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ALL TSUNAMI ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CANCELED FOR THE WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND CALIFORNIA COASTS.

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Reminders: Daylight Saving Time begins this weekend at bedtime tonight or officially 2:00 AM Sunday (turn clocks ahead 1 hour and check the batteries on your smoke alarms) and The Vernal Equinox (Spring begins) occurs at 4:21 PM  Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday March 20th.

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Sorry no winner this week. Here’s the weather quiz question for the last time. What should you do if you see someone struck by lightning? Here is the answer. If someone is struck by lightning you should immediately call 911. If they are not breathing perform CPR (they do not hold the electric charge from the lightning so it is safe to touch them). I’ll have another weather quiz question for you starting next Monday. 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.

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The jet stream shows another cold trough of low pressure ( “U” shaped area) migrating Eastward toward the Pacific Northwest. A frontal system will be moving across Oregon and is bringing back the chances of rain and mountain snow. Another stronger and wetter frontal system will be coming our way early next week with a parade of storms to follow producing even more precipitation.

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Advisories: A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, 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:  AM rain this AM, showers this afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening showers, rain likely (60%) late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain and windy (wind: SE 5-15 mph increasing to S 20-30 mph in the afternoon) Sunday (0.75 in. of rain possible), then rain Sunday night (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain Monday and Monday night highs 53-57 lows 40-43. Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night, showers likely (60%) Wednesday through Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday highs ranging from 55-52 lows near 40. (seasonal  averages high 55 low 36)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg:  Mostly cloudy with rain today (snow level 3,000 ft. in the afternoon), evening showers likely (60%), showers tonight and AM rain Sunday, rain likely (60%) Sunday afternoon, rain Sunday evening, showers late at night (snow level 3,000 ft.) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph), cloudy with AM showers likely (60%) Monday, (snow level 2,500 ft. rising to 3,000 ft. in the afternoon), evening showers, then a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night highs 55-49 warming to 53 Monday lows near 40. Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday and Tuesday night, showers Wednesday, showers likely (60%) Wednesday night, a (40%) chance of showers Thursday, then showers likely (60%) Thursday night and Friday highs 55-50 lows 46-38. (seasonal averages high 59 low 38)

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph) today, showers likely (60%) this evening, rain likely (60%) tonight and breezy (wind: S 20-30 mph at the shore and S 10-20 mph inland, wind gusts to 40 mph late at night, mostly cloudy with rain Sunday and windy (wind: S 15-20 mph increasing to 25-35 mph late AM and in the afternoon inland, S 25-40 mph at the shore Sunday afternoon), rain in the evening, showers late Sunday night and windy (wind: SW 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph), cloudy with AM showers, showers likely (60%) Monday afternoon and breezy (wind: SW 20-25 mph gusts to 40 mph), evening showers likely (60%), rain likely (60%) late Monday night highs 50-53 lows 46-42 Monday night. Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy Tuesday and Tuesday night, showers Wednesday, showers likely (60%) Wednesday night and Thursday, then showers Thursday night and Friday highs near 54-49 lows 46-40. (seasonal averages high 55 low 41).

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:  Mostly cloudy with rain or snow this AM, rain or snow showers this afternoon (3-7 in. of snow possible), cloudy with a (40%) chance of evening rain and snow showers, rain and snow tonight, a good (50%) chance of AM rain,  then rain Sunday afternoon (4-7 in. of show above 5,000 ft., 1 in of rain possible) and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 40 mph in  the afternoon), rain and snow Sunday night (3-8 in. of snow possible) and windy (wind: SW 20-30 mph decreasing to SW 15-20 mph late at night), snow and breezy Monday (1-4 in. of rain possible), then rain and snow Monday night snow level 3,5000 ft. today, and 4,000 ft. tonight, 5,000 ft, Sunday, then 4,000 ft. Sunday night, 2,500 ft. Monday, and 4,000 ft. Monday night highs 37-42 lows 28-24. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Tuesday and Tuesday night, showers likely (60%) Wednesday through Thursday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Friday snow level 4,500 ft. Tuesday, then 4,000 ft. Tuesday night, 3,000 ft. Wednesday, 3,000 ft. Wednesday through Thursday, 4,000 ft. Thursday night, and 3,000 ft. Friday highs 40 near lows 24-30.

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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.