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Sorry, but no winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last chance time. Please define “Limnology.” Hint: it can be a deep subject. Here is the correct answer. “In hydrologic terms, the branch of hydrology that pertains to the study of lakes.” Get it, lakes are deep. Sorry that’s my weird sense of humor sneaking in. 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 high pressure (shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) is opening up allowing storms to return to the Pacific Northwest. Watch out for slippery roadways late night and early AM due to fog freezing on the surface of the road through Sunday. The first frontal system in quite some time will be moving into the Pacific Northwest next Wednesday bringing back the chance for rain. Another frontal system will approach the Pacific Northwest late next week.
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Advisories: A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY. AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY. AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, THE KLAMATH BASIN, JACKSON COUNTY, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Areas of fog and freezing fog this AM into early afternoon, cloudy with lingering fog in the afternoon and evening, cloudy with patchy fog and freezing fog late tonight and Sunday AM, cloudy in the afternoon, patchy fog and freezing fog late Sunday night and Monday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon with lingering patchy fog, then mostly cloudy with patchy freezing fog again Monday night highs 36-38 lows near 30. Mostly cloudy Tuesday with areas of AM freezing fog and lingering afternoon patchy fog, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday night and Thursday, a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Friday highs 40-47 lows near 34. (seasonal averages high 48 low 34)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy with freezing fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, clear this evening, partly cloudy with areas of fog and freezing fog again late tonight and Sunday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog Sunday night and Monday AM, partly cloudy Monday afternoon (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), then partly cloudy with patchy fog Monday night highs 40-42 cooling to 39 Monday lows 30-33. Mostly cloudy with patchy fog Tuesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday and Wednesday evening, a slight (20%) of rain and snow showers late Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain and snow showers, a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday night and Friday highs 49-45 warming to 50 Friday lows 38-35. (seasonal averages high 50 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Sunday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Sunday night, partly cloudy in the AM, sunny Monday afternoon (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Monday night highs near 57 lows 35-38. Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Tuesday afternoon, rain, a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night and Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday night and Friday highs 59-48 warming to 50 Friday lows 42-39. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny today, mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Sunday, mostly clear at night, mostly sunny Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), then mostly clear Monday night free air freezing level 11,000 ft. today, 12,000 ft. tonight through Monday night highs 47-42 lows 30-25 warming to 28 Monday night. AM sunshine, partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow Tuesday night, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Wednesday, a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday night and Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and snow Thursday night and Friday free air freezing level 11,000 ft. Tuesday, snow level snow level 5,000 ft. Tuesday night, 3,500 ft. Wednesday, 2,500 ft. Wednesday night, 3,500 ft. Thursday, then 4,500 ft. Thursday night and Friday highs 45-34 warming to 39 Friday lows 24-20 warming to 25 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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