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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column If It Weren’t For Bad Luck, I Wouldn’t Have Any Luck At All.
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And don’t forget my latest feature story in the continuing series on service club organizations called “Assistance” Is Their First Name.
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An upper level high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) continues to send cold air south to Oregon. A warm front is moving northward through the Pacific Northwest from the south. That allowed warmer air to overrun the colder air at the surface giving us the chance of freezing rain this morning. Look for slow warming for the next few days.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 56 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA) Oakridge:
The Air Quality Index is 59 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at Willamette Activity Center, Oakridge. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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Home Wood Heating Advisory:
Eugene/Springfield: YELLOW – burning is cautioned against.
Oakridge: YELLOW – burning is cautioned against.
(The use of Pellet stoves is always allowed.)
Advisory Courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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Advisories:
- A HEALTH ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE AT DEVILS LAKE IN LINCOLN COUNTY. THE TOXIC ALGAE BLOOM MEANS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT DRINK OR HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE AFFECTED WATER AND THAT ALSO GOES FOR ANY PETS.
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Your College Football Weather Forecast:
The Pac-12 Championship Game: Friday December 5th – Ducks vs Arizona at Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California. Kickoff 6:00 PM: Cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers, temperature near 64 slowly falling throughout the game.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:
- Cloudy with rain this evening, a good (50%) chance of rain late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible),
- A slight (20%) chance of AM showers, a mix of clouds and sun and a bit warmer Tuesday, becoming mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain late at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, a good (50%) chance of rain late Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday and at night.
- lows 36-42 highs 46-50.
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday and Friday night,
- A (30%) chance of showers Saturday and at night,
- Cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Sunday, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Sunday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday.
- highs near 53 lows 43-40. (seasonal averages high 48 low 35).
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of evening rain, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with AM showers likely (60%), a chance of showers Wednesday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a (30%) chance of evening rain, rain likely (70%) late Wednesday night (0.15 in. of rain possible),
- Then cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday and at night.
- lows near 44 highs 52-56.
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of of rain Friday, rain likely (70%) Friday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday through Sunday night,
- Then cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday.
- highs near 54 lows near 43. (seasonal averages high 49 low 38)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly cloudy with evening coastal showers and a good (50%) chance of showers late at night while inland evening showers likely (70%) and a slight (20%) chance of showers late tonight (0.15 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday AM, a slight (20%) chance of coastal rain in the afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of evening rain, rain likely (70%) late Tuesday night (under 0.15 in. of rain possible),
- AM showers likely (70%), a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening rain, rain likely (70%) late Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday, then rain likely (70%) Thursday night.
- lows 49-46 warming back to 49 Thursday night highs near 56.
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday and Friday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Saturday and Saturday night,
- A (40%) chance of showers Sunday and at night,
- Then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday.
- highs near 55-57 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 52 low 41)
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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:
- Cloudy with rain this evening, a (40%) chance of rain late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers Tuesday, just partly cloudy in the afternoon, becoming mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain late at night (0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers in the afternoon, a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday, then a (40%) chance of rain at night.
- snow level 7,000 ft. tonight and Tuesday, 6,500 ft. Tuesday night and Wednesday, then 7,000 ft. Wednesday night through Thursday night,
- lows 33-30 highs 43-40.
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of Friday and Friday night,
- A (30%) chance of rain Saturday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
- Cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Sunday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday.
- snow level 7,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, 6,000 ft. Saturday, 6,500 ft. Saturday night, 6,000 ft. Sunday, then 6,500 ft. Sunday night and Monday.
- highs near 42 lows near 30.
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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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