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Check out my latest EDN Weather Or Not Column “It Just Doesn’t Matter”
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An upper air high pressure ridge (shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) is taking over as our weather maker. This week is looking dry, bright, and quite a bit warmer as the high pressure keeps any serous storms away. There is a cold front that will slide to the north over the ridge into Canada. Another frontal system will push inland mainly to our north Sunday, but again it looks weak and will fall apart so we’ll only see at most a few clouds but no precipitation from it.
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The Grass Pollen Count has gone through the roof and is listed at Very High according to Oregon Allergy Associates.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Mostly sunny today, Thursday and Friday after some AM clouds with mostly clear skies tonight, partly cloudy skies Thursday night and Friday night highs 83-78 warming to near 82 Friday lows near 50. Partly cloudy Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Saturday night, mostly sunny Sunday, then partly cloudy Sunday night through Tuesday highs 82-70 lows 50-46. (seasonal averages high 70 low 46)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Clear with patchy fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, clear in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Thursday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Thursday night, sunny Friday, then clear Friday night highs 89-83 warming to 86 Friday lows 54-50. Sunny Saturday, clear at night, patchy AM fog, sunny Sunday afternoon, mostly clear at night, partly cloudy with patchy AM fog Monday, sunny in the afternoon, then then partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday highs near 89-78 lows 55-50. (seasonal averages high 74 low 50)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly cloudy tonight at the shore while mostly clear inland in the evening and mostly cloudy late tonight, patchy fog late at night and Thursday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday AM, sunny in the afternoon, clear Friday evening, then partly cloudy at night highs near 63-60 warming to 67 Friday lows 52-55. Partly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday AM sunny in the afternoon, clear Saturday night, partly cloudy with patchy fog Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog Sunday night and Monday, then just partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday highs 66-62 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 61 low 50)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny today, Thursday, and Friday, a with mostly clear skies tonight while partly cloudy skies Thursday night and Friday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today through Thursday, 14,000 ft. rising to 15,000 ft. at night, then 15,000 ft. Friday and Friday night highs 74-66 lows 46-49. Mostly sunny Saturday through Monday with mostly clear skies at night, then partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday, 15,000 ft. falling to 14,000 ft. Sunday night, 14,000 ft. falling to 13,000 ft. Monday afternoon, 13,000 ft. falling to 12,000 ft. Monday night, then 12,000 ft. falling to 11,000 ft. Tuesday highs 74-77 cooling to 58 Tuesday lows 49-40.
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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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