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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 (Mother’s Day), then just partly cloudy tonight through Monday night, mostly cloudy Tuesday AM, then partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday night highs 85-74 warming to near 80 Tuesday lows 53-46. Partly cloudy Wednesday through Thursday night, a mix of clouds and sun Friday, then partly Friday night and Saturday highs 78-65 lows 48-44. (seasonal averages high 67 low 43)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny today (Mother’s Day), partly cloudy late tonight, patchy AM fog and mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, partly cloudy late Monday night, partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night highs 89-80 warming to near 83 Tuesday lows 55-50. Partly cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night, partly cloudy and cooler with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms and cooler Thursday and Thursday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday AM, then partly cloudy Friday afternoon through Saturday highs 82-68 warming to 70 Saturday lows 49-42 . (seasonal averages high 69 low 47)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Patchy AM fog, sunny today (Mother’s Day), partly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight, mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, then mostly cloudy Monday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late Monday night and Tuesday AM, then just partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon and night highs 66-58 lows 50-47. Partly cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night, mostly cloudy Thursday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Thursday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Thursday night and Friday AM, then partly cloudy Friday afternoon through Saturday highs 59-54 warming to 58 Saturday lows 46-43. (seasonal averages high 59 low 47).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Sunny and warmer today (Mother’s Day), and partly cloudy tonight, partly cloudy Monday with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon thunderstorms, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening thunderstorms, partly cloudy late Monday night, a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Tuesday night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. today and tonight, 12,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, 11,000 ft. Tuesday, then 12,000 ft. Tuesday night highs 76-72 lows 46-40. Mostly sunny Wednesday AM, partly cloudy afternoon and Wednesday night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday and Thursday night, partly cloudy Friday and Friday night, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, snow level above 8,000 ft. Thursday, 8,000 ft. Thursday night, free air freezing level 8,000 ft. Friday, 9,000 ft. Friday night, then snow level of 8,000 ft. Saturday highs 73-55 lows 35-30.
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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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