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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Inauguration Day – Set On Possibly The Worst Day To Take An Oath.
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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Here is my new weekly weather quiz question. What is a “Halo?” 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 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 has taken over our weather and will continue to do so through the workweek. Low pressure (Shaded “U” shape) will move in over the weekend and push a frontal system onshore returning the chance of rain.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 30 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 42 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: (YELLOW) Burning Cautioned Against.
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:
- Decreasing clouds and colder with areas of fog late tonight,
- Areas of AM fog, partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late at night,
- Cloudy with areas of AM fog and frost, cloudy with areas of lingering fog Wednesday afternoon, mostly cloudy with areas of fog at night,
- Areas of AM fog and frost, mostly cloudy Thursday with patchy afternoon fog, mostly cloudy with patchy evening fog, areas of fog late at night.
- lows 34-27 warming to 30 Thursday night highs near 47.
- AM clouds and fog, mostly sunny Friday afternoon, partly cloudy Friday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Saturday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday, then partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday (Martin Luther, Jr. Day).
- highs 48-52 lows 32-35 cooling to near 30 Sunday night. (seasonal averages high 47 low 34).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly clear with patchy evening fog, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight and Tuesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear with areas of fog late Tuesday night,
- Areas of AM fog, sunny Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear with patchy evening fog, areas of fog late at night,
- Areas of AM fog, mostly sunny Thursday, partly cloudy with patchy fog Thursday night,
- lows near 34 highs 48-52.
- Partly cloudy with patchy fog Friday and Friday night,
- Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday and Saturday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with patchy AM and late night fog and patchy lingering afternoon fog Sunday through Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day).
- highs near 52-45 lows near 36. (seasonal averages high 49 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly clear with areas of fog inland tonight,
- Sunny with areas on inland AM fog Tuesday, mostly clear Tuesday night,
- Sunny Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
- Then sunny Thursday and clear Thursday night.
- lows near 36 highs near 60.
- Partly cloudy Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday and at night,
- Then mostly cloudy Sunday through Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day).
- highs 60-54 warming to 57 Monday lows near 40. (seasonal averages high 51 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Partly cloudy tonight,
- Mostly sunny Tuesday, clear Tuesday night,
- Sunny Wednesday and Thursday, clear at night.
- free air freezing level 8,000 ft. tonight and Tuesday, 10,000 ft. at night, 11,000 ft. Wednesday, then 10,000 ft. Wednesday night through Thursday night.
- lows 28-34 highs 46-52 cooling to 48 Wednesday.
- Mostly sunny Friday, partly cloudy at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday, a (40%) chance of rain or snow at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain or snow Sunday, then partly cloudy at night and Monday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
- free air freezing level 10,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, snow level 6,500 ft. Saturday, 5,000 ft. Saturday night, 4,500 ft. Sunday, free air freezing level 7,000 ft. at night, then 7,500 ft. Monday.
- highs 47-42 warming to 45 Monday lows near 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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