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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. Today is your last day to win this week. 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: A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM SATURDAY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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An upper level low (the shaded”U”) shape on the jet stream) pushed a frontal system through the Pacific Northwest today, 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: Mostly cloudy with showers this evening, showers likely (60%) late tonight (0.20 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Saturday (under 0.01 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy and colder with a (30%) chance of showers Saturday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, snow level 3,500 ft.), showers likely (60%) Sunday AM, showers likely (60%) with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), showers Sunday night (0.10 in. of rain possible) and Monday AM, showers likely (60%) in the afternoon, then showers Monday night lows 46-40 warming to 43 Monday night highs 58-53. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Tuesday and Tuesday night, rain Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a rain likely (60%) Wednesday night, showers likely (60%) Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Thursday night and Friday highs 50-56 lows 44-46. (seasonal averages high 65 low 44)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with showers this evening, showers likely late tonight (0.30 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Saturday (under 0.01 in. of rain possible), and Saturday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), showers likely (60%) Sunday AM, showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon (0.20 in. of rain possible), then showers Sunday night (0.20 in. of rain possible) through Monday night lows 49-45 highs 58-50. Mostly cloudy with showers Tuesday and Tuesday night, rain Wednesday, rain likely (60%) Wednesday night, showers likely (70%) Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night and Friday highs 50-55 lows 45-48. (seasonal averages high 61 low 46)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with showers and colder tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers Saturday (0.50 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible), mostly cloudy with scattered rain and snow showers Saturday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain and snow showers likely (60%) Sunday and Sunday night, then rain and snow showers Monday and Monday night snow level above 8,000 ft. falling to 6,500 ft. late tonight, 4,500 ft. Saturday, 4,000 ft. Saturday night, 3,500 ft. Sunday, then 4,000 ft. Sunday night through Monday night lows 32-24 highs 38-37. Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Tuesday night through Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday, then rain and snow showers likely (60%) Thursday night and Friday snow level 3,500 ft. Tuesday, 4,000 ft. Tuesday night through Wednesday night, 4,500 ft. Thursday, 5,000 ft. Thursday night, then 5,500 ft. Friday highs 38-49 lows 24-27.
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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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