We have a winner! Here is the question again. There is a high speed river of air found in the middle and upper portions of the troposphere that helps control the movement of surface storm systems. What is it called? Congratulations to Dennis he’s the first person to post the correct answer “the jet stream.” That means he’s the winner of one week of free personalized weather forecasts tailored to his needs, as long as he has not won my weekly weather quiz within the last 6 months. That’s just to make sure the same people don’t keep winning to often. I’ll have another weekly weather quiz question for you next Monday. The first person to post the correct answer will win a week of free personalized forecasts tailored to your needs.
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An upper level trough of low pressure (“U” shaped section of shaded area over Oregon) has kept the clouds, rain, and cool temperatures around for too long. High pressure (“Arch” shaped section of shaded area offshore) will be taking over and clearing the skies, warming the temperatures, and keeping the rain away for a quite a while. A weak frontal system will slide through early next week, but all it will do is cool us down a bit and then we’ll warm up and still be dry for the rest of the week. It’s about time.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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The Updated Pollen Count Forecast for the Eugene-Springfield area : Trees LOW, Grass VERY HIGH, and weeds ABSENT. Data from Allergy and Asthma Research Group.
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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 just a (40%) chance of showers tonight, a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday morning, then mostly sunny and warmer in the afternoon low 46 high 72 . Mostly clear Friday night and Saturday night while mostly sunny and warmer Saturday and Sunday lows 45-48 highs 70-82. Partly cloudy Sunday night, a mix of clouds and sun and cooler Monday, partly cloudy Monday evening then mostly cloudy at night lows 49-44 high 73. AM clouds and mostly sunny and warmer Tuesday through Thursday and mostly clear Tuesday nigh and Wednesday night highs 70-77 lows near 49.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers this evening, showers decreasing late this evening, over night tonight and very early Friday AM then mostly sunny and warmer Friday afternoon low 45 high 70 . Mostly clear Friday night, mostly sunny and warmer Saturday and Sunday, clear Saturday night and mostly clear Sunday night lows 47-53 highs 82-87. Partly cloudy and cooler Monday through Tuesday, mostly clear at night, and mostly sunny and warmer Wednesday and a bit cooler Thursday highs 77-73-79-75 lows 47-50.
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with periods of showers this evening, scattered showers decreasing late this evening and overnight into early AM, and partly cloudy Friday morning breaking out to mostly sunny and warmer in the afternoon low 47 high 68. Mostly clear Friday night, sunny and warmer Saturday, clear Saturday night and sunny Sunday lows 48-50 highs 62-65 . Partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday, clouds Monday evening, then partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday morning, and mostly sunny and cooler Tuesday afternoon lows near 50-47 highs 67-60. Mostly clear Tuesday night and Wednesday night and mostly sunny and warmer Wednesday and then cooler Thursday lows 50-48 highs 67-63.
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) tonight ( up to 2 in. of slushy snow possible above the passes) snow level 5,000 ft. low 33 . Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Friday AM, then partly cloudy and warmer with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon showers then becoming mostly clear Friday night snow level 7,000 ft. Friday afternoon and a free air freezing level of 10,000 ft. Friday night high 59 low 37. Mostly sunny and warmer Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear Saturday night and Sunday night then mostly sunny Monday (breezy Sunday night and Monday) free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Saturday, 13,000 ft. Saturday night and Sunday, 14,000 ft. Sunday night falling to 11,000 ft. Monday highs 70-73 lows 36-40. Partly cloudy Monday night, mostly sunny Tuesday through Thursday, mostly clear nights, free air freezing level 11,000 ft. falling to 9,000 ft. Tuesday and rising from 10,000 ft. Tuesday night to 12,000 ft. Thursday lows near 40 highs 62-67.
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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.