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No winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time and the correct answer. Define a “fallstreak.” Here is the answer: A fallstreak is another name for “Virga” which is precipitation falling from a cloud, but it evaporates before it reaches the ground. Click for more details. 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.
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College Football Forecast for today: The Beavers vs Nicholls State in Corvallis at Reser Stadium: Kickoff 11:30 AM- Mostly cloudy with showers 48 warming to 55 by the end of the game, Wind: S 10-20 mph. The showers will be off and on so you will still need the rain gear for this final regular season game.
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An upper level trough of low pressure (shaded “U”shape in blue arrows) is moving through the Pacific Northwest. A frontal system is sliding eastward through Oregon sending more waves of rain at us and it will be followed closely by another one. A frontal system will push through early next week to keep the parade of storms going.
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Advisories: A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST, THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 4 AM SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST, AND UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Mostly cloudy with showers (0.25 in. of rain possible) today, rain (1.00 in. of rain possible) possibly heavy at times at night and breezy (wind: S 10-20 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph late tonight), mostly cloudy with rain Sunday AM, showers in the afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph), showers Sunday night (0.20 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday, then rain Monday night highs 54-50 lows 46-42 warming to 48 Monday night. Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday and Tuesday night, showers likely (70%) Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a (40%) chance of showers Thursday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night, then a mix of clouds and sun with a (30%) chance of rain Friday highs 53-45 cooling to 36 Friday lows 44-36. (seasonal averages high 48 low 35)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with showers today (0.15 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph decreasing to SW 10-15 mph late AM and afternoon), rain tonight (0.80 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to SW 15-25 mph), AM rain, showers (snow level 3,500 ft, 0.25 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) Sunday afternoon, showers in the evening, showers (0.10 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) late Sunday night cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday, a (40%) chance of in the evening, then rain late Monday night highs 57-52 warming to 56 Monday lows 47-44 warming to 48 Monday night. Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday and Tuesday night, showers Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening showers, a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers late Wednesday night, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday AM, then a (30%) chance of showers Thursday afternoon and Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday highs 55-48 lows 44-37. (seasonal averages high 49 low 38)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with coastal showers this AM with showers likely (60%) this afternoon and inland showers all day (0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph), rain tonight (1.00 in. of rain possible) and very windy (wind: SW 25-40 mph at the shore and S 10-20 mph increasing to S 25-35 mph late at night inland), AM rain, afternoon showers (0.30 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) Sunday and breezy (wind: W 15-25 mph shifting SW 10-20 mph late AM and afternoon), coastal showers (0.20 in. of rain possible) at night, showers in the evening, then showers likely (60%) inland (0.20 in. of rain possible) late Sunday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday, then rain and breezy Monday night highs 57-52 warming to 55 Monday lows 50-45 warming to 49 Monday night. Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday and Tuesday night, showers Wednesday, showers likely (60%) Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Thursday and Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday highs 56-52 lows 47-37. (seasonal averages high 52 low 41)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers (0.25 in. of rain possible, 1-3 in. of snow possible) today and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph), rain and snow, heavy at times late, rain and snow (1.50 in. of rain possible, 6-12 in. of snow possible) tonight and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph), AM rain and snow, rain and snow showers Sunday afternoon (0.50 in. of rain possible, 4-8 in. of snow possible) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph), mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers Sunday night and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph), mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (70%) Monday AM, rain and snow showers in the afternoon, then rain and snow Monday night snow level 4,000 ft. today, 5,000 ft. tonight, 3,500 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, then 4,000 ft. Monday and Monday night highs near 37 lows 35-30 warming to 34 Monday night. Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday, rain and snow Tuesday night, rain and snow showers likely (70%) Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of snow showers Thursday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers at night, then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Friday snow level 6,500 ft. Tuesday, 5,500 ft. Tuesday night, 4,000 ft. Wednesday, 3,000 ft. Wednesday night, 3,500 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, then 4,000 ft. Friday highs 42-34 warming to 39 Friday lows 32-28.
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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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