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Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. You’ve no doubt heard about the tornadoes that struck in the eastern half of the country recently. Here is my question. Has anyone found a way to stop tornadoes? Please explain your answer. Here is the correct answer. You have to consider that the tornado is part of something bigger – the supercell thunderstorm. Unless you disrupt the supercell thunderstorm itself, you would likely have another tornado, even if you were able to destroy the first. The thunderstorm’s energy is much greater than the tornado. No one has tried to disrupt the tornado because the methods to do so could likely cause even more damage than the tornado. Detonating a hydrogen bomb, for example, to disrupt a tornado would be even more deadly and destructive than the tornado itself. Lesser things (like huge piles of dry ice or smaller conventional weaponry) would be too hard to deploy in the right place fast enough, and would likely not have enough impact to affect the tornado much anyway. I’ll have another weather quiz question for you 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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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms yet tonight, mostly cloudy Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and Monday night, mostly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night, partly cloudy Wednesday AM, mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon, then partly cloudy Wednesday night lows 57-52 warming to 54 Wednesday night highs near 84. Partly cloudy Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Thursday night, a mix of clouds and sun Friday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday AM, then mostly sunny Saturday afternoon, partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday AM, then mostly sunny Sunday highs 82-80 warming to near 83 Saturday and Sunday lows near 53. (seasonal averages high 81 low 51)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly clear with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this evening, partly cloudy late tonight, mostly cloudy Monday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Monday night, mostly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Tuesday night, mostly sunny Wednesday, then mostly clear Wednesday night lows 62-58 then back to near 60 Wednesday night highs near 86. Mostly sunny Thursday through Sunday with mostly clear nights highs near 85 lows near 58. (seasonal averages high 83 low 56)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy tonight, AM clouds, mostly sunny in the afternoon Monday, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy late Monday night, AM clouds, mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy late Wednesday night lows near 56 highs 65-68. Party cloudy Thursday, mostly clear Thursday night, then mostly sunny Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with mostly clear nights highs 65-69 lows 53-56. (seasonal averages high 64 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with thunderstorms likely (60%) this evening, partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of thunderstorms late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, a (30%) chance of thunderstorms Monday afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms late Monday night, partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening, then just partly cloudy at night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. tonight, snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday, free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Monday night, then 15,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday night lows 55-46 highs 78-76. Mostly sunny Thursday AM, partly cloudy Thursday afternoon and Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday AM, partly cloudy Friday afternoon and Friday night, mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday and mostly clear Saturday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Thursday through Friday, 13,000 ft. Friday night and Saturday, 15,000 ft. Saturday night, then 14,000 ft. Sunday highs 76-70 warming back to 76 Sunday lows 42-48.
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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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