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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 closer to the coast late in the weekend and push a frontal system onshore returning the slight chance of rain.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 56 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
Oakridge: The Pollution Index is 27 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: (YELLOW) Burning Cautioned Against.
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:
- Cloudy and colder with areas of fog late tonight,
- Cloudy with areas of AM fog and frost, cloudy with areas of lingering fog Wednesday afternoon, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late at night,
- Areas of AM fog and frost, mostly cloudy Thursday with patchy lingering afternoon and evening fog, areas of fog late at night,
- AM clouds and fog, partly cloudy with lingering fog Friday afternoon, partly cloudy Friday night.
- lows 28-33 highs near 45.
- Mostly cloudy Saturday and Saturday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday, mostly cloudy at night,
- Partly cloudy Monday (Martin Luther, Jr. Day), then mostly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday.
- highs 46-52 lows 37-32. (seasonal averages high 47 low 34).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly clear with patchy fog this evening, areas of fog late tonight,
- Areas of AM fog, partly cloudy with patchy lingering fog Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear with patchy evening fog, areas of fog late at night,
- Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, becoming mostly sunny with patchy lingering fog Thursday afternoon, clear with patchy evening fog, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Thursday night,
- Patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Friday afternoon, then mostly clear with patchy fog late Friday night,
- lows 32-35 highs 47-50.
- Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Saturday, partly cloudy with patchy fog late at night,
- Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Sunday through Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), then partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday.
- highs near 48-50 lows near 37. (seasonal averages high 50 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly clear with patchy fog tonight,
- Patchy AM fog, sunny Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear at night,
- Then sunny Thursday, then clear Thursday night,
- Then partly cloudy Friday and Friday night
- lows 37-42 highs 60-56.
- 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 55-57 cooling to 54 Tuesday lows near 42. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Clear tonight,
- Sunny Wednesday and Thursday, clear at night,
- Mostly sunny Friday, partly cloudy at night.
- free air freezing level 11,000 ft. tonight through Thursday, 12,000 ft. at night, then 11,000 ft. Friday and Friday night.
- lows 30-28 warming to 33 Friday night highs 50-55.
- A mix of clouds Saturday, mostly cloudy at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday, a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
- Partly cloudy Monday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) through Tuesday.
- free air freezing level 8,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, snow level 6,000 ft. Sunday, 6,500 ft. Sunday night, free air freezing level 8,000 ft. Monday, 10,000 ft. at night, then 8,000 ft. Tuesday.
- highs 48-44 lows 34-30.
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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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