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Sorry, no winner this week.
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Here is the my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What was the longest drought period ever for the Eugene-Springfield area? Here is the answer. For Eugene 79 days are the length of the longest drought in the Eugene-Springfield area. It lasted from June 23, 1967 until September 9, 1967. I’ll have a new 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 weak high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape on yellow line) will be moving over and then away from the Pacific Northwest with a low pressure trough (“U” shape on the yellow line) pushing in behind it. That means we are going to dry out a bit, hopefully for the whole weekend, and then it’s back to a wet weather pattern. A frontal system has moved through with drying behind it as the ridge moves in. It will become stationary and fluctuate between moving in one direction and then reverse direction for a while.
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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 patchy fog this AM, mostly sunny and warmer this afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog late tonight and early Sunday AM, mostly sunny as the fog clears then partly cloudy Sunday afternoon (Earth Day), partly cloudy Sunday night, a mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler Monday, then becoming mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the evening, a slight (20%) chance of showers late Monday night highs 75-79 (could break the 80 degree mark Sunday) cooling to near 77 Monday lows near 50. AM clouds, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) of showers Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday,mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Thursday night, then a mix of clouds and sun with a (30%) chance of showers Friday highs 64-56 lows 48-42. (seasonal averages high 62 low 40)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy this AM, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Sunday afternoon (Earth Day), mostly cloudy with slight (20%) chance of evening thunderstorms, mostly cloudy and cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, then a (40%) chance of showers late Monday night highs 80-82 cooling to 78 Monday lows 51-53 cooling to near 50 Monday night. Mostly cloudy and cooler with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Tuesday and Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday AM, a (20%) chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms, a good (50%) chance of rain late Wednesday night, rain likely (60%) Thursday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night, then a (30%) chance of showers Friday highs 71-60 lows 52-44. (seasonal averages high 64 low 43)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: AM clouds, patchy coastal fog this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon through Sunday (Earth Day), mostly cloudy Sunday with a slight (20%) chance of inland evening showers, partly cloudy late Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon showers and cooler Monday, a (30%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a (40%) chance of showers late Monday night highs near 60 lows 48-50. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the evening Tuesday through Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms evening, a (40%) chance of rain late Wednesday night, rain likely (60%) Thursday, a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday highs 59-54 warming to 58 Friday lows 48-44. (seasonal averages high 56 low 44).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Sunday AM (Earth Day) a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening thunderstorms, partly cloudy late Sunday night with a slight (20%) of showers, a mix of clouds and sun Monday with a slight (20%) of AM showers, and a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, then partly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday night free air freezing level 10,000 ft. today, 11,000 ft. tonight and Sunday, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday night through Monday night highs 66-71 cooling to 65 Monday lows 42-49 cooling to 45 Tuesday night. A mix of clouds and sun with a (40%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday night and Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday night and Friday snow level above 8,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday night, then 6,000 ft. Thursday, 4,500 ft. Thursday night, then 4,000 ft. Friday highs 60-42 lows 41-28.
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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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