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Make sure you are wearing your most decorative rain gear for the Springfield Christmas Parade.
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Sorry, but no winner this week. Here is the question one last time. On average how many tornadoes hit the United States in a year? The answer is the United states averages about 1,200 tornadoes per year. I’ll have another weekly weather quiz question for you starting on Monday. The first person to post the correct answer will win a week of free personalized weather forecasts tailored to your needs.
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The upper air flow is pushing lots of moisture our way to set us up for some heavy rain and mountain snow. A warm front is bringing heavy rain to the area today with a large pool of warm moist air moving in. The front will be followed by a cold front increasing the rain again Sunday night. More frontal systems will be hitting Oregon continuing into next week.
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Advisories: A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL NOON SUNDAY NEAR THE BEACHES AND HEADLANDS OF THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND FROM 10 AM TUDAY UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TODAY UNTIL 1 AM SUNDAY ABOVE 5,000 FT. FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN OREGON FROM FLORENCE THROUGH COTTAGE GROVE AND EUGENE TO SWEET HOME NORTH THROUGH HOOD RIVER TO WOODLAND NORTH INTO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND WEST TO THE COAST (TAKE PROPER PRECAUTIONS IF YOU LIVE NEAR A RIVER OR STREAM THAT MIGHT FLOOD.
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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 and windy (wind: SE 5-10 mph gusts to 25 mph increasing to S 20-30 mph this afternoon) with rain, heavy at times, today particularly in the afternoon (1.50-2.0 in. of rain possible), rain likely (60%) this evening, and a good (50%) chance of rain at night (0.10 in. of rain possible) and windy (wind: S 15-30 mph), mostly cloudy and warmer with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain Sunday night (1.0 in. of rain possible) highs 54-62 lows 47-50. Mostly cloudy with rain Monday through Tuesday, then rain likely (60%) Tuesday night through Friday highs 55-44 lows 44-34. (seasonal averages highs 46 low 34)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Cloudy with rain and breezy (wind: SE 10-15 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph late AM and afternoon gusts to 40 mph) today, rain likely (60%) this evening, rain at night, patchy AM fog with a slight (20%) chance of showers, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Sunday afternoon, a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday night, AM rain likely (60%), rain Monday afternoon and night high 60-65-59 lows 46-49. Rain and cooler Tuesday, rain Tuesday night, then rain and snow Wednesday, rain Wednesday night, rain and snow likely (60%) Thursday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday night, then rain likely (60%) Friday highs 50-44 lows 40-36. (seasonal averages high 49 low 35)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with rain and windy (wind: SE 15-20 mph increasing to S 25-35 mph gusts to 50 mph late AM and in the afternoon) today, and rain likely (60%) and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph) tonight, patchy AM fog and a good (50%) chance of rain, cloudy and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph) with a (40%) chance of rain Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy Sunday night with evening coastal rain, then inland a good (50%) chance of rain in the evening and rain likely (60%) late at night, coastal rain Monday, AM rain likely (60%) inland, then rain in the afternoon, and rain and breezy Monday night highs 56-53 lows 49-52 and down to 45 Monday night. Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday through Wednesday night, and rain likely (60%) Thursday and Thursday night, and rain Friday highs 52-42 lows 44-40. (seasonal averages high 53 lows 40).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy and breezy (wind: SE 10-15 mph increasing to SE 10-20 mph gusts to 35 mph this afternoon) with rain and snow this AM, then rain, heavy at times, this afternoon (4-8 in. of snow possible before changing to rain then 1-2 in. of rain possible), evening rain likely (60%), then a good (50%) of rain and breezy (wind: SW 10-25 mph gusts to 35 mph in higher elevations) late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight chance of AM rain, then a (40%) chance of rain Sunday (0.25 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: Sw 10-20 mph gusts to 35 mph in higher elevations), then mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Sunday night (1.0 in. of rain possible), rain likely (60%) Monday (0.50 in. of rain possible), and rain and snow Monday night snow level 5,000 ft. this AM, rising to 8,000 ft. this afternoon, and above 8,000 ft. tonight, and Sunday, 7,000 ft. late Sunday night, 6,500 ft. Monday, falling to 4,000 ft. late Monday night highs 42-49-42 lows 35-39. Rain and snow showers and breezy Tuesday and Tuesday night, then rain and snow Wednesday, and rain and snow likely (60%) Wednesday night through Friday snow level falling to 4,000 ft. Tuesday, 3,000 ft. Tuesday night, and 3,500 ft. Wednesday, falling to 2,500 ft. Wednesday night through Friday highs 34-30 lows 25-20-24.
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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.