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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 is pushing in returning the clouds and chance for rain. Yet another frontal system will be offshore Thursday to make landfall by Friday, assuring us that we’ll have clouds and rain continuing.
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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 a slight (20%) chance of isolated showers this evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight, a mix of clouds and sun with patchy fog Tuesday AM, becoming mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with rain likely (60%) Tuesday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain Wednesday AM, showers likely (60%) Wednesday afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers in the evening, rain likely (60%) late Wednesday night (0.15 in. of rain possible), rain Thursday, then rain likely (60%) Thursday night lows 36-48 highs 58-62. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Friday, a (40%) chance of of showers Friday night through Saturday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday and Sunday night, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Monday highs 64-57 lows 47-42. (seasonal averages high 61 low 39)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of 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, evening showers likely (60%), a good (50%) chance of showers late Tuesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with rain likely (60%) Wednesday (0.15 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday evening, showers likely (60%) late Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with rain Thursday and Thursday night lows 44-52 highs 72-57. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Friday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night through Monday highs 72-58 lows 49-48. (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 a slight (20%) chance of showers this evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, evening coastal rain, coastal rain late inland Tuesday night with inland rain likely (60%) Tuesday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday AM, rain likely (60%) in the afternoon and evening (0.30 in. of rain possible), coastal rain late at night and inland rain likely (60%) Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with rain Thursday and Thursday night lows 42-50 highs 55-57. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Friday, a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night and Saturday, then a (40%) chance of showers Saturday night through Monday highs 59-54 lows 48-42. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with evening rain and snow showers (1 in. of snow possible, under 0.10 in. of rain possible), partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Tuesday afternoon (0.10 in of rain possible), rain and snow Tuesday night (1-3 in. of snow possible, in. of rain possible) mostly cloudy with rain and snow Wednesday AM, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Wednesday evening, rain and snow likely (60%) late Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with rain Thursday, then rain likely (60%) Thursday night snow level 4,500 ft. tonight through Wednesday, 5,500 ft. Wednesday night, 6,000 ft. Thursday, then above 8,000 ft. Thursday night lows 28-38 highs 44-52. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday through Monday snow level above 8,000 ft. Saturday, 8,000 ft. Saturday night, above 8,000 ft. Sunday through Monday highs 53-56 cooling to near 50 Sunday and Monday lows 39-33.
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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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