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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Am I Still Less Of A “Pain” Than I Used To Be?
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And don’t forget my latest feature story in the continuing series on service club organizations called Oregon Has Two Kinds Of “Elks” Four Legged and Two Legged.
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Sorry no winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is a “wall cloud?” Here is the correct answer. A Wall Cloud is a localized, persistent, often abrupt lowering from a rain-free base. Wall clouds can range from a fraction of a mile up to nearly five miles in diameter, and normally are found on the south or southwest (inflow) side of the thunderstorm. When seen from within several miles, many wall clouds exhibit rapid upward motion and cyclonic rotation. However, not all wall clouds rotate. Rotating wall clouds usually develop before strong or violent tornadoes, by anywhere from a few minutes up to nearly an hour. Wall clouds should be monitored visually for signs of persistent, sustained rotation and/or rapid vertical motion. 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 ridge of high pressure (“Arch” shape in blue arrows) centered off the West Coast will keep the clouds away and keep our weather dry with plenty of sunshine through Monday as it slowly moves to the east..
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Advisories: None at This Time.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 18 in the Good category measuring Ozone at Delight Valley School, Saginaw. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 15 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Willamette Activity Center, Oakridge. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count:
Grass……….Very High (708)
Trees……….Low (9)
Last Counted: 6/6/14
Data Courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.
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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,
- AM clouds, mostly sunny Sunday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
- Partly cloudy Monday and in the evening, then mostly cloudy late Monday night.
- highs 77-80 dropping back to 76 Monday lows 48-50 cooling to 47 Monday night.
- A mix of clouds and sun Tuesday, partly cloudy at night,
- Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night,
- Then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday and Friday and mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night.
- highs 72-75 cooling to 67 Thursday warming to 70 Friday lows near 48. (seasonal averages high 71 low 46).
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Sunny today, mostly clear tonight,
- Partly cloudy Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
- Mostly cloudy Monday AM, partly cloudy Monday afternoon and Monday night.
- highs 80-85 cooling back to 80 Monday lows 53-50.
- Partly cloudy Tuesday through Wednesday evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Wednesday night,
- Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday and at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday.
- highs 78-75 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 74 low 50)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Partly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, otherwise sunny this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy late tonight,
- Mostly cloudy Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy Sunday night and Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, then mostly cloudy late Monday night.
- highs 62-64 lows 53-55 cooling to 52 Monday night.
- Partly cloudy Tuesday through Wednesday evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night and Thursday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Thursday night and Friday.
- highs 64-62 lows near 53. (seasonal averages high 61 low 50).
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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:
- Sunny today, mostly clear tonight,
- Mostly sunny Sunday, partly cloudy at night,
- Partly cloudy in the AM, mostly sunny Monday afternoon, then partly cloudy at night.
- free air freezing level 12,000 ft. today, 13,000 ft. tonight, 14,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, then 13,000 ft. Monday and Monday night.
- highs 68-72 cooling to 66 Sunday lows near 39.
- Party cloudy Tuesday through Wednesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers at night,
- Then a mix of clouds and sun with a (30%) chance of showers Friday.
- free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Tuesday, 12,000 ft. at night, 11,000 ft. Wednesday, snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday, 7,500 ft Thursday night, then 6,000 ft. Friday.
- highs 62-65 cooling to 53 Thursday warming to 58 Friday lows near 37.
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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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