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Here again is my weather quiz question for the week. What is the warmest temperature ever recorded in the world and name the location. Please place your answer as a comment after the forecasts. The first person to post the correct answer wins a week of free personalized forecasts tailored to your needs. Good luck.
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A trough of low pressure is moving eastward away from Oregon (See “U” shape ) and a cold front is sliding southward through the area providing much needed rain. The rain will dry up and weak high pressure will start to warm us back up again quickly by late in the week to maybe be our last very warm day (Friday) of the season and then another cold front will move in Saturday to cool us down again.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME. Please note the following: ODOT has reopened OR 242, the historic McKenzie Highway to the public. The highway was closed as it was being used heavily by firefighters and equipment associated with the Scott Mountain Fire, approximately six miles north of OR 242.
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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 this evening, then partly cloudy with patchy fog tonight and Thursday AM, mostly sunny and warmer Thursday afternoon and Friday, mostly clear Thursday night, partly cloudy Friday evening, and mostly cloudy Friday night lows 46-52 highs 88-90. AM clouds, then a mix of clouds and sun and cooler Saturday through Monday (Labor Day), with partly cloudy nights highs 80-74 lows 50-45. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon and night, then mostly cloudy Wednesday AM, and a mix of clouds and sun and cooler in the afternoon with a slight (20%) chance of showers highs 73-70 low 46. (seasonal averages high 80 low 49)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Mostly cloudy this evening, partly cloudy late tonight and Thursday AM, then sunny and warmer Thursday and Friday, mostly clear Thursday night, mostly clear Friday evening, and mostly cloudy Friday night lows 55-57-52 highs 93-90. Mostly cloudy and not as warm Saturday and Saturday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday, mostly cloudy Sunday night and Monday (Labor Day), then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night through Wednesday highs 78-72 lows 49-53. (seasonal averages high 85 low 53)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight, AM clouds and coastal fog then sunny Thursday and cooler Friday, clear Thursday evening then partly cloudy with patchy coastal fog night, and mostly cloudy Friday night with patchy fog late at night lows 54-50 highs 68-62. Mostly cloudy Saturday and Saturday night with patchy fog late at night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday AM, just mostly cloudy Sunday night and Monday (Labor Day), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night, mostly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night with a (30%) chance of showers, and a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday highs 65-59 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 68 low 52).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy this evening, partly cloudy tonight, mostly sunny Thursday, mostly clear at night, sunny Friday AM, a mix of clouds and sun and warmer Friday afternoon, and partly cloudy and cooler Friday night free air freezing level 15,000 ft. tonight, 16,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, 15,000 ft. Friday and 14,000 ft. Friday night lows 44-48 highs 75-79. A mix of clouds and sun again and cooler Saturday, partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday through Sunday night snow level above 8,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday night highs 68-60 lows 43-37. Mostly cloudy in the AM, then a mix of clouds and sun Monday (Labor Day) with a slight (20%) chance of showers, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night, a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday AM, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon and night, then AM clouds and a mix of clouds and sun Wednesday afternoon with a slight (20%) chance of showers snow level above 8,000 ft. highs 58-52 lows 37-40.
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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.