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No winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is a “Wasatch Wind?” Here is the correct answer. A “Wasatch Wind” is a strong easterly wind blowing out of the mouths of the canyons of the Wasatch Mountains onto the plains of Utah. It is also called a canyon wind. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you starting next 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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The upper air flow is moving from the northwest as a high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch shape”) has formed over the Gulf of Alaska. A warm front (see red line with semicircle on it) that is shown well offshore will move in and fall apart Sunday. The next frontal system (cold front) will move in early next week increasing the chance of rain again. For skiers Mt. Ashland and Hoodoo are open and Willamette Pass is still waiting for quite a bit more snow before they can open.
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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 a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday night, mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog Monday, a mix of clouds and sun in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Monday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of rain in the AM, rain likely (60%) Tuesday afternoon, then rain Tuesday night lows 38-42 back to 38 Tuesday night highs 50-48 warming to 52 Tuesday. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Wednesday, partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers at night, mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Friday, a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night, then mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Saturday highs 44-48 cooling to 43 Friday and warming to 46 Saturday lows 39-34. (seasonal averages high 46 low 34)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight and Sunday AM, a (30%) chance of rain with patchy lingering fog in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday night and Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late Monday night and Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy with patchy lingering fog and a slight (20%) chance of rain in the afternoon, then rain Tuesday night lows 39-42 cooling to 36 Monday night warming to 40 Tuesday night highs 52-45. Mostly cloudy with showers Wednesday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday night, mostly cloudy Thursday, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Thursday night, rain likely (60%) Friday, a (%) chance of rain Friday night, then mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Saturday highs 46-49 lows 37-40. (seasonal averages high 48 low 37)
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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 rain late tonight, mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, a (30%) chance of rain Sunday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday night, mostly cloudy Monday AM, partly cloudy Monday afternoon, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late Monday night and Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon, then mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday night lows 40-42 and cooling to near 40 Tuesday night highs 55-50. Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday, cloudy with rain Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with showers Wednesday, a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday night, partly cloudy Thursday, then mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Thursday night and Friday highs near 50 lows 39-42. (seasonal averages high 51 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of snow showers this evening, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow late tonight, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow Sunday, a (40%) chance of rain Sunday night, AM clouds, a mix of clouds and sun Monday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late Monday night, partly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow Tuesday night snow level 3,000 ft. tonight, 3,500 ft. rising to 6,000 ft. Sunday afternoon, 7,500 ft. Sunday night, free air freezing level 10,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, snow level 7,000 ft. Tuesday afternoon, then 4,000 ft. Tuesday night lows 26-35 highs 38-43.Partly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain in the afternoon, rain and snow Tuesday night, snow showers likely (70%) Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of snow showers Wednesday night, a mix of clouds and sun with with a slight (20%) chance of snow Thursday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of snow showers Thursday night, snow likely (60%) Friday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Friday night, then snow likely (60%) Saturday snow level 2,500 ft. Wednesday, at the surface Wednesday night through Friday, 3,000 ft. Friday night, then back to the surface Saturday highs 40-27 warming to 34 Friday lows 28-24 warming to 33 Thursday night.
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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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