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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 has pushed through 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: A mix of clouds and sun with patchy fog this AM, becoming mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with rain tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), showers Wednesday AM, a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the evening, a good (50%) chance of rain late Wednesday night (0.15 in. of rain possible), rain Thursday and Thursday night highs 58-62 lows 42-49. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Friday, a (40%) chance of of showers Friday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a (40%) chance of showers Saturday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers in the afternoon, a (40%) chance of showers 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 40)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers this afternoon, evening showers likely (60%), a good (50%) chance of showers late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with rain likely (60%) Wednesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday evening, rain likely (60%) late Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then mostly cloudy with rain and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph) Thursday (0.20 in. of rain possible) and rain Thursday night highs near 62 lows 45-52. 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 49-45. (seasonal averages high 63 low 42)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this afternoon, evening coastal rain, coastal showers late inland tonight with inland showers tonight (0.17 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers in the afternoon and evening, coastal rain late at night and inland rain likely (60%) Wednesday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), then mostly cloudy with rain Thursday and Thursday evening, a good (50%) chance of rain late Thursday night highs 58-54 lows 44-49. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers 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 48-44. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow late this afternoon (under 0.10 in of rain possible), rain and snow tonight (2 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers Wednesday (1 in. of snow possible, 0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers late Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with rain Thursday and Thursday night snow level 4,500 ft. today through Wednesday, 5,000 ft. Wednesday night, 6,000 ft. rising to 8,000 ft. Thursday, then above 8,000 ft. Thursday night highs 44-52 lows 32-38. A mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday through Monday snow level above 8,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday night, then 6,500 ft. 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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