and snow Thursday through Friday snow level 4,000 ft. Tuesday, 5,000 ft. Tuesday night, 4,000 ft. Wednesday, 4,500 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday, 5,000 ft. Thursday night, then 4,500 ft. Friday highs 42-40 lows near 28.
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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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