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Sorry, but no winner for this week’s weather quiz question.
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Here is the question for the last time. There is a way of determining local wind speeds without the use of any meteorological instruments. What is it called and who devised it? Now the answer. The scale was created in 1805 by Sir Francis Beaufort, an Irish-born Royal Navy Officer, while serving on the HMS Woolrich. The scale that carries Beaufort’s name had a long and complex evolution, from the previous work of others, including Daniel Defoe the century before, to when Beaufort was a top administrator in the Royal Navy in the 1830s when it was adopted officially and first used during Darwin’s voyage on HMS Beagle. In the early 19th Century, naval officers made regular weather observations, but there was no standard scale and so they could be very subjective – one man’s “stiff breeze” might be another’s “soft breeze”. Beaufort succeeded in standardizing the scale. The initial scale of thirteen classes (zero to twelve) did not reference wind speed numbers but related qualitative wind conditions to effects on the sails of a man-of-war, then the main ship of the Royal Navy, from “just sufficient to give steerage” to “that which no canvas sails could withstand.” At zero, all his sails would be up; at six, half of his sails would have been taken down; and at twelve, all sails would be stowed away. I’ll have a new weather quiz question for you starting next Monday. Please remember to post your answer as a comment by clicking on “no comments /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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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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A high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape on the orange line) is sliding over the Pacific Northwest bringing with it lots of sunshine and warmer temperatures. The weather will be great for the rest of the Lane County Fair that runs through today. A frontal system will drop down on Monday and move through by Tuesday bringing some clouds and cooling the temperatures a bit. It will warm back up again then start to cool down a bit as the Eugene Celebration starts next Friday.
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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: Sunny today, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy tonight, a mix of clouds and sun Monday AM, mostly sunny and a bit cooler in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy Monday night through Tuesday night highs 88-80 warming to near 85 Tuesday lows 55-58. Partly cloudy Wednesday through Thursday evening, mostly clear Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy late Friday night and Saturday highs near 85 lows near 57. (seasonal averages high 82 low 51)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy this AM, mostly sunny with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, mostly clear tonight, partly cloudy Monday AM, mostly sunny Monday afternoon, mostly clear Monday evening, partly cloudy Monday night, sunny Tuesday AM, partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon and evening, then mostly clear Tuesday night highs 89-86 lows 56-60. Partly cloudy Wednesday through Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday and Saturday with mostly clear nights highs near 88 lows near 58. (seasonal averages high 84 low 55)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog this AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight and Monday AM, mostly sunny Monday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late Monday night and Tuesday AM, partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon, then mostly cloudy Tuesday night highs 66-70 lows 53-57. Mostly cloudy Wednesday, partly cloudy Wednesday night, mostly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late Wednesday night through Friday, then partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday highs 64-60 lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 66 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny today, mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy tonight and Monday AM, mostly sunny Monday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday AM, mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy Tuesday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today and tonight, 15,000 ft. Monday, then 14,000 ft. Monday night through Tuesday night highs 76-70 warming to 75 Tuesday lows near 49. Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday evening, partly cloudy Wednesday night through Thursday AM, partly cloudy Thursday afternoon and evening, mostly clear Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday AM, then partly cloudy Friday afternoon through Saturday free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Wednesday through Saturday highs 76-73 lows near 49.
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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.
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