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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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A trough of low pressure (“U” shape on the jet stream) is sliding southward and eastward heading our way. A weak high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape on yellow line) has cleared us out enough to area to give us plenty of sunshine for the afternoon. 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 on the valley floor, 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 rain likely (60%) tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible) and Sunday (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of showers Monday, rain Monday night (0.10 in. of rain possible) and Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Tuesday night lows 39-32 warming to near 40 Tuesday night highs 54-50. Mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday through Saturday highs 54-50 lows 40-37. (seasonal averages high 58 low 38)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Cloudy with evening showers likely (60%), rain and snow showers likely (60%) late tonight (snow level 3,000 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 (snow level 2,500 ft. rising to 3,000 ft., under 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 (snow level 3,000 ft., under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then rain likely (60%) in the evening, rain late Monday night (snow level 3,500 ft., under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and Tuesday night (0.15 in. of rain possible) lows 38-42 highs 55-59 cooling to 54 Saturday. Mostly cloudy with showers Wednesday and Wednesday night, rain Thursday and Thursday night, showers Friday, rain Friday night, then mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Saturday highs 56-60 cooling to 54 Saturday 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 showers likely (60%) tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) through Sunday evening, a good (50%) chance of showers late Sunday night (snow level 2,000 ft. late, under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM showers Monday, coastal rain likely (60%) in the afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain and breezy Monday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and Tuesday night ( 0.30 in. of rain possible) lows 37-43 highs 50-54. Mostly cloudy with showers Wednesday and Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with rain and breezy Thursday and Thursday night, showers Friday, rain Friday night, then rain likely (60%) Saturday highs 50-48 lows near 43. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) tonight (1 in. of snow possible, 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain and snow likely (60%) Sunday (2 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible) and Sunday night (2 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers Monday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow in the evening, rain and snow likely (60%) Monday night, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow Tuesday and Tuesday night snow level 4,500 ft. tonight and Sunday, 3,500 ft. Sunday night, 3,000 ft. Monday, 4,000 ft. Monday night and Tuesday then 4,500 ft. Tuesday night lows 29-22 warming to 26 Tuesday night highs near 42. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) Wednesday and Wednesday night, rain and snow Thursday through Friday, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) Friday night and Saturday snow level 4,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, 4,500 ft. Thursday, 5,000 ft. Thursday night, 4,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, then 3,000 ft. Saturday highs 42-40 lows 28-25.
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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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