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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 “dormant” volcano and an “extinct” volcano? Here is the correct answer. An active volcano is a volcano that has had at least one eruption during the past 10,000 years. An active volcano might be erupting or dormant. An erupting volcano is an active volcano that is having an eruption. A dormant volcano is an active volcano that is not erupting, but supposed to erupt again. An extinct volcano has not had an eruption for at least 10,000 years and is not expected to erupt again in a comparable time scale of the future. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you starting 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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An upper level trough of low pressure coming out of the Gulf of Alaska (shaded “U” shape) pushed a frontal system at us bringing back the wet weather just in time for both college football games. More frontal systems will march through Oregon next week assuring the wet weather will stick around. We’ll have to keep an eye out for flooded streets due to plugged storm drains and keep watching water levels if you live near a river or stream.
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Advisories: A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TODAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES (NOT INCLUDING THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY). A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST, AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 8 PM MONDAY FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON COAST. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE NORTH COAST RANGE, THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA, THE LOWER COLUMBIA, AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES AND THE KLAMATH BASIN. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TODAY UNTIL 4 AM MONDAY FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TODAY UNTIL 4 AM MONDAY FOR EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE SOUTH OREGON COAST. A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM UNTIL 10 PM MONDAY FOR THE SOUTH OREGON COAST.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Mostly cloudy with rain (0.25 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph) today, rain tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph), rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) and very windy (wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 50 mph) Monday, then rain (1.50 in. of rain possible), possibly heavy at times, Monday night and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph decreasing to S 10-15 mph late night), then rain Tuesday (0.75 in. of rain possible) and showers Tuesday night highs 54-57 cooling to 53 Tuesday lows 48-50 cooling to 46 Tuesday night. Mostly cloudy with showers Wednesday, rain likely (70%) Wednesday night and Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), then rain likely (70%) Thursday night through Saturday highs 54-50 warming to 53 Friday and cooling to near 50 Saturday lows 44-47. (seasonal averages high 51 low 37)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Cloudy with showers likely (60%) this AM, rain (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph) this afternoon, rain (0.20 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph late) tonight, rain and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph) Monday with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon thunderstorms (0.20 in. of rain possible, more in storms), rain (0.60 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph) Monday night, rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with showers Tuesday night highs 52-55 lows 45-48. Mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday and Wednesday night, rain likely (60%) Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), rain likely (60%) Thursday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday, then mostly cloudy with rain Friday night and Saturday highs 54-56 lows 44-47. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with showers this AM, rain (0.15 in. of rain possible) this afternoon and very windy (wind: S 20-30 mph increasing to S 35-40 mph in the afternoon at the shore and S 25-30 mph inland), rain (0.65 in. of rain possible) tonight and very windy (wind: S 30-45 mph at the shore and S 25-30 mph inland), rain (0.95 in. of rain possible) with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon thunderstorms and very windy (wind: S 35-50 mph at the beaches, S 20-30 mph inland) Monday, rain (1.50 in. of rain possible) Monday night and windy (wind: S 35-50 mph decreasing to 20-30 mph late at the beaches, S 15-25 mph inland), rain (0.85 in. of rain possible) Tuesday, then showers and breezy Tuesday night highs 52-55 lows 48-52. Mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday and Wednesday night, rain likely (60%) with patchy fog Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), rain likely (70%) Thursday night and Friday, then mostly cloudy with rain Friday night and Saturday highs 54-57 lows 47-50. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) today (0.10 in. of rain possible, 2 in. of snow possible) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph), rain and snow (0.50 in. of rain possible, 2-5 in. of snow possible) tonight and windy (winds: S 15-25 mph gusts to 45 increasing to S 25-35 mph gusts to 60 mph late), rain and windy (wind: S 25-35 mph gusts to 60 mph) Monday, the same: rain and windy (wind: S 25-35 gusts to 50 mph in the evening decreasing to 15-25 mph late) Monday night, rain and snow Tuesday, then rain and snow showers Tuesday night snow level 3,500 ft. today, 4,500 ft. tonight, 6,500 ft. Monday, 7,000 ft. Monday night, 5,500 ft. Tuesday, then 5,000 ft. Tuesday night highs 36-42 cooling to 37 Tuesday lows 33-35 cooling to 32 Tuesday night. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers Wednesday, rain and snow at night, rain and snow likely (60%) Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), then rain Thursday night through Saturday snow level 4,500 ft. Wednesday, 4,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday, 7,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday, 7,500 ft. Friday night, then 6,500 ft. Saturday highs 37-34 warming to 42 Saturday lows 30-35.
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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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