Sorry, but no winner for my weekly weather quiz question this week. Here it is one more time. Where in the world do they have the most days of thunderstorms in a calendar year? Again, extra congratulation points if you can give the number of thunderstorms there per year. The answer is the Island of Java in Indonesia where they have 322 days with thunderstorms per year. I’ll have another weather quiz question starting next Monday. Remember, the first person to post the correct answer will win one week of free personalized weather forecasts tailored to your needs.
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An upper level low pressure trough (the “U” shaped dip in the yellow jet stream line) is starting to move eastward over the Pacific Northwest. That will give us more clouds, a slight chance of drizzle, and cool our temperatures a bit as a result. High pressure aloft (the “arch” shaped yellow line) and a surface high pressure center over the Eastern Pacific (represented by the blue “H”) will build in it early next week keeping much needed rain away from us.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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The summer Pollen Count Forecast season for the Eugene-Springfield area is over. 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: A slight (20%) chance of areas of drizzle early this AM, a mix of clouds and sun and cooler this afternoon, and partly cloudy tonight high 77 low near 50. AM clouds then a mix of clouds and sun a bit warmer Sunday and Monday, partly cloudy Sunday evening increasing to mostly cloudy at night, and partly cloudy Monday night highs 80-83 lows again near 50-52. A mix of clouds and sun Tuesday through Friday (warming then cooling) and partly cloudy at night highs 84-89-86-83 lows near 53. (seasonal averages high 83 low 52)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: AM clouds then partly cloudy today and mostly sunny Sunday, mostly clear in the evening and mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday night highs 80-83 lows 55-53. AM clouds then sunny Monday, mostly clear Monday night and Tuesday night, mostly sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday highs 85-88 lows 57-54. Partly cloudy Wednesday morning, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening and partly cloudy Wednesday night through Friday, highs 89-85 lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 87 low 56)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of early AM coastal drizzle, becoming sunny this afternoon and just a bit cooler, partly cloudy this evening, then mostly cloudy with areas of patchy fog and coastal drizzle late at night and early Sunday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon and Sunday night with patchy fog again late at night highs 60-63 lows 48-50. AM clouds and fog, then sunny and a bit warmer Monday, and partly cloudy Monday night high 64 low near 50. Partly cloudy and a bit warmer again Tuesday through Friday highs 60-64 lows 47-50. (seasonal averages high 67 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of drizzle this AM in the lower elevations, a mix of clouds and sun this afternoon and a bit warmer Sunday, and partly cloudy both nights free air freezing level 12,000 ft. today rising to 13,000 ft. Sunday highs 68-73 lows 46-42. A mix of clouds and sun all of next week Monday through Friday, and partly cloudy each night except clear Thursday night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Monday rising to 14,000 ft. Tuesday night, back to 13,00 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, then 14,000 ft. Friday highs 76-83 Wednesday cooling from 80-72 Friday lows 45-48.
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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.