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It’s time for my new weekly weather quiz question. Here it is. What type of cloud appears as a lens or almond shape and where can they usually be found? Please post your answer as a comment by clicking on “no comments” in the upper right hand portion of this page under the caption, then add your comment. The first person to post the correct answer will win a week of free personalized  weather forecasts tailored to your needs. The answer has to be a comment to win. An email answer will not count. Good luck

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The jet stream shows a high pressure ridge that has kept us under a relatively calm weather pattern is moving Eastward away from us and a large trough of low pressure ( “U” shaped area just offshore) swinging in behind it. A frontal system offshore will move into the Pacific Northwest bringing rain, wind, and lowering snow levels with it. Remember that, particularly this time of the year, often when it’s not raining it is usually fogging.

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Advisories: A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL  5 PM TUESDAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES  INCLUDING THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TONIGHT UNTIL  4 PM TUESDAY  ABOVE 4,000 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON CASCADES, AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT FOR THE  NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST RANGE.  A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR JACKSON COUNTY.  A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.

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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 (0.75 in. of rain possible) tonight and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph shifting to SW 10-15 mph late), showers Tuesday (0.50 in. of rain possible), showers in the evening, showers likely (60%) and colder (snow level near 1,000 ft. late) Tuesday night (0.10 in. of rain possible, no snow expected), showers (snow level 1,000 ft.) likely (60%) Wednesday (0.10 in. of rain possible, no snow expected), mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday night lows 38-28 highs 47-43. Mostly cloudy with snow showers likely (60%) Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Thursday night and (40%) Friday through Monday (Washington’s Birthday) highs 44-48 lows 26-33. (seasonal  averages high 51 low 35)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with rain (snow level 3,500 ft. falling to 3,000 ft. late tonight) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph) tonight, rain Tuesday AM (snow level 2,500 ft.), showers Tuesday evening, rain and snow showers late Tuesday night (snow level 2,500 ft. falling to 1,500 ft. late), mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Wednesday (snow level 1,000 ft. rising to 1,500 ft. in the afternoon, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Wednesday night (snow level 2,000 ft. falling to 1,000 ft. late) Wednesday night lows 37-27 highs near 46. Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday night through Monday (Washington’s Birthday) highs 43-47 cooling to near 45 Sunday warming to near 48 Monday lows 33-36. (seasonal averages high 55 low 37)

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with rain and very windy (wind: S 30-45 mph shifting SW 20-30 mph at the shore and S 20-30 mph shifting to SW 15-20 mph inland late at night) tonight, mostly cloudy with rain and breezy (wind: SW 20-30 mph at the shore and SW 10-20 mph inland) Tuesday, showers Tuesday night (snow level 1,500 ft. late),  AM coastal showers and isolated thunderstorms Wednesday with showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon, rain and snow showers with possible thunderstorms inland (snow level 1,000 ft. rising to 1,500 ft. in the afternoon, showers likely (60%) Wednesday evening with isolated thunderstorms, coastal showers likely (60%) late at night, rain and snow showers likely (60%) late Wednesday night inland lows 43-33 highs 50-46. Cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM rain and snow showers Thursday, then a good (50%) chance of showers in the afternoon through Thursday night and Friday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Friday night through Saturday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday AM, then a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday afternoon and Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Monday (Washington’s Birthday) highs 45-50 lows 36-40. (seasonal averages high 55 low 41).

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:  Cloudy with rain and snow showers tonight (8-12 in. of snow possible) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph decreasing to 35 mph late), snow showers Tuesday (6-10 in. of snow possible), snow showers and colder Tuesday night (4-8 in. of snow possible), snow showers likely (60%) Wednesday (1-4 in. of snow possible) and Wednesday night (2 in. of snow possible) snow level 3,500 ft. falling to 3,000 ft. late tonight, 2,500 ft. Tuesday, and at the surface Tuesday night through Wednesday night lows 28-18 highs 32-27. Snow showers likely (60%) Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of snow showers Thursday night through Friday night and (30-40%) Saturday through Monday snow level at the surface Thursday through Monday (Washington’s Birthday) except 2,500 ft. Friday night and Saturday night highs 28-38 lows 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.