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Advisories:
- A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
- AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY FOR THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
- A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS, AND THE KLAMATH BASIN.
- AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY 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. There may be a slight chance of a coastal shower between Saturday and Sunday as a weak frontal system moves in.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 45 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 33 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 evening fog, colder with areas of dense fog late tonight,
- Areas of dense AM fog, cloudy Thursday with patchy lingering afternoon and evening fog, areas of dense fog again late at night,
- AM clouds and areas of dense fog, mostly cloudy with lingering fog Friday afternoon, areas of fog late Friday night through Saturday night.
- lows 32-28 warming to 33 Saturday night highs 42-45.
- Cloudy with areas of fog Sunday through Monday (Martin Luther, Jr. Day) continuing through Wednesday.
- highs 49-52 lows near 36. (seasonal averages high 47 low 34).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly clear with patchy late evening fog, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight,
- Partly cloudy with areas of AM fog, becoming mostly sunny Thursday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late Thursday night,
- Areas of AM fog, mostly cloudy Friday afternoon, becoming mostly clear with patchy fog late Friday night,
- Patchy AM and late fog, partly cloudy with lingering fog Saturday.
- lows 33-36 highs 52-49.
- Patchy AM and late night fog, partly cloudy Sunday, mostly cloudy at night,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy fog Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), partly cloudy with patchy fog Monday night and Tuesday, mostly clear with patchy fog at night,
- Then patchy AM fog with partly cloudy skies Wednesday.
- highs near 49-53 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 late tonight,
- Patchy AM fog, sunny Thursday afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog Thursday night,
- Sunny with patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Friday afternoon, colder with patchy coastal fog late Friday night,
- Patchy AM fog, then mostly cloudy Saturday and Saturday night.
- lows 35-38 highs 59-55.
- Partly cloudy Sunday, mostly cloudy Sunday night and Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday, mostly clear Tuesday night, then partly cloudy Wednesday.
- highs 55-58 cooling to 55 Tuesday warming to 58 Wednesday lows near 42. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Clear tonight,
- Sunny Thursday and Friday, clear at night,
- Mostly sunny Saturday, partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy Saturday night.
- free air freezing level 11,000 ft. tonight and Thursday, 12,000 ft. at night, 11,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, then 9,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night.
- lows 28-34 cooling to near 30 Saturday night highs 56-50.
- Mostly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night,
- Partly cloudy Monday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) through Tuesday night.
- free air freezing level 8,000 ft. Sunday through Monday, 9,000 ft. Monday night and Tuesday, then 8,000 ft. Tuesday night and Wednesday.
- highs 47-44 lows near 32.
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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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