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Sorry, no winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. We all know that tornadoes are dangerous and can kill. What were the deadliest tornadoes recorded in the U.S.? The April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak was the largest single-system tornado outbreak ever recorded. It was also the costliest and one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in history. The outbreak affected a large swath of the Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States, leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake, especially across the state of Alabama.[7 For more details go to this Outbreak Summary. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question 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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A frontal system pushed through the Pacific Northwest. A building upper level ridge of high pressure (shaded “Arch”shape in blue arrows) will clear us out today into early next week. The next frontal system will gather offshore Tuesday and slowly move in pushing rain out ahead of it. In other words we’ll be on an interesting roller coaster ride for a while fighting between clouds and sun and wet and dry.
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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: AM clouds and fog, partly cloudy this afternoon, partly cloudy and colder with patchy fog late tonight and Monday AM (possible freezing fog early AM), mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Monday night and Tuesday AM, a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday afternoon, then mostly cloudy Tuesday night highs 48-53 lows 29-43. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday and Wednesday night, then rain Thursday and Thursday night, then rain likely (70%) Friday through Saturday highs 55-52 lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 49 low 36)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Patchy fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog this evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Monday AM, sunny Monday afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog late Monday night and Tuesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night highs 49-56 lows 36-46. Mostly cloudy with AM rain likely (60%) Wednesday, rain in the afternoon, a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday night, then rain Thursday through Saturday highs 55-50 lows near 45. (seasonal averages high 50 low 39)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, clear with patchy fog in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and early Monday AM, sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday night highs near 53-59 lows 39-50. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Wednesday AM, rain in the afternoon, rain likely (60%) Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with rain Thursday through Saturday highs near 54 lows near 48. (seasonal averages high 53 low 41)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy today, mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Monday, partly cloudy Monday night, a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday, then mostly cloudy Tuesday night free air freezing level 5,000 ft. rising to 6,500 ft. this afternoon, 8,000 ft. rising to 9,000 ft. late tonight, 9,000 ft. Monday through Tuesday, then 7,500 ft. Tuesday night highs 42-45 lows 30-34. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Wednesday night, rain and snow Thursday, rain Thursday night and Friday, rain likely (70%) Friday night, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow Saturday snow level 6,000 ft. Wednesday, 5,500 ft. Wednesday night, 6,000 ft. Thursday through Friday night, then 5,500 ft. Saturday highs 43-39 lows 32-34.
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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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