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Congratulations to Mary Tucker for being the first person to post the correct answer. Here is my new weekly weather quiz question again. We recently turned our clocks forward by one hour to start Daylight Saving Time. What was the original purpose of having our clocks turned ahead by one hour? Here is Mary’s answer. “The orginal reason if I recall correctly is there is more things that people had to care for in the warmer days such as a garden, building, etc and turning the clock ahead so they would have more daylight hours.” Mary gave just one of the reasons. Here is the complete answer. Daylight saving time (DST)—also summer time in several countries, in British English, and European official terminology (see Terminology)—is the practice of advancing clocks so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. Though mentioned by Benjamin Franklin in 1784, the modern idea of daylight saving was first proposed in 1895 by George Vernon Hudson and it was first implemented during the First World War. Many countries have used it at various times since then. The practice has been both praised and criticized. Adding daylight to evenings benefits retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours, but can cause problems for evening entertainment and other occupations tied to the sun. Although an early goal of DST was to reduce evening usage of incandescent lighting, formerly a primary use of electricity, modern heating and cooling usage patterns differ greatly, and research about how DST currently affects energy use is limited or contradictory. I’ll have another 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: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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A though of low pressure (“U” shape on the yellow line) will be marching to the south and east away from us allowing a high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape on yellow line) to take over and bring us lots of sunshine for the weekend, then the chance of rain returns for the rest of the week. A frontal system moved to the east and south into northern California. Yet another frontal system will approach the coast, but it will slow down so we can have a dry and sunny weekend. That frontal system will come ashore early in the week, but if it speeds up a bit the rain could start earlier in the day Sunday.
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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: Patchy AM fog, a mix of clouds and sun early then sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight, a mix of clouds and sun Sunday, becoming mostly cloudy Sunday night with a good (50%) chance of evening rain, rain late Sunday night (0.25 in. of rain possible), AM rain Monday, showers in the afternoon (0.30 in. of rain possible), then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Monday night highs 59-64 cooling to 57 Monday lows 35-45 cooling to near 40 Monday night. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night, rain and snow likely (60%) Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday night, a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday, rain likely (60%) Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Friday highs 60-54 warming to 60 Friday lows 44-40 warming to 44 Thursday night. (seasonal averages high 60 low 39)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Cloudy this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon, mostly clear this evening, mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight and Sunday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon rain, rain likely (60%) in the evening, rain late Sunday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain Monday AM, showers in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of scattered showers Monday night highs 60-66 cooling to near 59 Monday lows near 45. Mostly cloudy and warmer with a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night, rain Wednesday, a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday night, a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday, then mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday night and Friday highs 67-57 warming to near 60 Thursday and Friday lows 45-40 warming to 46 Thursday night. (seasonal averages high 62 low 42)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy this AM, clearing to mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late tonight, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday afternoon, evening rain likely (60%), rain late Sunday night (0.25 in. of rain possible) and Monday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of scattered showers Monday night highs 53-56 lows 40-46. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, rain Tuesday night and Wednesday, a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday night, a good (50%) of rain Thursday, mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday night, then showers likely (60%) Friday highs 53-55 lows near 44. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain and snow showers, just partly cloudy late this afternoon and tonight, partly cloudy Sunday, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of evening rain, rain late Sunday night, rain Monday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday evening and a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers late Monday night snow level 3,500 ft. early this afternoon, free air freezing level 6,000 ft. tonight, snow level 6,500 ft. Sunday, snow level 6,500 ft. Sunday night, 7,000 ft. falling to 6,000 ft. Monday, 4,500 ft. Monday night highs 43-52 cooling to near 45 Monday lows 28-32 cooling to 30 Monday night. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday night, and a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Thursday, rain likely (60%) Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%)Friday snow level 6,000 ft. and Tuesday night, 4,500 ft. Wednesday, 4,000 ft. Wednesday night, 4,500 ft. Thursday, 7,000 ft. Thursday night, then 6,000 ft. Friday highs 44-37 warming to 48 Friday lows 33-27 warming to near 30 Thursday night.
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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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