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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: None at this time.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 51 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at Springfield City Hall. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
Oakridge: The Pollution Index is 47 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 this AM, becoming mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy with areas of fog again late tonight,
- AM clouds with areas of fog, 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.
- highs 45-42 lows 29-34.
- 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:
- Partly cloudy with areas of AM fog, mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear with areas of fog late tonight,
- Areas 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.
- highs 47-52 lows near 34.
- 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 52 lows 34-42 cooling to 38 Tuesday night. (seasonal averages high 50 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Sunny today and Friday, mostly clear tonight, 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.
- highs 59-62 cooling back to 58 Saturday lows 40-37.
- 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 sunny today, Friday, and Saturday with mostly clear skies at night.
- free air freezing level 9,000 ft. today, 11,000 ft. tonight and Friday, then 10,000 ft. Friday night through Saturday night.
- highs 42-46 lows 26-30 cooling to 27 Saturday night.
- Mostly sunny Sunday and Monday, partly cloudy Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) 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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