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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Look, Up In The Sky It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, No It’s Something Else.
And don’t forget my latest feature story on continuing series on service club organizations
called Most Remember The Fireworks, But What Is An Active 20-30 Club?
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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 UNTIL 10 AM TODAY FOR THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
- A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY.
- A FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY 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 today (Martin Luther, Jr. Day) and tonight 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.
- highs 38-46 lows 32-34 cooling to near 30 Wednesday night.
- 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 areas AM fog today (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), sunny this afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog in the evening, areas of fog late tonight,
- 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.
- highs 48-43 lows 36-39 cooling to 35 Wednesday night.
- 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:
- Sunny today (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), mostly clear tonight,
- 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,
- highs 59-53 lows 40-42 cooling to 37 Wednesday night.
- 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 sunny today (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) and Tuesday, partly cloudy tonight, 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 11,000 ft. today and tonight, 10,000 ft. Tuesday,snow level 6,000 ft. Tuesday night, 4,000 ft. Wednesday, then 3,500 ft. Wednesday night.
- highs 48-39 lows 30-32 cooling to 26 Wednesday night.
- 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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