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It’s Monday and that means it’s time for my new weekly weather quiz question. Here it is. What is the difference between a “dormant” volcano and an “extinct” volcano? 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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The Jet Stream (Shaded area with blue arrows) is set up to send moisture from West to East through the Pacific Northwest, and that means rain. A frontal system is moving through the southern reaches of Oregon and will spread the moisture ahead of it. Behind the front there will be a little break with high pressure taking over. Another frontal system will push through next weekend increasing the rain chances again.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Mostly cloudy with showers likely (70%) this evening, a good (50%) chance of showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), patchy AM fog, a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), just mostly cloudy Wednesday night, AM clouds, a mix of clouds and sun Thursday afternoon, then cloudy Thursday night lows 45-40 warming to 45 Thursday night highs 54-56 cooling to near 50 Thursday. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night, then mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Saturday through Monday highs 58-54 lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 53 low 38)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), just mostly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday, a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Thursday night lows near 43 highs 53-55. Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday, a (30%) chance of rain Friday night, mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Saturday through Sunday, then mostly cloudy with rain Sunday night and Monday highs near 55 lows near 44. (seasonal averages high 54 low 41)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) this evening, a good (50%) chance of showers late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday and Tuesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, just mostly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Thursday night lows 46-48 highs 58-56. Cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Friday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night, rain likely (60%) Saturday, rain Saturday night, rain likely (60%) Sunday, then mostly cloudy with rain Sunday night and Monday highs 57-53 lows 48-50. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible), rain and snow showers likely (70%) tonight, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday night, a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday AM, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon, just mostly cloudy Wednesday night, a mix of clouds and sun Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday night snow level 5,000 ft. tonight, 5,500 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday, free air freezing level 6,500 ft. Wednesday night, 7,000 ft. Thursday, then snow level 6,500 ft. Thursday night lows 33-30 warming to 33 Thursday night highs 40-43. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night, mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Saturday and Saturday night, then rain and snow likely (70%) Sunday through Monday snow level 6,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, 6,500 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, 5,500 ft. Sunday, 5,000 ft. Sunday night, then 5,500 ft. Monday highs 44-40 warming to 44 Saturday then cooling to near 40 Sunday lows near 33.
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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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