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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 frontal system will make an attempt to bring a 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 64 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 50 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 patchy fog late tonight and Thursday AM, partly cloudy with possible patchy lingering fog in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy with areas of fog again late at night,
- AM clouds with areas of fog, partly cloudy to mostly sunny Friday afternoon, increasing clouds to mostly cloudy with areas of fog late Friday night,
- Cloudy with areas of AM and late night fog and patchy lingering afternoon and evening fog Saturday and Saturday night.
- lows 32-29 warming to 34 Saturday night highs 45-42.
- Cloudy with areas of AM and late night fog and patchy lingering afternoon and evening fog Sunday and night,
- Mostly cloudy with areas of fog Monday, a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday night,
- A good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday.
- highs 42-55 cooling to 52 Wednesday lows 32-40 cooling to 37 Tuesday night. (seasonal averages high 48 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight,
- Partly cloudy with areas of AM fog, mostly sunny Thursday afternoon, mostly clear with areas of fog late Thursday night,
- SAreas of AM fog, sunny Friday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with areas of fog Friday night,
- Areas of AM fog, mostly sunny with areas of fog Saturday afternoon, mostly clear with areas of fog again Saturday night.
- lows near 34 highs 47-52.
- Areas of AM fog, mostly sunny with areas of fog Sunday afternoon, mostly clear with areas of fog Sunday night,
- Areas of AM fog, partly cloudy Monday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain at night and Tuesday, a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday.
- highs near near 52 lows 34-42 cooling to 39 Tuesday night. (seasonal averages high 50 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly clear tonight,
- Sunny Thursday and Friday, mostly clear Thursday night, mostly clear Friday evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late at night,
- Partly cloudy with patchy AM fog, sunny Saturday afternoon, then mostly clear Saturday night.
- lows 36-40 cooling to 37 Saturday night highs 59-62 cooling back to 59 Saturday.
- Mostly sunny Sunday, mostly clear at night,
- Partly cloudy Monday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday night and Tuesday, a (30%) chance of showers at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday.
- highs 60-55 lows 40-46 cooling to 42 Tuesday night. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Mostly clear and colder tonight,
- Mostly sunny Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with mostly clear skies at night.
- free air freezing level 6,500 ft. tonight, 9,000 ft. Thursday, 11,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday, then 10,000 ft. Friday night through Saturday night.
- lows 23-30 cooling to 27 Saturday night highs 42-46.
- Mostly sunny Sunday and Monday, partly cloudy Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers at night,
- Then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday.
- free air freezing level 10,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, 11,000 ft. Monday, snow level above 8,000 ft. at night and Tuesday, 7,500 ft. Tuesday night, then 6,000 ft. Wednesday.
- highs 44-48 cooling to 45 Wednesday lows near 33.
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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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