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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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Here is my new weekly weather quiz question. What is a “Wasatch wind?” 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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A high pressure ridge still controls our weather and will continue to do so through the rest of this week. A weak cold front falls apart as it tries and fails to get past the coast, so it’s back to clouds and fog as the ridge strengthens again. A frontal system will make an attempt to bring a slight chance of rain early next week.
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Advisories:
- AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM THURSDAY 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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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 56 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at HWY 99, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
Oakridge: The Pollution Index is 90 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
- Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, mostly cloudy with patchy lingering fog this afternoon, cloudy with areas of fog late tonight and Thursday AM, partly cloudy with lingering fog in the afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog in the evening, areas of fog again late at night,
- Cloudy with areas of AM fog, partly cloudy with patchy afternoon and evening fog, then cloudy with areas of fog late Friday night.
- highs 43-46 cooling back to 43 Friday lows 32-26 warming to 32 Friday night.
- Cloudy with areas of AM and late night fog and patchy lingering afternoon and evening fog Saturday through Sunday night,
- Mostly cloudy Monday, a (30%) chance of rain Monday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday.
- highs 42-40 warming to 46 Tuesday lows 32-37. (seasonal averages high 48 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, partly cloudy this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late Wednesday night,
- Partly cloudy with areas of AM fog, partly cloudy Thursday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with areas of fog late Thursday night,
- Mostly sunny Friday, then mostly clear Friday night.
- highs near 48 lows 34-36.
- Mostly sunny with areas of AM fog, areas of afternoon and nighttime fog Saturday through Sunday night,
- Areas of AM fog, partly cloudy Monday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday.
- highs near 49-52 cooling to 49 Tuesday lows 35-43. (seasonal averages high 50 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM coastal rain, mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight,
- Sunny Thursday, mostly clear at night,
- Mostly sunny Friday, then mostly clear at night.
- highs 56-60 lows 36-40.
- Mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear at night,
- Partly cloudy Monday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday night and Tuesday.
- highs 60-55 lows 38-45. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Partly cloudy today, mostly clear and colder tonight,
- Mostly sunny Thursday and Friday with mostly clear skies at night,
- free air freezing level 7,500 ft. today, 12,000 ft. tonight, 11,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, 12,000 ft. Friday, then 11,000 ft. at night.
- highs near 42 lows 24-29.
- Mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday with mostly clear nights,
- Partly cloudy Monday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Tuesday.
- free air freezing level 10,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday, 11,000 ft. at night and Monday, snow level above 8,000 ft. at night, and 5,500 ft. Tuesday.
- highs near 45 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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