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Just in case you missed it we had a winner for my weekly weather quiz on Monday. I’ll have a new quiz question for you next Monday. Remember t he first person to post the correct answer wins a week of free personalized forecasts tailored to your needs. Here is my post after the correct answer was posted. We have a winner already. Congratulations Jamie. You are the first person to post the correct answer. Here is my weekly weather weather quiz question one more time. How did the sun make the lights go out in Canada over 20 years ago? Here is what Jamie posted. “Hi Tim i know the answer to the question would be a solar flair that made the suns lights go out in canda two years ago.” The particular incident I was referring to happened in 1989. There have been others. An unprecedented geomagnetic storm in March of 1989 blacked out electricity to over six million Canadians. The intense magnetic fields induced current overloads in the transmission system, blowing fuses and breakers.
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The upper level airflow from over the Pacific Ocean is still pumping waves of moisture into the Pacific Northwest. A weak storm system is moving through the Pacific Northwest returning the rain, but it won’t long. That doesn’t mean a perfect weekend is ahead. There will be sunshine on Saturday, but it will b short lived. By Saturday night, you guessed it, the chance of rain will return. That’s why I kept mentioning all week the chance of precipitation would hang around to some degree for the weekend.
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Advisories: A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM TODAY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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The Updated Pollen Count Forecast for the Eugene-Springfield area : Trees LOW, Grass MODERATE, and weeds ABSENT. Data from Allergy and Asthma Research Group.
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Here are your detailed forecasts. **
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers today and a slight (20%) chance of showers this evening, then partly cloudy and cooler late at night and a mix of clouds and sun and warmer Saturday highs 67-73 low 43. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday evening and rain rain likely (60%) at night high 73 low 50. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Sunday morning then a (40%) chance of showers in the afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday evening and partly cloudy late at night high 69 low 47. A mix of clouds and sun Monday, partly cloudy Monday night, and a mix of clouds and sun again Tuesday highs near 72-76 low 50. Partly cloudy Tuesday evening and mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday night low 52. Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday through Thursday highs 73-67 lows 48.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Cloudy and breezy (winds Southwest 15-25 mph shifting West at 10 mph in the afternoon) with a slight (20%) chance of showers this afternoon then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this evening high 66 low 49. Mostly cloudy Saturday with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon showers then evening rain and rain likely (60%) late Saturday night high 75 low 48. Mostly cloudy with AM showers and thunderstorms Sunday then scattered afternoon showers and a slight (20%) chance of evening showers highs 72 low 53. AM clouds then partly cloudy Monday afternoon through Tuesday night highs 77-75 low 48. Mostly cloudy Wednesday AM, and partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers overnight and Thursday high 72-74 low 50.
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy and windy today (winds Southwest 25-30 mph gusts to 45 mph decreasing to West 5-10 mph) with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon showers, then mostly cloudy tonight with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers inland high 59 low 47. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon, then cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Saturday evening and rain late at night high 64 low 55. Mostly cloudy Sunday with AM showers at the shore and showers and isolated thunderstorms inland, then scattered afternoon showers just mostly cloudy Sunday night and Monday highs 60-58 low 48. Partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday,partly cloudy in the evening and mostly cloudy Tuesday night lows 47-52 high 58. Mostly cloudy Wednesday through Thursday with a slight (20%) chance of showers highs 57-62 low near 50 .
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with showers and breezy (winds West 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph on the ridges) this afternoon and a (40%) chance of showers this evening then a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night snow level 8,000 ft. falling to 7,000 ft. in the afternoon, and 6,500 ft. tonight high 52 low 35. A mix of clouds and sun and warmer Saturday AM with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon rain then mostly cloudy Saturday night with a good (50%) chance of evening rain, then rain likely (60%) late at night snow level 8,000 ft. high 62 low 40. Mostly cloudy Sunday with morning rain likely (60%) and a (20%) chance of showers Sunday afternoon and evening diminishing at night snow level above 8,000 ft. high 60 low 38. Mostly cloudy Monday morning then a mix of clouds and sun in the afternoon with a slight (20%) chance of showers, just partly cloudy Monday night, and a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday, free air freezing level 11,000 ft. Monday night and 10,000 ft. Tuesday highs near 63-66 low 40. Partly cloudy with a (20%) chance of rain Wednesday through Thursday snow level 8,000 ft. falling to 7,000 ft. Wednesday night highs 61-57 low 40.
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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.