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Sorry, no winner this week. Here’s my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What are “GOES” and what do they do? Here is the correct answer. The Geostationary Satellite system (GOES), which has satellites that match the speed of the rotation of the Earth so they can stay in one place looking down at specific areas of the planet, are operated by the United States National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), and support weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, and meteorology research. Spacecraft and ground-based elements of the system work together to provide a continuous stream of environmental data. The National Weather Service (NWS) uses the GOES system for its United States weather monitoring and forecasting operations, and scientific researchers use the data to better understand land, atmosphere, ocean, and climate interactions. The GOES system uses geosynchronous satellites which—since the launch of SMS-1 in 1974—have been a basic element of U.S. weather monitoring and forecasting. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you starting on 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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A high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape in the Gulf of Alaska) will make sure we will be covered with sunshine and continued warm temperatures for the week.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Clear tonight, sunny Monday, sunny and a bit cooler Tuesday and Wednesday with clear nights lows 53-50 highs 94-86. Mostly sunny and cooler Thursday, mostly clear Thursday night, sunny Friday AM, then partly cloudy and mild Friday afternoon through Sunday highs 82-77 warming back to 82 Sunday lows near 50-53. (seasonal averages high 79 low 51)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly clear with patchy fog late tonight and Monday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening then mostly cloudy at the shore, mostly clear inland Monday night, patchy fog late Monday night and early Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy Tuesday AM at the shore, otherwise sunny Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy at the shore while mostly clear inland Tuesday night, patchy fog late Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, then mostly clear with patchy fog late Wednesday night lows 52-48 highs 67-62. Patchy AM fog, mostly sunny Thursday, mostly clear with patchy fog Thursday night and Friday AM, partly cloudy Friday through Sunday AM with patchy late night and early AM fog, then sunny Sunday afternoon highs near 64 lows 44-53. (seasonal averages high 65 low 50).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Areas of smoke this evening, clear with patchy smoke late tonight and Monday AM, sunny with areas of smoke again in the afternoon, clear with areas of smoke in the evening, clear with patchy smoke late Monday night, sunny Tuesday, partly cloudy Tuesday night, mostly sunny and a bit cooler Wednesday, then mostly clear Wednesday night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. tonight, 14,000 ft. Monday through Tuesday night, 15,000 ft. Wednesday, then 14,000 ft.Wednesday night lows 42-48 cooling to 44 Wednesday night highs 75-68. Mostly sunny Thursday and Friday, mostly clear Thursday night and partly cloudy Friday night, partly cloudy Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday AM, then mostly sunny Sunday afternoon free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Thursday through Sunday highs near 70 lows 45-42.
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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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