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Sorry, no winner this week. Here is my weather quiz question for the last time. A measuring scale was devised for determining wind speed over land and over bodies of water without the use of instruments. What is it called and who devised it? The Beaufort scale was created in 1805 by Sir Francis Beaufort, an Irish-born British admiral and hydrographer. The scale that carries Beaufort’s name had a long and complex evolution, from the previous work of others, to when Beaufort was a top administrator in the Royal Navy in the 1830s. 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 getting things standardized. The scale was made a standard for ship’s log entries on Royal Navy vessels in the late 1830s and was adapted to non-naval use from the 1850s, with scale numbers corresponding to cup anemometer rotations. Here’s a graphic showing the scale. I’ll have another 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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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: A mix of clouds and sun today, slowly increasing clouds to partly cloudy tonight and Monday, mostly cloudy Monday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday and Tuesday night highs 72-77 cooling to near 70 Tuesday lows 48-53 cooling to near 50 Tuesday night. AM clouds with a slight (20%) chance of showers, partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Wednesday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday, partly cloudy Thursday night through night Friday night, then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday highs 70-66 warming to near 70 lows near 48. (seasonal averages high 72 low 47)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, partly cloudy Monday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Monday night and Tuesday AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon and evening, then a slight (20%) chance of rain late Tuesday night highs 75-84 cooling to 76 Tuesday lows 46-55. Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday afternoon and evening, becoming mostly clear late Thursday night, sunny Friday AM, partly cloudy Friday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Friday night and Saturday AM, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon highs 75-68 warming to 74 Saturday lows 50-53. (seasonal averages high 74 low 51).
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy today, mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight and Monday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Monday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday and Tuesday night highs 65-60 lows 47-52. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy Thursday night and Friday AM, partly cloudy Friday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Friday night and Saturday AM, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon highs 60-55 lows near 49. (seasonal averages high 61 low 50).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny today, partly cloudy tonight, mostly sunny Monday AM, partly cloudy and warmer in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy late Monday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday AM, a (30%) chance of showers in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers late Tuesday night free air freezing level 8,000 ft. rising to 10,000 ft. this afternoon, 11,000 ft. tonight, 12,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, snow level above 8,000 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night highs 62-67 cooling to near 62 Tuesday lows 39-43 cooling to near 40 Tuesday night. Mostly cloudy Wednesday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night, just partly cloudy Friday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night, then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday snow level above 7,500 ft. Wednesday, then above 8,000 ft. Wednesday night through Thursday night through Saturday highs 60-63 lows near 42.
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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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