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Sorry, but no winner this week for my weekly weather quiz question.
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Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. We all know that lightning is dangerous, but there is one direct beneficial aspect to lightning. What is it? Here is the correct answer. Lightning helps plants. The air in our atmosphere is about 78% nitrogen, but it is in a form that plants cannot use. Lightning helps dissolve the nitrogen into the water to create a natural fertilizer so plants can absorb it through their roots. Lightning also produces ozone, a gas that helps protect the Earth from the dangerous rays of the sun and lightning helps to maintain the electrical balance of the Earth. 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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Here are your detailed forecasts.**
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Sunny and warmer today, clear tonight, mostly sunny Sunday AM (Mother’s Day), then just partly cloudy Sunday afternoon and night, a mix if clouds and sun Monday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Monday night highs 82-86 cooling to 78 Monday lows 48-53 cooling to 45 Monday night. Mostly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, clear in the evening, partly cloudy Wednesday night through Thursday evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Thursday night, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday highs 78-67 lows near 45. (seasonal averages high 66 low 43)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny and warmer today, clear tonight, sunny Sunday AM (Mother’s Day), partly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy with areas of fog Sunday night, patchy AM fog and mostly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday and Monday evening, then partly cloudy at night highs 87-90 cooling to near 80 Monday lows 50-55. Partly cloudy Tuesday through Wednesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Wednesday night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Thursday afternoon and evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Thursday night and Friday highs 82-70 lows 50-46. (seasonal averages high 69 low 47)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Sunny and warmer today, mostly clear tonight, sunny Sunday AM, then partly cloudy with areas of coastal fogSunday afternoon (Mother’s Day), cloudy with areas of patchy coastal fog late and partly cloudy in the evening while becoming cloudy with patchy fog inland late Sunday night while mostly cloudy inland in the evening and partly cloudy late Sunday night, patchy AM fog, then mostly cloudy Monday and Monday evening, then partly cloudy late Monday night highs 66-58 lows 47-50 cooling to 46 Monday night. Partly cloudy Tuesday through Wednesday AM, mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear Wednesday evening, partly cloudy Wednesday night through Thursday evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Thursday night and Friday highs 59-54 lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 59 low 47).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Sunny today, clear tonight, mostly sunny and warmer Sunday (Mother’s Day), and partly cloudy Sunday night, partly cloudy Monday with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms, then partly cloudy late Monday night free air freezing level 12,000 ft. today and tonight, 13,000 ft. Sunday through Monday, then 12,000 ft. Monday night highs 72-78 lows 42-48 cooling to 43 Monday night. A mix of clouds and sun Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly Tuesday night, sunny Wednesday, clear i the evening, partly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night and Friday free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday night, 1,000 ft. Thursday, then snow level of 8,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday highs 73-55 lows 42-35.
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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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