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Advisories:
- A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM TODAY FOR THE ENTIRE I-5 CORRIDOR FROM PORTLAND SOUTH THROUGH EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD.
- A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM TODAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
- 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 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 31 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 55 in the Moderate 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 dense fog again this AM, cloudy with patchy lingering fog this afternoon and evening, areas of dense fog late tonight,
- 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.
- highs 37-44 lows 32-36.
- 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:
- Areas of AM fog, mostly cloudy with patchy fog this afternoon, patchy fog this evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight,
- 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.
- highs 49-47 lows 34-38.
- 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 44-47 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:
- Patchy AM fog, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight,
- Patchy AM inland fog Saturday, mostly cloudy Saturday night,
- Partly cloudy Sunday, mostly cloudy Sunday night.
- highs 59-55 lows 36-40 cooling to 37 Sunday night.
- 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:
- Patchy AM frost, sunny today, mostly clear tonight,
- Mostly sunny Saturday, partly cloudy Saturday night through Sunday evening, then mostly cloudy Sunday night.
- free air freezing level 12,000 ft. today through Saturday, 11,000 ft. Saturday night and Sunday, then 8,000 ft. at night.
- highs 50-45 lows 34-30 warming to 34 Sunday night.
- 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 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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