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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
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Advisories:
- AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY FOR THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
- 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 and probably into early next week. A weak frontal system tries to move in Sunday but falls apart before it can give us any rain.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 28 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at HWY 99, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
Oakridge: The Pollution Index is 37 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, areas of dense fog again late tonight and Friday AM, cloudy with lingering fog Friday afternoon, areas of fog late Friday night,
- Areas of dense fog again Saturday AM, cloudy with areas of fog in the afternoon and Saturday night,
- Then cloudy with areas of fog Sunday and Sunday night.
- lows near 33 night highs 37-44.
- Cloudy with areas of fog Monday (Martin Luther, Jr. Day) continuing through Thursday.
- highs 49-52 lows near 36. (seasonal averages high 47 low 34).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Partly cloudy with patchy fog this evening, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight,
- Areas of AM fog, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Friday afternoon, patchy fog in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Friday night,
- Partly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late at night,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy fog Sunday and Sunday night.
- lows 35-38 highs near 48.
- 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,
- Patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Wednesday, mostly clear with areas of fog at night,
- Then mostly sunny Thursday.
- highs near 45-47 lows near 38. (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 Friday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Friday night,
- Patchy AM inland fog Saturday, mostly cloudy Saturday night,
- Partly cloudy Sunday, mostly cloudy Sunday night.
- lows 39-36 warming to 40 Saturday night cooling to 37 Sunday night highs 59-55.
- Mostly cloudy Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday, mostly clear Tuesday night,
- Partly cloudy Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
- Then mostly sunny Thursday.
- highs near 58 lows near 42. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Clear with patchy frost late tonight,
- Patchy AM frost, sunny Friday, mostly clear at night,
- Mostly sunny Saturday, partly cloudy Saturday night through Sunday evening, then mostly cloudy Sunday night.
- free air freezing level 12,000 ft. tonight through Saturday, then 11,000 ft. Saturday night and Sunday, then 8,000 ft. at night.
- lows 27-34 cooling to 30 Saturday night warming to 34 Sunday night highs 50-45.
- Partly cloudy Monday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) through Tuesday night,
- Then mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday with mostly clear skies Wednesday night.
- free air freezing level 11,000 ft. 7,500 ft. Monday, 9,000 ft. Monday night through Tuesday night, 8,000 ft. Wednesday, then 9,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday.
- highs 47-44 warming to 47 Thursday 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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