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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.
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Sorry no winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is a “Halo?” Here is the correct answer. A Halo is any of a variety of bright circles or arcs centered on the sun or moon, caused by the refraction or reflection of light by ice crystals suspended in the earth’s atmosphere and exhibiting prismatic coloration ranging from red inside to blue outside. Please remember to post your answer as a comment by clicking on “no comments /comments” in the upper right hand portion of this page under the caption, then add your comment. The first person to post the correct answer will win a week of free personalized weather forecasts tailored to your needs. The answer has to be a comment to win. An email answer will not count. Good luck.
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Advisories:
- A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
- AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FRIDAY FOR THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
- A FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY FOR EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
- 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 next week. A weak frontal system tried to move in, but fell apart before it could give us any rain.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 55 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 83 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 tonight and Sunday AM with visibility 1/4 mile or less,
- cloudy with areas of fog Sunday and Sunday night with visibility 1/4 mile or less again late at night,
- Cloudy with areas of fog Monday (Martin Luther, Jr. Day) through Tuesday night.
- lows near 33 highs near 39.
- Cloudy with areas of fog Wednesday through Saturday.
- highs near 39 lows near 33. (seasonal averages high 47 low 34).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, partly cloudy with patchy lingering afternoon fog, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late Sunday night,
- Mostly cloudy with areas AM fog Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, sunny Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy late at night.
- lows 35-38 highs 48-43.
- Mostly cloudy Wednesday and in the evening, partly cloudy at night,
- Patchy A
- Patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Thursday, partly cloudy with areas of fog Thursday night through Friday night,
- Partly cloudy Saturday AM, then sunny with areas of fog Saturday afternoon.
- highs near 56-41 warming to 56 Saturday 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:
- Partly cloudy with patchy coastal fog tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM coastal fog, Sunday, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy evening, partly cloudy late Sunday night,
- Partly cloudy Monday AM (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear at night,
- Sunny Tuesday, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy at night.
- lows 37-42 highs 59-53.
- Mostly sunny Wednesday, partly cloudy at night and Thursday, partly cloudy at night through Friday AM, then sunny Saturday.
- highs 58-56 warming to 59 Saturday lows 42-40. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Mostly clear tonight,
- Partly cloudy Sunday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Sunday night,
- Mostly sunny Monday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) and Tuesday, partly cloudy both nights.
- free air freezing level 11,000 ft. tonight and Sunday, 10,000 ft. Sunday, 11,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, 10,000 ft. Tuesday, then 9,000 ft. Tuesday night.
- lows 30-32 cooling to 26 Tuesday night highs 47-44.
- Partly cloudy Wednesday through Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
- Mostly sunny Friday and Saturday, partly cloudy Friday night.
- free air freezing level 8,000 ft. Wednesday, 6,500 ft. at night, 8,000 ft. Thursday, 8,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday, then 11,000 ft. Friday night and Saturday.
- highs near 44 lows near 28.
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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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