Sorry no winner for my Weekly Weather Quiz Question for this week. What is the “name” (acronym)  used to remember the order of the colors in a rainbow?  The acronym that helps you remember the order of the colors on a rainbow is the name “Roy G. Biv” it stands for red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. That lists the colors of the primary rainbow from the outside to the inside of the rainbow. I’ll have another weekly weather quiz question starting on Monday. Remember the first person to post the correct answer will win one week of free personalized weather forecasts tailored to your needs.

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An upper level trough of Low Pressure is sending storms in waves at the Pacific Northwest. That means a more wet weather  ahead.  Another disturbanceis marching through getting us even wetter and this one has some serious winter weather attached to it for the mountains. Low snow levels will keep new snow falling in the mountains which will increase the snow depth so there will be more water available as spring runoff to raise the levels of the reservoirs. By late Sunday a new frontal system will be moving in.

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Advisories:  A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 5PM  SATURDAY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND FOR WILLAPA HILLS AND NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF OREGON AND FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.  A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9PM TONIGHT UNTIL 5PM SATURDAY FOR THE  NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A  HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT  UNTIL 11PM SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST.  A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5AM SATURDAY FOR THE NORTH CASCADE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 1,500′. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 AM SATURDAY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES AND THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY  AND FOR THE UPPER  HOOD RIVER VALLEY ABOVE 1,000′. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL  5AM SATURDAY FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON ABOVE 1,500′ AND  FOR THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS OF LANE COUNTY, ALSO FOR THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS  ABOVE 2,000′ , AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADES OF OREGON.

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Here are your detailed forecasts. **

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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield: Showers and breezy this evening (winds Southwest 10 to 20 mph gusts to 30 mph) with showers tonight low 34. Mostly cloudy with showers Saturday and a (60%) chance of showers Saturday night high 48 low 34. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Sunday and  Sunday night and showers likely (60%) Monday and Monday night highs 56-50 lows 38-40. Mostly cloudy a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday and Tuesday night high 53 low 35. Partly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday through Friday high 55-57 lows near 36.

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Rain and snow showers tonight snow level 2,000′ falling to 1,500′ late  1-2″ of snow possible  low 34. Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday snow level 1,500′ rising to 2,500′ in the afternoon then rain showers likely (60%) Saturday night snow level 3,000′ high 47 low 36.  AM rain likely (60%) Sunday with rain in the afternoon then rain and snow Sunday night snow level 2,500′ at night high 52 low 37. AM rain and snow showers likely (60%) Monday,  showers likely (60%)   Monday afternoon and evening and a good (50%) chance of showers late at night high 53-55 low 38 . A (50%) chance of showers Monday night and Tuesday low 40 high 56. Mostly cloudy with a (20%) chance of showers Tuesday and a slight (20%) chance Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 55-49 low 38. A slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night through Thursday night and a (30%-40%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday lows 39 highs 55-57.

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Showers along the coast tonight and breezy (winds West 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph lowering to 10-15 mph late tonight) snow level 2,000′ falling to 1,500′ with evening showers inland then rain and snow showers late tonight low 36. Mostly cloudy with showers  likely at the coast Saturday, AM rain and snow showers likely inland then afternoon showers likely snow level 2,000′ in the morning  showers likely (60%) Saturday night then rain and breezy (winds Southeast 15-25 mph decreasing to 10-20 mph Sunday night) Sunday and Sunday night  highs near 52 lows near 40. Mostly cloudy with AM showers then afternoon showers likely (60%) and breezy Monday and showers likely (60%) at night high near 53 low 40. Mostly cloudy  with a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday and Tuesday night high 52-54 low 40. Just a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday through Thursday night highs near 50 low 36 . Mostly cloudy with a (20%) chance of showers Friday high 55.

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Snow, heavy at times, and windy (winds Southwest 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph dropping to 35 mph gusts late tonight)  6-12″ of snow, and snow showers likely (60%) Saturday 3-6″ of snow, snow level at the surface tonight and Saturday low 20 high 33 . Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of snow showers Saturday night snow level 2,500′ low 23. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of snow Sunday morning and  likely (60%) in the afternoon, then snow likely (60%) Sunday night snow level 3,000′  high 42 low 22 . Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Monday and Monday night snow level 3,000′ high 35 low 24.  Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday and  Tuesday night snow level  4,000′ high 43 low 24. Partly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday through Thursday and (40%) Thursday night snow level 4,000′ falling to 3,500′ Wednesday night and holding through Thursday night highs 45-40 lows 23-25. Partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of snow showers Friday snow level 3,000′ high 45.

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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.