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It’s time for my weekly weather quiz question. There was “active” weather in parts of Oregon Sunday afternoon and evening so I though my question should be about understanding those weather bulletins. The question is: what is the difference between a “Severe Thunderstorm Watch” and a “Severe Thunderstorm Warning?” 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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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: AM clouds, mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, mostly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night, partly cloudy Wednesday AM, sunny Wednesday afternoon, then partly cloudy Wednesday night highs near 84 lows near 54. 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 85 Sunday lows near 53. (seasonal averages high 81 low 51)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy this AM, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight, mostly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Tuesday night, AM clouds, mostly sunny Wednesday, then partly cloudy Wednesday night highs 89-87 lows 58-60. Partly cloudy Thursday, mostly clear at night, then mostly sunny Friday through Sunday with mostly clear nights highs 88-85 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: AM clouds, mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening inland, otherwise mostly cloudy tonight, AM clouds, mostly sunny inland Tuesday afternoon while mostly cloudy all day at the shore, mostly clear in the evening and mostly cloudy Tuesday night inland while cloudy at the shore, cloudy Wednesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon except cloudy at the shore, mostly clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy late Wednesday night highs 65-68 lows near 56. Mostly cloudy Thursday, mostly clear Thursday night, then mostly sunny Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with mostly clear nights highs 68-65 warming to 69 Sunday lows near 54. (seasonal averages high 64 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening, a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms late tonight, partly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night, mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon, then just partly cloudy Wednesday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today and tonight, then 15,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday night highs 76-78 lows 50-46. 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 77 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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