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We have a Winner!
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Congratulations to Dave Haverstock who is the first person to post the correct answer to this week’s weather quiz question. Here is my new weekly weather quiz question for the last time. In meteorology what does the acronym “AFOS” stand for? Here is Dave’s correct answer: “AFOS- the Automation of Field Operations and Services; AFOS is the computer system that links National Weather Service offices and other computer networks, such as the NOAA weather wire, to transmit weather information.” 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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A upper level trough of low pressure (shaded “U” shape) has moved in and is changing the airflow to southwest. A frontal system is moving through the Pacific Northwest. This frontal system will move in to begin the workweek. For skiers Mt. Ashland and Hoodoo are open and Willamette Pass is still waiting for more snow and hopes to open soon.
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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: Cloudy with AM showers, a good (50%) chance of afternoon showers (0.10 in. of rain possible), partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this evening (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight, cloudy with a (30%) chance of AM rain, cloudy with rain Saturday (0.10 in. of rain possible) afternoon, showers Saturday night (0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain Sunday, then rain and windy Sunday night highs 44-40 warming to 47 Sunday lows 32-42. Cloudy with showers Monday through Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night, a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday and Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with showers likely (70%) Thursday highs near 47 lows near 40. (seasonal averages high 45 low 34)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely this AM, rain and snow showers this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible snow level 1,000 ft.), mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Saturday AM, rain and snow likely (60%) in the afternoon (under 0.10 in. of snow possible, 1 in. of snow possible, snow level 1,500 ft,) showers Saturday night (0.25 in. of rain possible, snow level 3,500 ft.), then mostly cloudy with rain Sunday (snow level 3,000 ft. rising to 3,500 ft. in the afternoon), then rain and breezy Sunday night highs 43-48 lows 35-42. Mostly cloudy with rain Monday, rain and snow showers at night, mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Tuesday, cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Tuesday night, a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday, rain and snow likely (70%) Wednesday night, then rain and snow showers likely (70%) Thursday highs 50-42 lows 38-34 warming to 38 Wednesday night. (seasonal averages high 47 low 36)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with AM rain, rain likely (60%) this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible, snow level 2,000 ft.), mostly cloudy with patchy fog tonight, cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM rain, coastal rain with inland rain likely (70%) Saturday afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible, snow level 2,000 ft.) and breezy (wind: S 10-15 mph increasing S 15-25 mph in the afternoon at the shore), showers Saturday night (0.30 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph shifting SW 10 mph late at night), rain Sunday, then rain and windy Sunday night highs near 50 lows 40-37 warming to 45 Sunday night. Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy Monday and Monday night, rain and snow showers Tuesday, rain and snow showers likely (60%) at night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, rain likely (70%) at night, then showers Thursday highs near 52-45 lows 38-42. (seasonal averages high 51 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Cloudy with AM snow, snow showers this afternoon (2 in. of snow possible), a slight (20%) chance of snow showers this evening, mostly cloudy tonight, a slight (20%) chance of AM snow, a good (50%) chance of snow Saturday afternoon (2-6 in. of snow possible), rain and snow showers Saturday night, rain and snow Sunday, then rain and snow Sunday night snow level level 2,500 ft. today and tonight, at the surface Saturday, 3,500 ft. Saturday night, 3,000 ft. Sunday, then 4,500 ft. Sunday night highs 30-34 cooling to 27 Sunday lows 20-24 cooling to 22 Sunday night. Mostly cloudy with showers Monday and Monday night, snow showers Tuesday, cloudy with a good (50%) of snow showers Tuesday night, a good (50%) chance of snow Wednesday and Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with snow showers likely (60%) Thursday snow level 4,500 ft. Monday, 3,500 ft. Monday night, then at the surface Tuesday through Thursday highs 35-30 lows 28-25.
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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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