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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:
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 43 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Springfield City Hall. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
Oakridge: The Pollution Index is 30 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
- Clear this evening, partly cloudy with areas of fog again late tonight,
- AM fog, sunny Friday, mostly clear in the evening, 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 through Sunday night.
- lows 33-35 highs 52-40.
- Mostly cloudy with areas of fog Monday, a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday night,
- A (40%) chance of rain Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday night through Wednesday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday.
- highs 40-55 cooling to 52 Thursday lows 40 cooling to 36 Wednesday night. (seasonal averages high 48 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Clear with patchy fog late tonight,
- Patchy AM fog, sunny Friday, clear with areas of fog late Friday night,
- Areas of AM fog, sunny with patchy lingering afternoon fog, mostly clear with areas of fog again late at night Saturday through Sunday night,
- lows 32-35 highs 54-50.
- Areas of AM fog, mostly cloudy Monday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain at night,
- A (30%) chance of rain Tuesday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday, partly cloudy at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday.
- highs 49-55 cooling to 52 Thursday lows 40-36. (seasonal averages high 50 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Clear tonight, sunny Friday, Saturday, and Sunday clear skies at night except mostly clear in the evening then partly cloudy Sunday night.
- lows 40-37 warming to 42 Monday highs 66-58.
- Mostly cloudy Monday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday night and Tuesday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday, mostly cloudy Wednesday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday.
- highs 55-58 cooling to 55 Thursday lows 46-42. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Clear and breezy (Wind: E 15-25 gusts to 45 mph) tonight,
- Sunny Friday, clear at night,
- Mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear Saturday night and partly cloudy Sunday night.
- free air freezing level 11,000 ft. tonight and Friday, then 10,000 ft. Friday night through Sunday night.
- lows 28-32 cooling to 27 Saturday night warming to 32 Sunday night highs 42-46 cooling to 43 Sunday.
- Partly cloudy Monday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Tuesday, a (40%) chance of rain at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday and Wednesday night,
- Then a mix of clouds and sun with a (30%) chance of rain and snow Thursday.
- free air freezing level 10,000 ft. Monday, snow level above 8,000 ft. at night and Tuesday, 7,500 ft. Tuesday night, 6,500 ft. Wednesday, 6,000 ft. at night, then 4,500 ft. Thursday.
- highs 44-48 cooling to 42 Thursday 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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