Here again is this week’s weather quiz question. What is water’s “triple point”? Please be specific. Place your answer as a comment after the forecasts on this page. The first person to post the correct answer will win one free week of personalized forecasts tailored to your own needs. Good luck.
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The jet stream has set up a high pressure ridge over us that will depress the chance of rain for a while. Here is the last frontal system that continues to move to the south away from us. You can see the break in storms through late today that will end as the next storm system will be offshore and move in by Friday. Another storm will hit us next week as you can see it offshore on the forecast map.
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Advisories: None at this time
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Forecast for the Central and Southern Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: AM patchy fog then a mix of clouds and sun today high 44. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain tonight low near 37. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Friday and rain likely (60%) Friday night high 50 low 40. Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Saturday and Saturday night high 50 low 38. AM fog with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday and Sunday night high 45 low cooling to the mid 30s. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday through Wednesday highs near 50 lows near 40.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: AM fog then mostly cloudy today with a (30%) chance of rain tonight high 54 low 4o. Rain likely (60%) Friday and Friday night high 53 low 40. A (30%) chance of showers Saturday and Saturday night high 54 low 34 . AM fog and mostly cloudy Sunday with a slight (20%) chance of showers highs 53. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday night low 42. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Monday through Tuesday highs 53 lows 43. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday low 42 high 54.
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: AM fog then mostly cloudy today high 55. Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain tonight low 46. Rain likely (60%) Friday and Friday night high 53 low 43 . Mostly cloudy showers likely (60%) Saturday and a (30%) chance Saturday night high 52 low 42. AM fog Sunday with a slight (20%) chance of showers high 55. A slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday night low 42. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday high 52 and Monday night and a (40%) chance Tuesday through Wednesday highs near 55 low in the low to mid 40s.
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: A mix of clouds and sun today free air freezing level 8,000′ rising to 9,000′ high 40. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain tonight snow level 7,000′ low 33. A (60%) chance of rain Friday snow level 5,500′ high 38. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) Friday night snow level 4,500′ low 27. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Saturday snow level 4,000′ high 35. A chance of rain and snow showers Saturday night snow level 3,500′ low 28. Mostly cloudy with a (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday snow level 3,500′ high 37. Partly cloudy a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Sunday night snow level 4,000’low 28. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow Monday through Thursday snow level 4,000′ to 4,500′ highs 35 lows 30.
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