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Here again is my new weather quiz question for this week. On average there are about 50,000 of these per day over the world and 10 million of them in a year. What kind of weather event am I describing? Please post your answer as a comment after the forecasts on this page. The first person to post the correct answer will win a week of free personalized weather forecasts tailored to your needs. Good luck.
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The upper airflow is bringing much colder air toward us both aloft and at the surface. Another trough of low pressure will slide in along the coast sending more storms our way and dropping snow levels in the mountains. A complex frontal system moving in from the northwest is pushing through Oregon \with rain and wind as the result and snow levels falling.
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Advisories: A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS AND THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS OF LANE COUNTY AND FOR THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM TODAY ABOVE 4,000 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF OREGON.
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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 showers today (0.25 in. of rain possible), showers likely (60%) tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible), occasional showers Friday ( o.25 in. of rain possible), and showers likely (60%) Friday night, rain likely (60%) Saturday and showers likely (60%) Saturday night highs 46-43 lows 36-32. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday and Sunday night, (40%) Monday and Monday night, and (30%) Tuesday through Wedesday highs 42-40 lows near 30. (seasonal averages highs 51 low 37)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with rain this AM, rain and snow in the afternoon (snow level 3,000 ft. falling to 2,500 ft. in the afternoon), rain and snow showers likely (60%) tonight (snow level 2,500 ft. falling to 2,000 ft.) (1 in. of snow possible, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Friday (snow level rising to 2,500 ft. in the afternoon), rain and snow showers Friday night (snow level 2,500 ft.), then rain and snow Saturday and Saturday night highs 48-42 lows 40-34. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers Sunday AM, then rain and snow showers likely (60%) and Sunday night through Monday night, and a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday, then just mostly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday highs near 43 lows 34-36. (seasonal averages high 54 low 39)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with AM coastal rain then rain likely (60%) this afternoon, rain inland, showers likely (60%) tonight, coastal showers Friday with showers likely inland, showers Friday night, then rain Saturday and Saturday night highs 52-45 lows 40-37. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Sunday AM, showers in the afternoon, showers likely (60%) Sunday night through Monday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, then just mostly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday highs near 48 lows near 38. (seasonal averages high 56 lows 42).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Cloudy with snow showers today (4-8 in. of snow possible), snow showers tonight (2-5 in. of snow possible), snow showers likely (60%) Friday with occasional showers (2-5 in. of snow possible), mostly cloudy with snow showers likely (60%) Friday night (2-5 in. of snow possible), snow showers likely (60%) Saturday and Saturday night snow level at the surface today through Saturday, and 2,500 ft. Saturday night highs near 30 lows 23-20. Mostly cloudy with snow showers likely (60%) Sunday, a good (50%) Sunday night and Monday, and (30%) Tuesday through Wednesday snow level at the surface Monday through Tuesday, and 2,500 ft. Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 32-26 lows near 22.
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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.