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Advisories:
- AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FRIDAY FOR THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
- AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM SATURDAY 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 52 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 66 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 fog this evening, widespread fog late tonight and Saturday AM, areas of fog in the afternoon and Saturday night,
- Cloudy with areas of fog Sunday through Monday (Martin Luther, Jr. Day) continuing Monday night.
- lows 32-36 cooling to 32 Monday night highs 39-50.
- Cloudy with areas of fog Tuesday through Friday.
- highs 38-40 lows near 33. (seasonal averages high 47 low 34).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday AM, mostly sunny with patchy fog in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, clearing with patchy fog late at night,
- Patchy AM fog, sunny Sunday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Sunday night,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), partly cloudy with patchy fog Monday night.
- lows 34-37 highs 45-49.
- Partly cloudy with patchy fog Tuesday and Tuesday night,
- Sunny with patchy AM fog, partly cloudy with patchy fog Wednesday afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog at night,
- Partly cloudy with patchy fog Thursday, then partly cloudy with patchy fog Thursday night and Friday.
- highs near 43-47 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:
- Clear tonight,
- Sunny Saturday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly clear Saturday night,
- Sunny Sunday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Sunday night,
- Mostly cloudy Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), then partly cloudy Monday night.
- lows 38-42 highs 59-60.
- Partly cloudy Tuesday, mostly clear at night,
- Mostly sunny Wednesday, then partly cloudy at night through Friday,
- highs near 57 lows near 40. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Mostly clear tonight,
- Mostly sunny Saturday, partly cloudy Saturday night through Sunday evening, mostly cloudy Sunday night,
- Partly cloudy Monday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) and Monday night.
- free air freezing level 11,000 ft. tonight, 10,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday, 9,000 ft. Sunday night and Monday, then 10,000 ft. Monday night.
- lows 34-32 warming to 35 Sunday night cooling to 25 Monday night highs 44-48.
- Partly cloudy Tuesday through Friday.
- free air freezing level 10,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday night, 8,000 ft. Thursday, then 7,500 ft. Thursday night and Friday.
- highs near 44 lows near 27.
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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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