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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column How Dry I Am.
And don’t forget my latest feature story on continuing series on service club organizations
called What Does Kiwanis Mean Anyway?
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No winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is a “Temperature Inversion?” A Temperature Inversion (surface-based or elevated) : a layer of the atmosphere in which air temperature increases with height. When the layer’s base is at the surface, the layer is called a surface-based temperature inversion; when the base of the layer is above the surface, the layer is called an elevated temperature inversion.Here is the correct answer. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you starting Monday. 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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Advisories:
- A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TODAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST.
- A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TODAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
- A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM TODAY FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
- A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE CURRY COUNTY COAST.
- A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES, THE SOUTH OREGON CASCADES, AND THE SISKIYOUS MOUNTAINS.
- A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM TODAY ABOVE 4,000 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES, THE SOUTH OREGON CASCADES, AND THE SISKIYOUS MOUNTAINS.
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES, THE SOUTH OREGON CASCADES, THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS, EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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A strong upper level trough of low pressure (Shaded “U” shape) will continue moving through the Pacific Northwest bringing more rain today. A frontal system pushed through Oregon increasing our rain chances. High pressure should take over next week drying us out.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 16 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Springfield City Hall. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
Oakridge: The Pollution Index is 18 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Willamette Activity Center, Oakridge. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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Home Wood Heating Advisory:
Eugene/Springfield: (GREEN) Burning Allowed.
Oakridge: (GREEN) Burning Allowed.
The use of Pellet stoves is always allowed.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:
- Rain today (0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and areas of fog late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible).
- Areas of AM fog, a mix of clouds and sun Monday afternoon, partly cloudy with areas of fog late at night.
- Areas of AM fog, mostly cloudy Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog at night.
- highs 47-44 lows 40-30.
- Patchy AM fog, mostly sunny Wednesday, mostly clear with patchy fog at night,
- Partly cloudy with patchy AM and late night fog Thursday and Thursday night,
- Patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Friday, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Friday night and Saturday.
- highs 50-47 warming to 50 Friday and Saturday lows 33-30 warming to 36 Friday night. (seasonal averages high 47 low 34).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Showers today (0.20 in. of rain, AM snow level 3,000 ft.), cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers and patchy fog late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, mostly sunny Monday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy with AM fog, mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog Tuesday night.
- highs 49-47 lows 37-32 warming to 34 Tuesday night.
- Partly cloudy with patchy AM fog and late night fog, partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon,
- Patchy AM fog, sunny Thursday, partly cloudy with patchy fog Thursday night,
- Partly cloudy with patchy fog Friday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Friday night and Saturday.
- highs near 48-51 lows 34-39. (seasonal averages high 49 low 36)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Showers today (under 0.30 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Partly cloudy Monday, mostly clear with patchy fog late at night,
- Patchy fog Tuesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Tuesday night.
- highs 50-60 lows 43-37.
- Mostly sunny Wednesday, partly cloudy Wednesday night through Friday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night and Saturday.
- highs 57-52 lows 35-43. (seasonal averages high 51 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Rain and snow today (0.50 in. of rain possible, 4-8 in. of snow possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph), rain and snow likely (60%) in the evening, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and snow late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible),
- A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain and snow Monday, partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday, then mostly clear Tuesday night.
- snow level 3,000 ft. today, 4,000 ft. tonight, 5,000 ft. Monday, free air freezing level 8,000 ft. Monday night, 10,000 ft. Tuesday, then 9,000 ft. at night.
- highs 33-46 lows 25-32.
- Mostly sunny Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
- Partly cloudy Thursday through Friday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and snow Saturday.
- free air freezing level 9,000 ft. Wednesday, 8,000 ft. Wednesday night through Friday, snow level 6,500 ft. Friday night, then 5,500 ft. Saturday.
- highs 33-46 lows 25-30.
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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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