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Check out my column for the Eugene Daily News What I Used To Call Unusual. My newest column “Where Ever You Go, There You Are” will start today.
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Preliminary forecast for the Ducks Football “Spring Game” next Saturday April 11th at 11:00 AM. So far it looks like we’ll see a mix of clouds and sun with just a slight chance of showers and average temperatures for this time of the year. I’ll keep updating this forecast as we get closer to the end of the week.
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Here is my new weekly weather quiz question. What is “radiational cooling?” Please remember to post your answer as a comment by clicking on “no comments /comments” in the upper right hand portion of this page under the caption, then add your comment. The first person to post the correct answer will win a week of free personalized weather forecasts tailored to your needs. The answer has to be a comment to win. An email answer will not count. Good luck.
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Upper level high pressure (Shaded “Arch” shape) will bring plenty of sunshine back, at least for your most of your workweek. Another upper low will bring the slight chance of showers back by Friday night into the weekend. Today Monday April 22nd is ”Earth Day.” Celebrate our Earth by doing your best to help clean it up. Whether you believe in “Global Warming” or not doesn’t matter. If we all work together we can at the least make our planet more livable.
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Advisories: A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Partly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, sunny and warmer this afternoon, Tuesday, and Wednesday, clear tonight and Tuesday night, then mostly clear Wednesday night highs 66-75 lows 32-40. Mostly sunny Thursday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy at night and Friday AM, a mix of clouds and sun in the afternoon, mostly cloudy Friday night, a mix of clouds and sun Saturday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday night and Sunday highs 69-62 lows near 45. (seasonal averages high 62 low 40)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Cloudy this AM, sunny this afternoon, clear with patchy frost very late at night and early Tuesday AM, sunny Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday while clear Tuesday night and Wednesday night highs 72-76 lows 44-36 warming to 45 Wednesday night. Sunny Thursday, partly cloudy Thursday night through Friday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday through Sunday highs 75-64 warming to 68 Sunday lows near 45. (seasonal averages high 64 low 43)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy this AM, sunny this afternoon, clear tonight, then sunny Tuesday and Wednesday while clear at night highs 63-60 lows 39-47. Sunny Thursday, partly cloudy Thursday night through Friday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday through Sunday highs 55-60 lows near 47. (seasonal averages high 56 low 44)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy this AM, sunny this afternoon and Tuesday, clear Tuesday night, sunny Wednesday, then mostly clear Wednesday night free air freezing level 6,500 ft. rising to 7,000 ft. today, 9,000 ft. tonight, 9,000 ft. rising to 10,000 ft. Tuesday afternoon, 9,000 ft. at night, 9,000 ft. rising to 11,000 ft. Wednesday, then 10,000 ft. Wednesday night highs 50-62 lows 28-33. Mostly sunny Thursday, partly cloudy at night through Friday night, a mix of clouds and sun Saturday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday night, then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday free air freezing level 10,000 ft. Thursday through Friday night, 9,000 ft. Saturday, snow level above 8,000 ft. at night, then 8,000 ft. Sunday highs 57-50 lows 36-33.
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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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