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It’s Monday and that means it’s time for my weekly weather quiz question. Here it is. Can a bolt of lightning appear in any other color that white? 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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An upper level low (“U” shape in blue arrows shaded in grey) has moved in off the Oregon coast. A frontal system pushed through the state bringing more clouds and cooler temperatures again. We’ll get a little warmer toward the end of the week and leading into the holiday weekend.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain this AM, mostly cloudy this afternoon through through Tuesday AM, partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy late Tuesday night, then partly cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night highs 82-77 lows 53-48. Partly cloudy Thursday through Saturday night, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Sunday afternoon highs 82-86 cooling to near 84 Sunday lows 50-56. (seasonal averages high 83 low 54)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon, mostly cloudy tonight, partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday evening, mostly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, then partly cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night highs near 65 lows 53-50. Partly cloudy Thursday through Sunday highs 63-66 lows 52-50. (seasonal averages high 66 low 52).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Sunny today, partly cloudy tonight, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night, mostly cloudy Wednesday AM, then partly cloudy in the afternoon and Wednesday night free air freezing level 12,000 ft. today and tonight, snow level above 8,000 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night, free air freezing level 9,000 ft. Wednesday, and 11,000 ft. Wednesday night highs 69-63 lows 45-42. Partly cloudy Thursday through Friday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Thursday, then 13,000 ft. Thursday night through Sunday highs 67-74 lows near near 43.
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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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