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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 into the weekend. 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 10 PM TONIGHT FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 51 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 40 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
- AM fog, sunny today, mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight,
- Cloudy with areas of AM and late night fog and patchy lingering afternoon and evening fog Saturday through Sunday night.
- highs 52-40 lows near 34.
- 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:
- Patchy AM fog, sunny today, mostly clear with areas of fog late tonight,
- Areas of AM fog, partly cloudy with patchy lingering afternoon fog, mostly clear with areas of fog again late at night Saturday through Sunday night,
- highs 56-50 lows near 34.
- Areas of AM fog, mostly cloudy Monday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) 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:
- Sunny today, mostly clear tonight, partly cloudy Saturday, mostly clear at night,
- Sunny Sunday, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy late Sunday night.
- highs 66-58 lows 38-42.
- Partly cloudy Monday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, 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:
- Sunny today, clear tonight,
- Mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear Saturday night and partly cloudy Sunday night.
- free air freezing level 11,000 ft. today, then 10,000 ft. tonight through Sunday night.
- highs 42-46 cooling to 43 Sunday lows 32-27 warming to 32 Sunday night.
- Partly cloudy Monday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain 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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