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Here is this week’s weather quiz question. Today is your last chance to win this week. What was the longest drought ever recorded in the world and where did it occur? Please post your answer as a comment after the forecasts. The first person to post the correct answer will win one free week of personalized forecasts tailored to your needs. Good luck.
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A trough of low pressure (See “U” shape offshore) is setting up over the Pacific Ocean and will stay offshore keeping in a cool moist airflow for quite some time. A series of waves will push through the trough generating rain. A frontal system fell apart as it hit the coast, but another is coming closer and will be moving cooler moist air across the Pacific Northwest today bringing increased chances for rain. Remember, the Autumnal Equinox occurs next Wednesday at 8:09 PM beginning the Fall season and the full Harvest moon reveals itself in the early morning hours of Thursday September 23rd.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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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 rain likely (60%) this AM, rain this afternoon, cloudy with rain likely (60%) this evening, a (50%) chance late tonight, cloudy with rain becoming likely (60%) again Saturday, and showers likely (60%) Saturday night and Sunday, and a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday night highs 73-69 lows 55-50. AM clouds, a mix of clouds and sun in the afternoon with a (40%) chance of showers Monday evening, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Monday night through Tuesday night, a mix of clouds and sun Wednesday, partly cloudy Wednesday night with a slight (20%) chance of showers late, and more clouds Thursday with a (40%) chance of rain highs 69-75 lows 46-52. (seasonal averages high 77 low 47)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with rain likely this AM, rain this afternoon and evening, rain likely (60%) tonight, rain likely Saturday AM, and rain in the afternoon and Saturday night highs 75-70 lows 57-55. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Sunday AM changing to showers in the afternoon, a (40%) chance of showers Sunday night and (30%) Monday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night through Wednesday, and a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday night and Thursday highs 69-75 lows 50-53. (seasonal averages high 81 low 50)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with rain today, rain likely (60%) tonight, rain Saturday and Saturday night highs 66-62 lows near 55. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Sunday AM changing to afternoon showers, a (40%) chance of showers Sunday night through Monday night, a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday through Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday night and Thursday highs 62-64 lows 53-50. (seasonal averages high 67 lows 50).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain this AM, rain likely (60%) in the afternoon, rain likely (60%) at times tonight, rain at times Saturday, rain Saturday night and Sunday AM, then showers likely (60%) in the afternoon, evening showers likely (60%), then a (40%) chance of showers Sunday night snow level above 8,000 ft. through Sunday and 8,000 ft. Sunday night highs 66-52 lows 44-37. Mostly cloudy with a (50%) chance of showers Monday and Monday evening, a slight (20%) chance of showers late Monday night, AM clouds, a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, a mix of clouds and sun Wednesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Wednesday night, more clouds with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday snow level above or at 8,000 ft. highs 56-62 lows 36-42.
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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.