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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. It’s a day late because of the Labor Day Holiday Monday. There are six different kinds of radar images. What are they? (Name as many as you can.) 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. Good luck.
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Advisories: NOT AT THIS TIME.
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An upper level low (“U” shape in blue arrows shaded in grey) is moving eastward away from Oregon. A high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape in blue arrows offshore) will warm us up a bit this week just in time for the kids to go back to school. A frontal system will slide into Oregon Saturday starting the cool-down, then another frontal system will move in Monday for a slight chance of light rain or drizzle.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Clear tonight, sunny and warm Wednesday and Thursday with clear nights, mostly sunny and warm Friday, then mostly clear Friday night lows 51-55 cooling to near 50 Friday night highs near near 87. Patchy AM fog, sunny Saturday afternoon, clear Saturday night, mostly cloudy and cooler Sunday, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Sunday night and Monday AM, a slight (20%) chance of AM drizzle, a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday afternoon, mostly clear Monday night, then mostly sunny Tuesday highs 87-72 lows 53-50. (seasonal averages high 82 low 53)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly clear inland tonight, partly cloudy this evening and mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight and Wednesday AM, sunny inland in the afternoon, but mostly cloudy at the shore, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, mostly sunny Thursday afternoon, mostly clear inland at night, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Thursday night and Friday AM, mostly cloudy Friday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Friday night lows 48-50 highs 62-60 warming to 63 Friday. Mostly cloudy with patchy AM and late night fog and some lingering afternoon fog Saturday through Sunday, mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of patchy drizzle late Sunday night and Monday AM, a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog late at night and early Tuesday AM, then partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon highs 63-65 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 66 low 52).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Clear tonight, sunny Wednesday, clear at night, mostly sunny Thursday, partly cloudy in the evening, clear Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday, then mostly clear Friday night free air freezing level 16,000 ft. tonight and Wednesday, 15,000 ft. Wednesday night, then 14,000 ft. Thursday through Friday night lows 46-42 highs 76-72 warming to near 75 Friday. Mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night, a mix of clouds and sun Sunday, partly cloudy Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday, partly cloudy at night, then mostly sunny Tuesday free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, 13,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday, free air freezing level 11,000 ft. Monday night, then 12,000 ft. Tuesday highs 72-64 lows 42-40.
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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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