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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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Sorry, no winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is a “Wasatch wind?” Here is the correct answer. A Wasatch Wind is a strong easterly wind blowing out of the mouths of the canyons of the Wasatch Mountains onto the plains of Utah. Also called canyon wind. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you starting Monday. 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. Another frontal system could be headed our way by late next week.
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Advisories: A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM TODAY FOR THE PORTLAND METRO AREA.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 60 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 56in 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: (Red) Burning Prohibited.
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 sunny this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon and evening, becoming mostly cloudy late tonight with areas of dense fog late tonight,
- AM clouds with areas of dense fog, mostly sunny with patchy lingering fog Sunday afternoon, becoming cloudy with patchy evening fog, areas of fog late Sunday night.
- Mostly cloudy with areas of fog and a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday afternoon, then cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Monday night.
- highs 49-43 lows 35-32 warming to 40 Monday night.
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of rain at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday and Thursday night,
- Then a mix of clouds and sun with a (40%) chance of rain Friday.
- highs 55-49 lows near 38. (seasonal averages high 48 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Areas of AM fog, sunny this afternoon fog, partly cloudy this evening, mostly clear with areas of fog again late tonight,
- Areas of AM fog, sunny Sunday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with areas of fog late Sunday night,
- Partly cloudy with areas of AM fog, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night.
- highs 54-52 lows 35-44.
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday, a (40%) chance of rain at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday through Friday.
- highs 60-55 warming to 59 Thursday cooling to 52 Friday lows 40-38. (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 Sunday, partly cloudy this evening and mostly clear late tonight, mostly clear in the evening and partly cloudy late Sunday night,
- Partly cloudy Monday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Monday night.
- highs 58-55 lows 40-47.
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
- Cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday and Friday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday night.
- highs 58-55 warming to 58 Thursday cooling to 54 Friday lows near 42. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Mostly sunny today and Sunday, mostly clear tonight and partly cloudy Sunday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers at night.
- free air freezing level 10,000 ft. today through Sunday night, snow level 6,500 ft. Monday, then 7,000 ft. Monday night.
- highs 48-45 warming to 48 Monday lows 28-34.
- 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, a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Thursday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow at night,
- Then a mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Friday.
- snow level above 7,500 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night, 6,500 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, then 4,500 ft. Thursday through Friday.
- highs 48-40 lows near 32.
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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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