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No winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is a “wall cloud?” Here is the correct answer. A wall cloud is a localized, persistent, often abrupt lowering from a rain-free base. Wall clouds can range from a fraction of a mile up to nearly five miles in diameter, and normally are found on the south or southwest (inflow) side of the thunderstorm. When seen from within several miles, many wall clouds exhibit rapid upward motion and cyclonic rotation. However, not all wall clouds rotate. Rotating wall clouds usually develop before strong or violent tornadoes, by anywhere from a few minutes up to nearly an hour. Wall clouds should be monitored visually for signs of persistent, sustained rotation and/or rapid vertical motion. I’ll have another weather quiz question for you starting 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. Good luck.
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We’ll be drying out as an upper air high pressure ridge (shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) builds in protecting us from any storms. A frontal system will bring us some clouds tonight and Sunday AM with a slight chance of drizzle,. Next week is looking dry, bright, and quite a bit warmer. Today, June 1, is the beginning of the Atlantic-Caribbean Hurricane season. Another frontal system will push into the Pacific Northwest Thursday, but again it looks like we’ll only see a few more clouds but no precipitation.
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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: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy tonight, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of sprinkles or light drizzle Sunday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy and cooler Sunday night, partly cloudy with patchy fog Monday AM, a mix of clouds and sun in the afternoon, mostly clear Monday night mostly sunny Tuesday, then mostly clear Tuesday night lows 48-42 warming to 49 Tuesday night highs 70-82. Mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday,mostly clear Wednesday night and partly cloudy Thursday night, a mix of clouds and sun Friday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy at night and Saturday AM, then mostly sunny Saturday afternoon highs 79-75 warming to 78 Friday night lows 48-52. (seasonal averages high 70 low 46)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly clear tonight, cloudy Sunday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, clear late Sunday night, sunny and warmer Monday, clear Monday night, sunny Tuesday and Wednesday, clear skies Tuesday night lows 52-50 highs 75-85. Partly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday, mostly clear Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday and Saturday with mostly clear skies Friday night highs 84-78 lows 52-55. (seasonal averages high 73 low 50)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy this evening, cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of drizzle or light sprinkles late tonight and Sunday AM, cloudy with patchy lingering fog in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, cloudy with patchy fog late Sunday night and breezy (wind: N 15-25 mph decreasing to N 10-15 late gusts to 45 mph), mostly cloudy with patchy fog Monday AM, sunny in the afternoon, clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Monday night, sunny and warmer Tuesday, then clear at night lows 52-50 highs 62-60 warming to 64 Tuesday. Sunny Wednesday, then partly cloudy Wednesday night through Saturday highs 64-66 lows near 53. (seasonal averages high 60 low 49)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy tonight through Sunday evening, partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday AM, mostly sunny and warmer in the afternoon, clear Monday night, mostly sunny Tuesday, then mostly clear at night free air freezing level 12,000 ft. tonight, 11,000 ft. Sunday, 12,000 ft. Sunday night, 13,000 ft. Monday, 14,000 ft. Monday night, 13,000 ft. Tuesday, then 14,000 ft. Tuesday night lows 40-36 warming to 45 Tuesday night highs 59-72. Mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday with mostly clear skies Wednesday night and partly cloudy Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday, partly cloudy at night, then mostly sunny Saturday free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, 13,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, 14,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, then 16,000 ft. falling to 15,000 ft. Saturday afternoon highs 69-62 warming to 72 Saturday lows 43-50.
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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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