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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:
- AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY FOR THE CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, JACKSON COUNTY, THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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A high pressure ridge will be taking over our weather to begin the workweek.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 12 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 31 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:
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers this evening, a slight (20%) chance of showers with areas of fog late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible).
- Patchy AM fog with a slight (20%) chance of showers, a mix of clouds and sun Monday afternoon, partly cloudy with areas of fog late at night,
- Areas of AM fog, partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late at night,
- Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Wednesday, then mostly clear at night.
- lows 42-30 highs 48-45.
- Mostly sunny Thursday, mostly clear at night,
- Partly cloudy Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM rain, a (40%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday night,
- Then a mix of clouds and sun ith a (30%) chance of showers Sunday.
- highs 46-50 lows 30-37. (seasonal averages high 47 low 34).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers this evening, patchy fog late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Partly cloudy with patchy AM fog, mostly sunny Monday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, areas of fog and freezing fog late Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog and freezing fog, mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear with areas of fog and freezing fog late Tuesday night,
- Areas of AM fog and freezing fog, sunny Wednesday afternoon, then mostly clear with patchy fog and freezing fog late at night.
- lows 39-33 highs near 49.
- Patchy AM fog and freezing fog, mostly sunny Thursday, partly cloudy with patchy fog Thursday night and Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday and Saturday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday.
- highs near 52-49 lows 34-37. (seasonal averages high 49 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of inland showers this evening while a (30%) chance of coastal showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Partly cloudy Monday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog late at night,
- Patchy AM fog, sunny Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night,
- Mostly sunny Wednesday, then mostly clear at night.
- lows 43-36 highs 54-60.
- Partly cloudy Thursday through Friday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Friday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday and Saturday night, then a (30%) chance of rain Sunday.
- highs 58-54 lows 38-43 cooling to near 40 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 51 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Cloudy with rain and snow showers this evening, a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible, 2 in. of snow possible),
- Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Monday, partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, clear Tuesday night,
- Sunny Wednesday, then mostly clear at night.
- snow level 5,000 ft. tonight, 4,500 ft. Monday, free air freezing level 6,500 ft. Monday night, 10,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday, then 8,000 ft. at night.
- lows 25-35 cooling to 30 Wednesday night highs 39-47.
- Mostly sunny Thursday, partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday, mostly cloudy at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain and snow, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday afternoon and night,
- Then a mix of clouds and sun with a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday.
- free air freezing level 9,000 ft. Thursday through Friday, 8,000 ft. Wednesday night through Friday, 8,000 ft. Friday night, snow level 6,500 ft. Friday night, 5,500 ft. Saturday, then 4,500 ft. Sunday.
- highs 50-38 warming to 40 Sunday lows 33-28.
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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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