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Sorry, no winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is the difference between a “Typhoon” and a “Hurricane”? Here is the correct answer. A tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind (using the U.S. 1-minute average) is 64 kt (74 mph or 119 km/hr) or more. The term hurricane is used for Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclones east of the International Dateline to the Greenwich Meridian. The term typhoon is used for Pacific tropical cyclones north of the Equator west of the International Dateline. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you Monday. 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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Hope you remembered to “Fall Back” to Standard Time at bedtime Saturday night. The official time change was at 2 AM today to set your clocks back one hour. The Fire Department suggests that you check the batteries in your smoke detectors and replace them if necessary and the same goes for CO2 detectors and Radon detectors. Make sure they are working properly.
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Short-lived high pressure (shaded “Arch” shaped area offshore) will bring out the sunshine today. A trough of low pressure (Shaded “U” shaped area with blue arrows in the Gulf of Alaska) will move in behind the ridge sending waves of moisture at us. Another frontal system will push into Oregon Monday with another behind it bringing more waves of rain.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of rain this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with patchy fog late at night and Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy late fog night and early Tuesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday night highs 69-63 lows 50-46. Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and cooler Wednesday and Wednesday night, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Thursday AM, showers in the afternoon, evening showers likely (60%), rain and snow showers late Thursday night through Friday evening, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers late Friday night and Saturday highs 58-48 warming to 52 Saturday lows 40-36. (seasonal averages high 58 low 42)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of coastal rain this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Monday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, partly cloudy Monday night, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Tuesday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday night highs 62-65 cooling to 58 Tuesday lows 53-50. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday AM, a (40%) chance of showers in the afternoon, a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday night, showers likely (70%) and cooler Thursday through Friday night, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Saturday highs 56-50 lows 43-40. (seasonal averages high 57 low 44)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of light rain and drizzle this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon through Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday night snow level above 8,000 ft. today, free air freezing level 12,000 ft. tonight through Tuesday, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Tuesday night highs 58-56 lows 42-34. Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday night, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Thursday and Thursday night, snow showers likely (60%) Friday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of snow showers Friday night and Saturday snow level 5,500 ft. Wednesday, 4,000 ft. Wednesday night, 3,000 ft. Thursday, 3,500 ft. Thursday night, 2,500 ft. Friday and Friday night, then at the surface Saturday highs 42-34 lows 27-24.
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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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