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It’s time for my new weekly weather quiz question. We all know that lightning is dangerous, but there is one direct beneficial aspect to lightning. What is it? 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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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 tonight, partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of drizzle or sprinkles in the evening, mostly cloudy Tuesday night, AM clouds, a mix of clouds and sun and cooler Wednesday afternoon, partly cloudy Wednesday night, partly cloudy with patchy fog Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Thursday night lows 43-33 warming to 36 Thursday night highs 72-60 warming to 64 Thursday. Mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear Friday night, mostly sunny Saturday through Monday highs 73-78 cooling to 76 Monday lows 40-47. (seasonal averages high 65 low 42)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Clear this evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of drizzle or showers Tuesday night with patchy fog late night and Wednesday AM, partly cloudy and colder Wednesday afternoon, mostly cloudy in the evening, partly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday AM, mostly sunny Thursday afternoon, then mostly clear Thursday night lows 49-38 warming to 42 Thursday night highs 75-62 warming to 68 Thursday. Mostly sunny Friday and Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night, then mostly sunny Sunday and Monday with partly cloudy skies at night highs 77-85 cooling to 78 Monday lows 42-50. (seasonal averages high 68 low 46)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with areas of patchy inland fog late tonight and Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly cloudy Tuesday evening then partly cloudy, patchy evening fog with a slight (20%) chance of rain or drizzle inland fog late Tuesday night, partly cloudy late Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, sunny and breezy Wednesday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, clearing and breezy late Wednesday night, mostly sunny and breezy Thursday, mostly clear and breezy Thursday night lows 48-40 warming to near 45 Thursday night highs 56-60. Mostly sunny Friday and Saturday, mostly clear Friday night, and Saturday night, then partly cloudy Sunday through Monday highs 59-65 cooling to near 58 Monday lows 46-49 cooling to 45 Sunday night. (seasonal averages high 58 low 46).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Tuesday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of light rain or drizzle Tuesday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday AM, a mix of clouds and sun and cooler in the afternoon, then partly cloudy and cooler Wednesday night, partly cloudy Thursday AM, mostly sunny Thursday afternoon, then mostly clear at night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. tonight, 11,000 ft. falling to 12,000 ft. Tuesday, snow level above 8,000 ft. falling to 7,500 ft. Tuesday night, 6,500 ft. Wednesday, then free air freezing level 6,000 ft. Wednesday night, 6,000 ft. rising to 7,000 ft. Thursday afternoon, then 9,000 ft. Thursday night lows 37-25 highs 62-48 warming to near 52 Thursday. Mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear Friday night, then mostly sunny Saturday through Monday with partly cloudy skies at night, free air freezing level 10,000 ft. Friday, 11,000 ft. Friday night, then 12,000 ft. Saturday through Monday highs 65-70 cooling to 65 Monday lows 40-45.
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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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