A weak disturbance rolls over the High Pressure Ridge pushing a front our way. The graphics for days 1-3 show a frontal system along the coast ready to move into the Pacific Northwest by Saturday. The graphics for days 3-7 Sunday through Thursday show that a complex frontal system off the coast of Northern California and Southern Oregon pushing inland next Sunday through Tuesday.
ADVISORIES:
- A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SNEAKER WAVES IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE CLATSOP COUNTY COAST, THE TILLAMOOK COUNTY COAST, AND THE CENTRAL COAST OF OREGON.
- A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SNEAKER WAVES IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE CURRY COUNTY COAST.
HEALTH ADVISORIES:
- A PERMANENT HEALTH ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER BAR. POOLS IN THE BEDROCK ALONG THE RIVERS EDGE ARE KNOWN TO DEVELOP BLUE-GREEN ALGAE (CYANOBACTERIAL) BLOOMS THAT CAN BE HARMFUL TO PETS AND PEOPLE IF ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OCCURS. SIGNS HAVE BEEN POSTED ALONG SEVERAL ACCESS AREAS ALONG THE RIVER.
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SKI REPORT:
Willamette Pass Ski: Temporarily on hold due to weather conditions.
Hoodoo Ski: Temporarily closed due to weather conditions.Waiting for more snow.
Mt. Ashland Ski: Paused ski area operations indefinitely due to the warmer weather and lack of snow cover.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:
- Patchy AM fog, cloudy with rain likely (70%) and a bit cooler this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with rain Saturday (Valentine’s Day), evening rain, just mostly cloudy at night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain a good (50%) chance of AM rain, a mix of clouds and sun with rain likely (70%) and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Sunday night.
- highs 50-47 warming back to 50 Sunday lows 39-34.
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday (Presidents’ Day), rain Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with rain Tuesday and at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with rain and a bit warmer Wednesday and Thursday, rain Wednesday night.
- highs 47-43 warming to 45 Thursday lows 30-28 warming back to 30 Wednesday night. (seasonal averages high 51 low 35).
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HOME WOOD HEATING ADVISORY:`
EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD: GREEN- FIREPLACE AND WOOD STOVE BURNING IS ALLOWED.
OAKRIDGE: GREEN- FIREPLACE AND WOOD STOVE BURNING IS ALLOWED.
NOTE: Use of Pellet stoves is allowed all of the time.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:.
- Patchy dense fog, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and a bit cooler today (snow level 3,500 ft.), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening rain, rain late tonight (snow level 3,500 ft.),
- Mostly cloudy with rain Saturday (snow level 3,500 ft), evening rain, rain likely (70%) late at night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%), a bit cooler with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday night.
- highs 52-49 warming back to 52 Sunday lows 42-38.
- Mostly cloudy with rain (snow level 3,000 ft.) and a bit cooler Monday afternoon (Presidents’ Day), then mostly cloudy with rain Monday night .
- Mostly cloudy with rain and a bit warmer Tuesday, rain at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday and Wednesday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with rain Thursday.
- highs 49-56 cooling to lows 38-35 (seasonal averages high 53 low 37).
Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM coastal rain while inland patchy dense AM fog with coastal rain and a bit cooler this afternoon while a (30%) chance of inland rain this afternoon, mostly cloudy with coastal rain tonight while inland evening rain likely (70%) and inland rain late Friday night,
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with rain Saturday (Valentine’s Day), rain Saturday night.
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) and a bit warmer Sunday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain at night.
- highs 55-54 warming to 57 Sunday lows 40-37 cooling to 35 Saturday night),
- Mostly cloudy with rain Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with rain likely (70%) Tuesday and at night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain and a bit warmer Wednesday, rain Wednesday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with rain Thursday.
- highs 55-53 warming to 54 Wednesday lows near 36. (seasonal averages high 54 low 41).
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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County:
- AM clouds and sun, mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, no snow accumulation expected), rain and snow tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible),
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with rain and snow Saturday (Valentine’s Day), rain and snow at night,
- Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with snow and with rain likely (70%) Sunday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Sunday night.
- snow level 4,000 ft. today and tonight, then 4,500 ft. Saturday through Sunday night.
- highs 42-37 warming back to 42 Sunday lows 29-27.
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with snow and with rain likely (70%) Monday (Presidents’ Day), snow and rain Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with snow Tuesday, snow at night,
- Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with snow Wednesday, snow Wednesday night,
- Then mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with snow Thursday.
- snow level 4,000 ft. Monday, 2,500 ft. Monday night,at the surface Tuesday and Tuesday night, 2,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, then at the surface Thursday.
- highs 36-28 warming to 30 Wednesday cooling to 28 Thursday lows near 22.