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Congratulations to Jacquie Beveridge you are the first person to post the correct answer to this week’s weekly weather quiz question. Please go to the “contact” tab on my website home page and let me know when and how you want to spend your week of free weather forecasts tailored to your needs. Here is question for the last time. What is “meteoric water”? Here is Jacquie’s correct answer “Meteoric water is water that comes from precipitation.” 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. Good luck.

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Another upper level high pressure ridge (the shaded “Arch” shape) remains centered just off shore. The ridge wile move eastward over us and a trough of low pressure (Shaded “U” shape) will move in along with another frontal system will return the rain to the Pacific Northwest.

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Advisories: AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM SATURDAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, 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: Partly cloudy tonight with patchy fog late at night and Saturday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (30%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Saturday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a mix of clouds and sun Sunday, partly cloudy Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday (Presidents’ Day), then rain Monday night lows 38-32 warming to 36 Monday night highs 50-46. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, a slight (20%) chance of showers at night, a mix of clouds and sun Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers at night, rain likely (60%) Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday night and Friday highs 44-48 lows near 35. (seasonal averages high 51 low 35)

Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly clear with patchy fog late tonight and Saturday AM, a slight (20%) chance of AM drizzle, a (40%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday night (snow level 3,000 ft.), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday AM (snow level 3,000 ft.), partly cloudy Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy in the evening, partly cloudy late Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday (Presidents’ Day), rain and snow Monday night lows 39-32 warming to 38 Monday night highs 55-50. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers and a slight (20%) chance of isolated thunderstorms Tuesday, a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday, a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers at night, rain and snow likely (60%) Thursday and Thursday evening, rain and snow showers likely  (60%) Thursday night, mostly cloudy with AM rain and snow showers, then a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday afternoon highs near 48 lows 35-38. (seasonal averages high 54 low 37)

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Clear tonight, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM drizzle, (30%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a slight (20%) of showers at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of  showers Sunday AM, just mostly cloudy in the afternoon at the coast while partly cloudy inland in the afternoon, mostly cloudy Sunday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday (Presidents’ Day), then mostly cloudy with rain Monday night lows 39-36 warming to near 40 Monday night highs 53-47. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Tuesday, a slight (20%) chance of  showers Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, a (%) chance of showers at night, rain likely (60%) Thursday and Thursday evening, showers likely (60%) at night, a good (50%) chance of showers Friday AM, then mostly cloudy with rain Friday afternoon highs near 46 lows 37-40. (seasonal averages high 53 low 40)

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly clear tonight, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers and cooler Saturday afternoon, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday night 0.10 in. of rain possible), a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of snow showers Sunday AM, partly cloudy Sunday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday afternoon (Presidents’ Day), then snow likely (70%) Monday night free air freezing level 9,000 ft. tonight, snow level 5,000 ft. Saturday, 3,000 ft. Saturday night, at the surface Sunday, free air freezing level 3,500 ft. Sunday night, snow level 3,000 ft. Monday, then 2,500 ft.Monday night lows 28-22 highs 43-32. Mostly cloudy with snow likely (60%) Tuesday, a (40%) chance of snow showers Tuesday night, a mix of clouds and sun Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of snow showers Wednesday night, a good (50%) chance of snow Thursday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow at night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of snow Friday snow level 2,500 ft. Tuesday, at the surface Tuesday night, freezing level at the surface Wednesday, snow level 2,500 ft. Wednesday night, at the surface Thursday, 3,000 ft. Thursday night, then at the surface Friday highs 28-32 lows near 23.

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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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