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It’s Monday and that means it’s time for my new weekly weather quiz question. Here is the question. What is a “lahar.” 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 Western Canada) is bringing continued sunshine to the Pacific Northwest into this workweek. A backdoor cold front (meaning moving from northeast to southwest) will swing down between Tuesday and Wednesday. That should have just a little cooling effect.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny and a bit warmer today, partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, mostly clear Tuesday night, sunny Wednesday, then mostly clear Wednesday night highs 85-74 warming to 78 Wednesday lows 50-40. Mostly sunny Thursday, mostly clear Thursday night, partly cloudy Friday through Saturday, mostly cloudy Saturday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday highs 78-75 lows near 45. (seasonal averages high 73 low 48)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Sunny today, mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight, mostly cloudy with patchy AM coastal fog, mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night, sunny Wednesday, then mostly clear Wednesday night highs 62-64 lows 50-44. Mostly sunny Thursday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly clear with areas of fog Thursday night and Friday AM, partly cloudy afternoon and Friday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday through Sunday highs 65-62 warming to 65 Sunday lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 63 low 48).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Sunny and a bit warmer today, clear tonight, mostly sunny Tuesday, clear at night, sunny Wednesday, clear in the evening, then partly cloudy late Wednesday night free air freezing level 15,000 ft. today and tonight, 13,000 ft. Tuesday, 14,000 ft. falling to 13,000 ft. Tuesday night, 14,000 ft. Wednesday, then 13,000 ft. Wednesday night highs 75-60 lows 43-35. Mostly sunny Thursday and Friday mostly clear Thursday night then partly cloudy Friday night through Sunday free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Thursday, 12,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday, then 11,000 ft. Friday night through Sunday highs 64-67 lows near 39.
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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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