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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:
- AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FRIDAY FOR THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
- A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM MONDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY.
- A FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7PM TONIGHT 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 still controls our weather and will continue to do so through most of next week. A weak frontal system will give us a slight chance of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday then it’s back to clouds and fog.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 47 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 48 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 fog tonight with visibility 1/4 mile or less again late at night,
- Cloudy with areas of fog Monday (Martin Luther, Jr. Day) and Monday night with visibility 1/4 mile or less,
- Cloudy with areas of fog Tuesday, patchy fog with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Tuesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of rain, then cloudy with areas of fog late Wednesday night.
- lows 32-34 cooling to near 30 Wednesday night highs 38-46.
- Areas of AM fog and late night fog while cloudy with patchy fog afternoon fog Thursday through Sunday.
- highs near 39 lows 40-33. (seasonal averages high 48 low 34).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Partly cloudy with patchy fog this evening, areas of fog late tonight,
- Partly cloudy with areas AM fog Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog in the evening, areas of fog late Monday night,
- Sunny with areas of AM fog, partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night,
- Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late at night.
- lows 34-38 cooling to 35 Wednesday night highs 48-43.
- Patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Thursday, partly cloudy with areas of fog Thursday night through Friday night,
- Areas of AM and late night fog, mostly sunny with areas of afternoon fog Saturday through Sunday.
- highs near 49-40 warming to 53 Sunday lows near 35. (seasonal averages high 50 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Partly cloudy tonight,
- Sunny Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), mostly clear at night,
- Sunny Tuesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, then partly cloudy at night,
- lows 38-42 cooling to 37 Wednesday night highs 59-53.
- Partly cloudy Friday and Friday night,
- Mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear at night,
- Then sunny Sunday.
- highs 58-56 warming to cooling to 60 Saturday cooling to 56 Sunday lows 39-35 warming to 38 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Mostly clear tonight,
- Mostly sunny Monday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) and Tuesday, partly cloudy Monday night, partly cloudy Tuesday evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Tuesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Wednesday, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of snow showers at night.
- free air freezing level 10,000 ft. tonight, 11,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, 10,000 ft. Tuesday, snow level 6,000 ft. Tuesday night, 4,000 ft. Wednesday, then 3,500 ft. Wednesday night.
- lows 24-32 cooling to 26 Wednesday night highs 48-39.
- Partly cloudy Thursday and Thursday night,
- Mostly sunny Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with partly cloudy nights.
- free air freezing level 7,000 ft. Thursday, 6,500 ft. Thursday night, 8,000 ft. Friday, 7,500 ft. Friday night, then 8,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday.
- highs 42-46 lows 25-30.
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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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