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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. Today is your last day this week to win. How long can a lightning bolt be? Please give your answer in miles. 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 continues move away from the Pacific Northwest and it is weakening. An upper level low (small area shaded in blue) is moving across Southern California and will spin up clouds at us. A frontal system will slide through the Pacific Northwest Friday starting a parade of storms that are headed our way. Another surface frontal system that will slide through by Sunday will increase the clouds and the chance of rain too. More frontal systems will parade through Sunday and Monday. We are finally going to see our first significant rain of the season. Note: Remember that the roadways can get very slippery when we get rain falling on very dry pavement. The rain water brings up the oil that has been deposited on the pavement making a slippery coating until enough rain can wash it away.
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We already celebrated Columbus Day, but today is the 50th anniversary of the big Columbus Day storm that dev1stated the Pacific Northwest in 1962. For more details go to the National Weather Service Forecast Office Portland.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain today (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain likely (60%) this evening, rain late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Saturday AM, a good (50%) chance of showers in the afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of showers Saturday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday, then rain likely (60%) Sunday night highs 66-70 cooling to 67 Sunday lows 46-53 cooling to near 50 Sunday night. Mostly cloudy with rain Monday, rain likely (60%) Monday night, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday night, the mostly sunny with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday highs near 68 lows near 44. (seasonal averages high 68 low 45)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain this AM, coastal rain this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain likely (70%) inland this afternoon, coastal rain with inland rain likely (60%) in the evening and rain late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible), cloudy with showers likely (60%) Saturday AM, then a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Saturday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday, then rain Sunday night highs 55-60 falling to 55 Sunday night lows 50-53. Mostly cloudy with rain Monday, rain likely (60%) Monday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday night, then mostly sunny with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday highs 63-56 lows 48-45. (seasonal averages high 62 low 46)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: A mix of clouds and sun this AM with a slight (20%) chance of rain, cloudy with rain likely (60%) chance this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible), cloudy with AM rain likely (60%), a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday afternoon and Saturday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday, then rain likely (60%) Sunday night free air snow level above 8,000 ft. Friday through Sunday night highs 56-53 lows 40-36. Mostly cloudy with rain Monday, rain likely (60%) Monday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday night and Thursday snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday through Thursday highs near 54 lows near 40.
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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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