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Advisories:
- AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
- AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY FOR 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 rest of the workweek. The ridge is getting stronger and now it looks like it will keep any storms away from us well into next week.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 32 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
Oakridge: The Pollution Index is 40 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 with areas of lingering fog this afternoon, areas of evening fog, cloudy and colder with areas of dense fog late tonight,
- Areas of AM fog and frost, mostly cloudy Thursday with patchy lingering afternoon and evening fog, areas of dense fog late at night,
- AM clouds and areas of dense fog, mostly cloudy with lingering fog Friday afternoon, areas of fog Friday night.
- highs 42-45 lows 28-32.
- Areas of AM fog, cloudy with areas of fog Saturday through Sunday night,
- Cloudy with areas of fog Monday (Martin Luther, Jr. Day) through Tuesday.
- highs 46-52 cooling to 47 Tuesday lows 37-32. (seasonal averages high 47 low 34).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Areas of AM fog, mostly sunny with patchy lingering fog this afternoon, mostly clear with patchy evening fog, areas of fog late tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, becoming mostly sunny Thursday afternoon, clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Thursday night,
- Patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Friday afternoon, then mostly clear with areas of fog late Friday night,
- highs 54-56 cooling to 54 Friday lows 33-35.
- 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 with patchy fog Monday night and Tuesday.
- highs near 48-50 lows 36-38. (seasonal averages high 50 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Patchy AM fog, sunny today and Thursday, mostly clear at night,
- Then sunny Thursday, mostly clear with patchy fog Thursday night,
- Sunny with patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Friday afternoon, colder with patchy fog late Friday night.
- highs 63-59 lows 37-39.
- Patchy AM fog, then mostly cloudy Saturday through Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday.
- 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:
- Sunny today and Thursday, clear at night,
- Mostly sunny Friday, partly cloudy at night.
- free air freezing level 11,000 ft. today through Thursday, 12,000 ft. at night, then 11,000 ft. Friday and Friday night.
- highs 50-57 lows 28-34.
- A mix of clouds Saturday, mostly cloudy Saturday night through Sunday night,
- Partly cloudy Monday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) and Monday night.
- free air freezing level 8,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, 7,000 ft. Sunday, 7,500 ft. Sunday night, 8,000 ft. Monday, 9,000 ft. at night, then 8,000 ft. Tuesday.
- highs 52-44 warming to 47 Tuesday 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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