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No winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is the difference between “weather” and “climate?” Here is the correct answer. The state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc. Weather refers to these conditions at a given point in time (e.g., today’s high temperature), whereas Climate refers to the “average” weather conditions for an area over a long period of time (e.g., the average high temperature for today’s date). I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you tomorrow. 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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An upper level ridge of high pressure (Shaded “Arch” shape) is flattening, losing its hump, and is allowing a sub tropical moisture flow from near Hawaii (called the “Pineapple Express”) to move toward us. A warm front will move in and stall North of us helping to funnel the moist air our way. An upper level trough of low pressure (Shaded “U” shape) along with a cold front will approach the Pacific Northwest Thursday increasing the chances for rain.
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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 a slight (20%) chance of sprinkles or drizzle tonight and Monday AM, just cloudy in the afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday, then cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday night lows 40-45 highs near 60. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday, a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday and Friday night, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday night and Sunday highs 60-55 lows 45-42. (seasonal averages high 55 low 37)
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy tonight and Monday, a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, a slight (20%) chance of rain with patchy fog late Monday night and Tuesday AM, a slight (20%) chance of rain in the afternoon and Tuesday night, patchy AM fog with mostly cloudy skies and a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday and Wednesday night lows 39-46 highs 64-67. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday, a (30%) chance of rain Thursday night, a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday and Friday night, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Saturday through Sunday highs 64-56 warming to 60 Sunday lows 45-42. (seasonal averages high 57 low 39)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy tonight, patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of coastal light rain Monday afternoon, cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of coastal evening rain, patchy fog late Monday night and Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy with slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday night, patchy AM fog with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday and Wednesday night lows 43-47 highs 56-58. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday, then cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday night and Friday, then a (30%) chance of rain Friday night through Sunday highs 56-52 warming to 55 Monday lows 45-42. (seasonal averages high 54 low 41)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of sprinkles or drizzle tonight and Monday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain in the evening, a slight (20%) chance of rain late Monday night and Tuesday through Wednesday night snow level 6,500 ft. tonight and Monday, 7,000 ft. at night, 6,500 ft. Tuesday, 7,000 ft. Tuesday night and Wednesday, then 7,500 ft. Wednesday night lows 32-35 highs 50-53. Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Thursday, a (40%) chance of rain Thursday night, a good (50%) chance of rain Friday, a (40%) chance of showers Friday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Saturday through Monday snow level 7,000 ft. Thursday, 6,500 ft. Thursday night, 5,000 ft. Friday, 6,000 ft. Friday night, 5,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, then 5,500 ft. Sunday highs 50-43 lows 34-30.
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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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