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Here is my weather quiz question for this week. What is a supercell? 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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A high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows over the Gulf of Alaska) is moving onshore bringing more sunshine to the Pacific Northwest for the rest of the week into the weekend. a frontal system will stall as it moves into Oregon so all it will do is bring a few more clouds and a slight drop in temperatures Saturday. The high pressure ridge will weaken to bring the slight chance of showers Monday night and Tuesday.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy this AM, sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy this evening, clear tonight, sunny Friday AM, then partly cloudy Friday afternoon and Friday night highs 85-90 cooling to 84 Friday lows near 50. Partly cloudy Saturday through Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night, mostly sunny Monday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy and cooler Monday night and Tuesday AM, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday highs 85-87 cooling to near 72 Tuesday lows 52-48. (seasonal averages high 75 low 49)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy this evening, cloudy late at night and Thursday AM with patchy coastal fog at the shore, sunny in the AM inland, partly cloudy Thursday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy Thursday night through Friday night highs near 62 lows 48-50. Partly cloudy Saturday through Tuesday AM, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday highs 62-66 lows 49-46. (seasonal averages high 64 low 48).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Sunny today with patchy smokey haze in the afternoon and evening, clear tonight, mostly sunny and warmer with patchy smoke again Thursday, clear Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday, then partly cloudy Friday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today through Friday night highs 72-76 cooling to 73 Friday lows 40-43. Partly cloudy Saturday AM, mostly sunny Saturday afternoon, Sunday, and Monday, mostly clear Saturday night and Sunday night, partly cloudy Saturday night and mostly clear Sunday night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Monday night and Tuesday free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, 15,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, 14,000 ft. Monday, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday night and Tuesday highs 72-75 cooling to 69 Monday lows near 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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