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No winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What does the following description actually describe? “Very energetic electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths intermediate between 0.01 and 10 nanometers (0.1-100 Angstroms) or between gamma rays and ultraviolet radiation. Essentially all of them from space are absorbed in the Earth’s upper atmosphere.” The correct answer is “X-Rays.” I’ll have a new 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. Good luck.
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Another upper level high pressure ridge (the shaded “Arch” shape) is over us now and will dry us out for a while. There will be some weak disturbances that will sneak in giving us a slight chance of some drizzle. This ridge is termed as a “dirty” high pressure ridge because it allows storms to slide through unlike the standard ridge which blocks out any storms from coming through.
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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 patchy evening drizzle then patchy fog late tonight and Sunday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late at night and Monday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of patchy drizzle in the afternoon, cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday night, patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday night lows 35-42 highs 48-43 warming to 47 Tuesday night. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday, just mostly cloudy Wednesday night, a mix of clouds and sun Thursday and Friday with partly cloudy skies Thursday night, then mostly cloudy Friday night and Saturday highs 52-48 lows 34-30 warming to 34 Friday night. (seasonal averages high 50 low 35)
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain (snow level 3,500 ft. falling to 3,000 ft. late) with patchy fog late tonight and Sunday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy with areas of fog late Sunday night and Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late Monday night and Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy with areas of fog late Tuesday night lows 36-42 highs 49-52. Mostly cloudy with areas of fog Wednesday AM, a slight (20%) chance of rain the afternoon, mostly cloudy in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear at night, then AM sun followed by mostly cloudy skies with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday afternoon highs 54-57 lows 38-35. (seasonal averages high 53 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain tonight, areas coastal fog late tonight and Sunday AM, mostly sunny Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late Sunday night and Monday AM, areas of coastal drizzle in the afternoon and Monday night, areas of fog late at night and Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon and Tuesday night with patchy fog late lows 40-37 warming to 43 Monday night and Tuesday night highs near 50. Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday, mostly cloudy in the evening, partly cloudy at night with patchy fog late at night and Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Thursday night through Friday night, partly cloudy Saturday AM, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday afternoon highs 52-55 lows near 38. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy tonight, partly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night, mostly cloudy Monday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday night, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Tuesday night snow level 2,500 ft. tonight, free air freezing level at the surface rising to 5,000 ft. Sunday afternoon, 5,500 ft. Sunday night, 4,500 ft. rising to 5,500 ft. Monday, snow level 4,000 ft. Monday night and Tuesday, then 5,500 ft. Tuesday night lows 20-27 highs 38-43 cooling to near 40 Tuesday. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Wednesday, just mostly cloudy Wednesday night, then a mix of clouds and sun Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with mostly cloudy skies Thursday night and partly cloudy skies Friday night snow level 5,000 ft. Wednesday, free air freezing level 5,000 ft. Wednesday night, 5,500 ft. Thursday, 5,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday, 6,500 Friday night, then 6,000 ft. Saturday highs 39-44 lows 25-29.
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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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