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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. This is your last chance to win this week. There was “active” weather in parts of Oregon recently, 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: Partly cloudy tonight through Saturday night, mostly cloudy Sunday AM, mostly sunny Sunday afternoon, then partly cloudy Sunday night through Monday night lows near 54 highs near 84. Partly cloudy Tuesday through Friday highs near 82 lows 55-52. (seasonal averages high 82 low 51)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly clear tonight, partly cloudy Saturday and Saturday night, cloudy Sunday AM, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy Sunday night, cloudy Monday AM, then partly cloudy Monday afternoon and Monday night lows 56-60 highs 88-83. Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night, just mostly cloudy Wednesday through Thursday, then partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday highs 82-80 lows 58-55. (seasonal averages high 84 low 56)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Clear this evening, cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Saturday AM, and a slight (20%) chance of patchy AM drizzle, partly cloudy Saturday afternoon and evening, cloudy with areas of fog and a slight (20%) chance of drizzle late Saturday night and Sunday AM, cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, cloudy with patchy fog late Sunday night and Monday AM, then mostly cloudy Monday afternoon and Monday night lows 54-56 highs near 62. Mostly cloudy Tuesday through Friday highs 67-62 lows near 57. (seasonal averages high 65 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Saturday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Saturday afternoon, partly cloudy Saturday night through Sunday night, partly cloudy Monday with slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, then just partly cloudy Monday night free air freezing level 15,000 ft. tonight, then 14,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday, 15,000 ft. Sunday night, 13,000 ft. Monday, then 12,000 ft. Monday night lows near 48 highs 72-70. Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon and evening, partly cloudy Tuesday night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening, then partly cloudy Wednesday night through Friday free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday night, 13,000 ft. Thursday, then 14,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday highs 70-72 lows near 47.
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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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