ADVISORIES:

• A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TODAY UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY ABOVE4,500 FT. FOR THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON
• A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM UNTIL 5 PM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE CURRY COUNTY COAST.
• A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 2 AM THURSDAY FOR THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY.
• A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 5 AM THURSDAY FOR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.
• A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT FOR JACKSON COUNTY.

HOME WOOD HEATING ADVISORY:

The Eugene & Springfield: GREEN– Fireplace and wood stove used is allowed. Protect air quality by not heating with wood when possible.

Oakridge And Westfir: GREEN– Fireplace and wood stove used is allowed. Protect air quality by not heating with wood when possible.

The use of pellet stoves is always allowed.

Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA.org)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain showers, rain likely (70%) and a bit warmer this afternoon (snow level 2,500 ft.), evening showers,  rain and snow showers late tonight (snow level 2,500 ft.),
• Mostly cloudy with AM rain and snow (Vernal Equinox 2:01 am-Spring begins), rain and a bit cooler Thursday afternoon (2,500 ft. rising to 3,000 ft.), rain Thursday night (3,500 ft.),
• Mostly cloudy with rain Friday and Friday night,
• highs 50-54 lows 42-46.
• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) and a bit warmer Saturday, a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with a (30%) chance of rain Sunday and at night,
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain, just partly cloudy Monday afternoon and Monday night,
• Then partly cloudy Tuesday.
• highs 40-42 lows 36-42 . (seasonal averages high 59 low 40)

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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:

• Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, rain and a bit warmer this afternoon and breezy (Wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph this afternoon), evening showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms, showers late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with rain and a bit cooler Thursday (Vernal Equinox 2:01 am-Spring begins), rain Thursday night,
• highs 57-53 warming to 55 Friday lows 42-44.
• Mostly cloudy rain likely (70%) Saturday, evening rain likely (70%), a good (50%) chance of rain late Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday, a (40%) chance of rain at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain, partly cloudy and a bit warmer Monday afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, just partly cloudy Monday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain, then partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon.
• highs 55-65 cooling to 63 Tuesday lows 45-47 (seasonal averages high 55 low 42).

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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow and a bit warmer this afternoon, (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible), snow and rain tonight (0.75 in. of rain possible, 3-7 in. of snow possible),
• Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with snow (possibly heavy at times) and rain Thursday (Vernal Equinox 2:01 am-Spring begins), rain and snow showers at night,
• Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with rain and snow Friday, then rain and snow showers Friday night (snow possibly heavy at times).
• snow level 4,500 ft. today, 3,000 ft. tonight, 2,500 ft. Thursday, 3,500 ft. Thursday night, then 4,500 ft. Friday and Friday night,
• highs 40-33 warming to 36 Friday lows 26-30.
• Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with rain and snow showers Saturday, showers likely (70%) Saturday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of showers and a bit warmer Sunday,  and a good (50%) chance of showers at night,
• Mostly sunny and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday, just partly cloudy Monday night,
• Then mostly sunny Tuesday.
• snow level 4,500 ft. Saturday, 5,500 ft. Saturday night, 7,000 ft. Sunday, above 8,000 ft. Sunday night and Monday, free air freezing level 11,000 ft. Monday night, then 12,000 ft. Tuesday.
• highs 37-56 lows 32-37.