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Check out my latest EDN Weather Or Not Column “It Just Doesn’t Matter”
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No winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is “Permafrost?” Here is the correct answer. Permafrost is a layer of soil at varying depths below the surface in which the temperature has remained below freezing continuously from a few to several thousands of years. I’ll have a new weekly 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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An upper air high pressure ridge (shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) has taken over as our weather maker. Our near future is looking dry, bright, and quite a bit warmer as the high pressure keeps any serious storms away. A frontal system slipped through with most of its energy again mainly to our north today. Also an upper level trough of low pressure (shaded “U” shape following the ridge) will move up sitting offshore Sunday into Monday as a new frontal system slides in Monday. Great weather for the NCAA Track and Field Championships wrapping up today except for the very high grass pollen count. Anyone who is allergic has had to deal with it the best way they can.
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The Grass Pollen Count has gone through the roof and is listed at Very High at 471 according to Oregon Allergy Associates.
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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: Mostly sunny today, mostly clear tonight, then mostly sunny Sunday and Monday with partly cloudy nights highs 80-82 cooling to 73 Monday lows 49-45 warming to 48 Monday night. A mix of clouds and sun Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with partly cloudy nights, then partly cloudy Friday highs 72-68 warming to 75 Friday lows near 48. (seasonal averages high 71 low 47)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny today and Sunday with clear to mostly clear skies at night, then partly cloudy Monday and Monday night highs 87-77 lows 57-52. Partly cloudy Tuesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday afternoon through Friday highs 76-72 warming to 77 Friday lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 74 low 51)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, sunny Sunday and breezy (wind: N 10-15 mph increasing to N 20-25 mph in the afternoon at the shore and N 5-10 mph increasing to N 15 mph in the afternoon inland, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Sunday night and breezy (wind: N 20-25 mph decreasing to N 10-20 mph late at night while N 10-15 mph inland), then just partly cloudy Monday and Monday night highs near 65-62 lows 54-50. Partly cloudy Tuesday, mostly cloudy Tuesday night through Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday through Friday AM, then just partly cloudy Friday afternoon highs 62-59 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 61 low 50)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Sunny today and Sunday with mostly clear skies at night, colder Sunday night, mostly sunny Monday, then partly cloudy Monday night free air freeing level 16,000 ft. today and tonight, 16,000 ft. falling to 15,000 ft. Sunday, 15,000 ft. falling to 14,000 ft. Sunday, 15,000 ft. falling to 14,000 ft. Sunday night, 14,000 ft. falling to 12,000 ft Monday, then 12,000 ft. Monday night highs 74-63 lows 47-38. Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night, 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 and Friday AM, then just partly cloudy Friday afternoon free air freezing level 12,000 ft. falling to 11,000 ft. Tuesday afternoon, 11,000 ft. falling to 10,000 ft. at night and Wednesday AM, snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday afternoon through Friday highs 59-55 warming to 64 Friday lows 35-40.
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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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