Just in case you missed it, we have a winner. Here again is my weekly weather quiz question. What is the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon? Congratulations to Stephen Temple. You are the winner of my weekly weather quiz. Your answer was perfect. There is no real difference between a hurricane and a typhoon other that the location where they are formed. I’ll have a new weather quiz ready for you next Monday. The first person to post the correct answer will win a week of free personalized weather forecasts tailored to their needs.
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Attention sky watchers!
This Saturday morning, June 26th, there’s going to be a lunar eclipse—and for many residents of the USA, it’s going to be a big one.
The eclipse begins at 3:17 am PDT when the Moon enters the sunset-colored shadow of Earth. By 4:38 am PDT, the moment of greatest eclipse, 54% of the Moon’s diameter will be covered. From beginning to end, the event lasts almost three hours.
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The jet stream will be sending waves of alternating weak high pressure and low pressure over the rest of the week into the weekend. The result will be a continuation of the unsettled weather pattern that will be a roller coaster from some clouds with a slight chance of drizzle to more sun and dry and back again. A frontal system will move through late Sunday into Monday morning bringing in some more clouds and cooler temperatures by Tuesday.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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The Updated Pollen Count Forecast for the Eugene-Springfield area : Trees LOW, Grass VERY HIGH, and weeds LOW. Data from Allergy and Asthma Research Group.
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Here are your detailed forecasts. **
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Mostly cloudy this AM with some patchy fog, then a mix of clouds and sun and cooler in the afternoon and partly cloudy tonight high 76 low 48 . A mix of clouds and sun and warmer Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night, mostly sunny and warmer Sunday, mostly clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy overnight and Monday AM, and a mix of clouds and sun and cooler Monday afternoon highs 80-83-77 lows 52-54. Partly cloudy Monday night, back to a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday, partly cloudy in the evening and mostly cloudy at night and early Wednesday AM and Thursday AM, a mix of clouds and sun in the afternoon both days, and mostly cloudy at night lows 52-48 highs 77-72-76.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy this AM, partly cloudy skies this afternoon and in the evening, clearing skies tonight, AM clouds then sunny and warmer Saturday, mostly clear at night highs 79-84 low 52-56. Sunny Sunday, mostly clear at night, mostly cloudy Monday and Monday night and Tuesday AM, then partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday afternoon highs 86-76 lows 54-52. Mostly cloudy Tuesday night through Thursday AM, then sunny and warmer Thursday afternoon lows near 50 highs 72-79.
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of drizzle this AM and patchy fog, partly cloudy this afternoon, mostly cloudy in the evening, mostly clear overnight, then AM clouds (patchy fog at the shore) and sunny and warmer Saturday highs 64-66 low 50. Partly cloudy Saturday night through Sunday night, mostly cloudy Monday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night and Tuesday lows 55-50 highs 65-60. Mostly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday, then just a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night and Thursday lows near 50 highs 62-65 .
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy this AM (slight ((20%)) chance of sprinkles North of Santiam Pass), a mix of clouds and sun this afternoon Free air freezing level 12,000 ft. today high 68. Mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny and warmer Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear Saturday night and Sunday night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. lows 39-45 highs 69-75. A mix of clouds and sun and cooler Monday and Tuesday with partly skies at night and a slight (20%) chance of showers late Tuesday night free air freezing level 12,000 ft. through Tuesday and a snow level above 8,000 ft. Tuesday night highs 74-69 low 38. Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday through Thursday snow level above 8,000 ft. highs 66-68 low 42.
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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.