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Here is my new weekly weather quiz question. What was the longest drought period ever for the Eugene-Springfield area? 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 yellow line) will be moving away from the Pacific Northwest with a low pressure trough (“U” shape on the yellow line) pushing in behind it. that means we will be going back to a wet weather pattern. A frontal system will approach the coast and then push in returning the clouds and chance for 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: Rain this AM, showers likely (60%) in the afternoon (0.30 in. of rain possible), partly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers this evening, patchy fog late tonight and Tuesday AM, partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain Wednesday AM, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers in the evening, a (40%) of rain late Wednesday night highs 57-60 lows 37-42. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday through Friday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of of rain Friday night through Sunday highs 56-65 cooling to near 58 Sunday lows 47-45. (seasonal averages high 61 low 39)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with rain this AM, showers this afternoon (0.20 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of scattered showers this evening (0.25 in. of rain possible), partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Tuesday AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, a good (50%) chance of showers late Tuesday night (snow level 3,500 ft., under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain, showers Wednesday afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday evening, showers likely (60%) Wednesday night highs 59-64 lows 42-47. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday, rain likely (60%) Thursday night and Friday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night and Saturday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday night and Sunday highs 66-69 cooling to 64 Sunday lows 50-48. (seasonal averages high 62 low 42)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with rain this AM, showers this afternoon (0.30 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this evening, with patchy fog late tonight, patchy AM fog inland, mostly cloudy Tuesday afternoon, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with showers Wednesday (0.30 in. of rain possible), then showers likely (60%) Wednesday night highs 52-55 lows 43-47. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Thursday through Friday, a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night and Saturday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) of rain Saturday night and Sunday highs 57-60 cooling to 56 Sunday lows near 48. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy rain this AM, mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers this afternoon (0.50 in. of rain possible), evening rain and snow showers likely (60%), partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday AM, becoming mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with rain and snow Wednesday, then rain and snow showers likely (60%) Wednesday night snow level 7,000 ft. falling to 5,500 ft. this afternoon, 5,500 ft. falling to 4,500 ft. late tonight, 4,500 ft. Tuesday, 5,000 ft. Tuesday night, 4,500 ft. Wednesday, then 5,000 ft. Wednesday night highs 44-46 lows 28-33 cooling to 30 Wednesday night. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Thursday, rain likely (60%) Thursday night and Friday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday night and Sunday snow level 6,000 ft. Thursday, above 8,000 ft. Thursday night, 8,000 ft. Friday through Saturday night, then 7,000 ft. Sunday highs 48-56 cooling to near 49 Sunday lows 35-38.
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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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