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Check out my latest EDN 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 one more time. What is the first thing you would notice at the beach when a Tsunami was approaching and what should you do? Here is the correct answer. As a Tsunami approaches the shallower waters at the shoreline it pulls the water offshore. What you see at the beach is a lot more beach. Often, mainly tourists, walk out onto this “extended beach” to collect seashells only to be crushed by the Tsunami wave and then drawn back out to sea as the wave retreats. 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 pressure trough (Shaded “U” shape) is just offshore and will hold there for another day or so. A ridge of high pressure has been controlling our weather, then low pressure will move in off the coast. A frontal system is stuck offshore and only the warm frontal portion is having an effect on us making it quite humid. It will eventually fall apart as it is caught in the southerly flow of the low stuck along the coast. For the 4th of July it looks like the upper level low will stay to our northwest over the Pacific Ocean while high pressure will stuck in from the Great Basin. That should keep the sunny and warm conditions with us through July 3rd. There will be a delicate balancing act between the high and low. As the high weakens enough or pushes just a bit to the east we will see the low start to take over returning some clouds and maybe the chance of precipitation. I’m betting on something in between. The low will start cooling us off with some more clouds and cooler temperatures between Wednesday the 3rd and Thursday the 4th. The high temperatures will cool to the more comfortable mid to lower 80s for the 4th of July Holiday.
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The Grass Pollen Count is listed as High again at 86 and Tree pollen is Moderate at 22 according to Oregon Allergy Associates.
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If you are looking for a cool place to go for the 4th of July give this a try.
Dexter Lake State Park Lowell State State Park
Independence Day Celebration | EDN
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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: Clear tonight, mostly sunny and very warm Sunday, clear in the evening, partly cloudy Sunday night, mostly sunny and hot Monday, clear at night, sunny and just a bit cooler Tuesday, then mostly clear Tuesday night lows 57-62 cooling to 58 Tuesday night highs 94-90. Mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday (Independence Day), partly cloudy at night, then mostly sunny and cooler Friday and Saturday with mostly clear nights highs 90-82 lows 56-53 (seasonal averages high low)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy tonight, sunny Sunday AM, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon through Monday night, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Tuesday and Tuesday night lows 62-60 highs 95-93 warming to 95 Tuesday. Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Wednesday and Wednesday night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Thursday (Independence Day) and Thursday night, then just partly cloudy Friday through Saturday highs 94-87 warming to near 90 Saturday lows 62-56. (seasonal averages high 80 low 54)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy with patchy coastal fog tonight and Sunday AM, mostly cloudy at the beaches, in the afternoon, sunny inland in the AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Sunday night and Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy Monday night, then partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night lows near 57 highs 69-65. Partly cloudy Wednesday through Thursday (Independence Day), mostly cloudy Thursday night and Friday, then partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday highs 70-67 lows 58-55. (seasonal averages high 63 low 52)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Clear tonight, sunny Sunday AM, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms at night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Monday and in the evening, partly cloudy late at night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon and evening, just partly cloudy overnight free air freezing level 15,000 ft. tonight, 15,000 ft. rising to 16,000 ft. Sunday afternoon, snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday night through Monday night, free air freezing level 16,000 ft. Tuesday AM, snow level above 8,000 ft. afternoon, then free air freezing level 16,000 ft. Tuesday night lows 53-60 highs 80-83 cooling back to near 80 Tuesday night. Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening, partly cloudy at night, mostly sunny Thursday (Independence Day), partly cloudy at night, mostly sunny Friday, partly cloudy at night, mostly sunny Saturday AM, then partly cloudy in the afternoon free air freezing level 16,000 ft. Wednesday AM, snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday afternoon and evening, free air freezing level 15,000 ft. late Wednesday night through Saturday highs 82-74 lows 52-48.
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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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