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Did you ever wonder why weather disasters seem to stay away from Western Oregon? Check out my EDN Weather Or Not Feature Story Why Not Here? It’s Time To Explain.
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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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An upper level low (Shaded “U” shape) is just offshore and moving slowly eastward over the Pacific Northwest. A frontal system is moving through Oregon spreading showers ahead of it. 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 showers tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible), showers likely (60%) Monday (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain at night (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain likely (70%) Tuesday (0.15 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night lows 55-52 highs 68-77. Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday through Sunday highs 84-80 lows near 54. (seasonal averages high 75 low 49)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with showers tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), AM rain, showers Monday afternoon (0.20 in. of rain possible), rain Monday night (0.30 in. of rain possible) and Tuesday AM, showers likely (60%) in the afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the evening, mostly cloudy late Wednesday night lows 56-58 highs 68-79. Mostly cloudy Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Thursday night, then mostly sunny Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with mostly clear nights highs near 86 lows near 57. (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 showers tonight (0.15 in. of rain possible), AM rain, showers Monday afternoon, rain Monday night (0.50 in. of rain possible) and Tuesday AM, showers in the afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with showers likely (70%) in the evening, then a good (50%) chance of showers late Tuesday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday, then a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night lows 55-57 cooling to 54 Wednesday night highs 63-70. Just partly cloudy Thursday and Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear at night, partly cloudy Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear at night, then mostly sunny Sunday highs 70-65 warming to near 70 Sunday. (seasonal averages high 62 low 51)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with showers tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible), showers Monday (0.50 in. of rain possible), rain at night (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain likely (60%) Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday, then a (30%) chance of showers at night snow level above 8,000 ft. tonight through Wednesday night lows near 43 highs 54-65. Partly cloudy Thursday through Friday, mostly clear Friday night, mostly sunny Saturday, then partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, 12,000 ft. Friday and at night, 13,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, then 14,000 ft. Sunday highs 73-70 lows 48-50 cooling to 45 Saturday night.
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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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