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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 Friday and Saturday, but the chance of rain has returned as a trough of low pressure (Shaded “U” shape) moves in behind the high. 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 keeping the chance of showers with us. 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 rain at times today (0.25 in. of rain possible), showers tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible) and Monday (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain at times Monday night (0.15 in. of rain possible), rain likely (60%) Tuesday (0.15 in. of rain possible), then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night highs 68-72 lows 55-52. A mix of clouds and sun with a (40%) 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 78-85 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 rain this AM, showers this afternoon and evening (0.20 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain Monday through Tuesday AM (0.50 in. of rain possible for the period), rain likely (60%) in the afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night highs 72-67 warming to 75 Tuesday lows 59-56. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, mostly cloudy in the evening, partly cloudy late 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 rain this AM, showers this afternoon and evening (0.40 in. of rain possible), rain late tonight (0.15 in. of rain possible) through Tuesday (0.15 in. of rain possible), then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers likely (60%) in the evening, a good (50%) chance of showers late Tuesday night highs near 63 lows 57-54. 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 rain at times today (0.50 in. of rain possible), showers tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible) and Monday (0.50 in. of rain possible), rain at times Monday night (0.50 in. of rain possible), rain likely (60%) Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night snow level above 8,000 ft. tonight through Tuesday night highs 56-53 warming to 60 Tuesday lows near 43. 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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