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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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The Lyrid Meteor shower peaks tonight. Click HERE for more viewing details.
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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 have dried out and will keep warming up for the rest of the weekend, and then it’s back to a wet weather pattern. A frontal system (warm front) has moved northward through Oregon with drying behind it as the ridge moved 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 clear with patchy fog late tonight and early Sunday AM, mostly sunny as the fog clears Sunday afternoon (Earth Day), partly cloudy Sunday night, a mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday afternoon, becoming mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the evening, a (40%) chance of showers late Monday night, mostly cloudy Tuesday AM, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the afternoon, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night lows 48-53 cooling to near 48 Tuesday night highs 80-65. A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) of showers Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Thursday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a (30%) chance of showers Friday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night, then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday highs 64-56 lows 46-40. (seasonal averages high 62 low 40)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Clear this evening, increasing clouds to mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Sunday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Sunday afternoon (Earth Day) and evening, partly cloudy late Sunday night and Monday AM, mostly cloudy and cooler with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Monday afternoon and evening, then a (40%) chance of showers late Monday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday AM, a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon and evening, then a slight (20%) chance of showers late Tuesday night lows 53-50 highs 82-72. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday AM, a (40%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening, rain likely (60%) Wednesday night and Thursday (cooler), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night, a (30%) chance of showers Friday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday highs 69-58 warming to 62 Saturday lows 50-44. (seasonal averages high 64 low 43)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Clear this evening, increasing clouds to mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight, cloudy with patchy fog early Sunday AM (Earth Day), partly cloudy Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon coastal showers Monday, a slight (20%) chance of inland showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a (30%) chance of showers late Monday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Tuesday and Tuesday night lows 46-50 cooling to 48 Tuesday night highs 62-58. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday and Wednesday evening, rain Wednesday night and Thursday, a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night and Friday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night and Saturday highs 60-53 warming to 58 Friday lows 48-44. (seasonal averages high 56 low 44).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Clear tonight, sunny Sunday AM (Earth Day), partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, partly cloudy late Sunday night, a mix of clouds and sun Monday with a slight (20%) of AM showers , a mix of clouds and sun Monday with a slight (20%) of AM showers, and a slight (20%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Monday afternoon and evening, partly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers late Monday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Tuesday evening, then a slight (20%) chance of showers late Tuesday night free air freezing level 11,000 ft. tonight and Sunday, 12,000 ft. Sunday night, snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday through Tuesday night lows 40-47 cooling t0 near 40 Tuesday night highs 70-60. A mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Wednesday, rain likely (60%) Wednesday night and Thursday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night through Friday night, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Saturday 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 66-43 lows 36-30.
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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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