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Check out my EDN Weather Or Not Column The Rest Of The World Thinks We’re All Wet
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Sorry, no winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is “Zulu (Z) Time?” Here is the correct answer. Zulu (Z) Time is for practical purposes, the same as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The notation formerly used to identify time Greenwich MeanTime. The word “Zulu” is notation in the phonetic alphabet corresponding to the letter “Z” assigned to the time zone on the Greenwich Prime Meridian. 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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A short-lived area of high pressure (“Arch” shape in blue arrows) dried us out today, but the chance of rain returns by late tonight as a trough of low pressure (Shaded “U” shape) moves in behind. Summer officially began with the Summer Solstice at 10:04 AM PDT Friday and as usual our weather has to change back to more clouds and wet. Next week we’ll see a frontal system move in Wednesday and another one right behind it. It’s still too early to make a accurate weather prediction for the 4th of July.
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The Grass Pollen Count is listed as Moderate at 16 and Tree pollen is Low at 2 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 cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, rain becoming likely (70%) late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain Sunday (0.50 in. of rain possible), showers in the evening, rain late at night and Monday AM, showers in the afternoon, evening rain likely (60%), showers likely (70%) late Monday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), AM rain likely (60%), then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday night lows 56-52 highs 78-85 cooling to 82 Tuesday. A mix of clouds and sun with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night, mostly sunny Thursday through Saturday with mostly clear skies at night highs 72-85 cooling to near 80 Saturday lows 52-55. (seasonal averages high 75 low 49)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of evening rain, rain likely (70%) late tonight (0.15 in. of rain possible) and Sunday AM, showers Sunday afternoon and evening (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain late Sunday night (0.15 in. of rain possible) through Monday evening, cloudy with showers likely (70%) Monday night, mostly cloudy with AM rain likely (70%), a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon, rain likely (60%) in the evening, a good (50%) chance of showers late Tuesday night lows 59-56 highs 72-67 warming to 75 Tuesday. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, mostly cloudy in the evening, partly cloudy Wednesday night through Friday AM, mostly sunny Friday afternoon, then partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday highs 80-92 cooling to 87 Saturday lows 57-60. (seasonal averages high 78 low 53)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with coastal rain and rain likely (60%) inland with rain late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain Sunday AM, showers in the afternoon and evening (0.40 in. of rain possible), showers in the evening, rain late Sunday night (0.15 in. of rain possible) through Monday evening, coastal showers likely (70%) with a good (50%) chance of showers inland Monday night, rain likely (60%) and breezy Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers late Tuesday night lows 58-54 highs 65-62. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, mostly cloudy at night, then just partly cloudy Thursday through Saturday highs 65-68 lows 54-57 cooling to 54 Friday night. (seasonal averages high 62 low 51)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening rain, rain likely (70%) late tonight, rain Sunday, evening showers, rain late Sunday night and Monday AM, showers in the afternoon, rain in the evening, showers likely (60%) late Monday night, rain likely (60%) Tuesday AM, a good (50%) chance of rain in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night snow level above 8,000 ft. tonight through Tuesday night lows 46-42 highs 56-53 warming to 60 Tuesday. A mix of clouds and sun with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night, then mostly sunny Thursday through Saturday with mostly clear skies at night snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Thursday, 14,000 ft. at night, 12,000 ft. Friday, 13,000 ft. at night, then 14,000 ft. Saturday highs 64-76 cooling to 73 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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