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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. How many “active” volcanoes are there in the world? 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 has positioned itself so that we are going to get an airflow out of the northwest pushing a frontal system (shown offshore) into the Pacific Northwest, returning the clouds and the chance of rain and lowering mountain snow levels down to the passes. This storm could produce the first snowfall of the season at pass levels.

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Clear with patchy fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday AM, showers in the afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), showers late Friday night (0.20 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy then partly cloudy in the afternoon with a (30%) chance of showers Saturday, then mostly cloudy and colder with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday night highs 68-72 cooling to 58 Saturday night lows 55-43. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Sunday through Monday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday night, rain likely (60%) Tuesday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday highs 59-55 warming to 58 Wednesday lows 40-43. (seasonal averages high 65 low 44)

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Clear with patchy fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear this evening inland then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late tonight, partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of coastal rain late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with coastal showers Friday AM with a good (50%) chance of AM inland showers then afternoon showers,  (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain in the evening, showers late Friday night (0.40 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of coastal showers and a (40%) chance of showers inland Saturday, then a (40%) chance of showers and colder Saturday night with a chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms late highs 64-56 lows 54-46. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Sunday, a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday night, cloudy with rain Monday and rain likely (60%) Monday night, rain likely (70%) Tuesday and Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Wednesday highs near 55 lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 61 low 46)

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny and a bit warmer this afternoon, partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), showers and cooler Friday, showers and colder Friday night, mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) in the AM, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers  Saturday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today, then snow level above 8,000 ft. late tonight and Friday, 8,000 ft. falling to 7,500 ft. late Friday night, 5,500 ft. Saturday, then 4,000 ft. Saturday night highs 63-38 lows 40-28. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Sunday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday night through Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday snow level 3,500 ft. Sunday, 4,000 ft. Sunday night through Monday night, then 4,500 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday highs 36-44 lows 30-34.

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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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