________________
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?
_______________
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.
________________
A high pressure ridge still controls our weather and will continue to do so through the rest of the weekend. A frontal system will slide in to bring a chance of rain early next week. Another frontal system could be headed our way by late next week.
______________
Advisories: None at this time.
________________
Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 90 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 80 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at Willamette Activity Center, Oakridge. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
___
Home Wood Heating Advisory:
Eugene/Springfield: (YELLOW) Burning Cautioned Against.
Oakridge: (Red) Burning Prohibited.
The use of Pellet stoves is always allowed.
________________
Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:
- Patchy freezing fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog in the evening, areas of dense fog late tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog Monday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain late at night,
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, a (40%) chance of evening rain, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain at night.
- highs 48-44 warming to 48 Tuesday lows 33-43.
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Wednesday, a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
- A (30%) chance of Thursday and Thursday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Friday and Friday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Saturday.
- highs 53-45 lows near 34. (seasonal averages high 48 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Areas of AM fog, sunny with some patchy fog this afternoon, mostly clear with areas of fog late tonight,
- Partly cloudy with areas of AM fog, mostly cloudy Monday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain at night,
- Cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday, and mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain at night.
- highs 59-56 lows 37-46.
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Wednesday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
- A slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday, a (30%) chance of showers at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) of rain and snow Friday and Friday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Saturday.
- highs 53-46 lows 40-34. (seasonal averages high 50 low 37)
_________________
Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Sunny today, mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight,
- Partly cloudy Monday AM at the shore with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon rain while partly cloudy in the AM and mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain inland Monday afternoon, cloudy with a (40%) chance of evening rain, rain likely (60%) late Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday night.
- highs 56-58 lows 42-49.
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Wednesday, a (40%) chance of rain and colder Wednesday night,
- Cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday night and Friday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday.
- highs 54-47 lows 42-37 warming to 40 Friday night. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
________________
Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Mostly sunny today, mostly clear tonight,
- Partly cloudy Monday, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and snow at night,
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, a (40%) chance of evening rain, then rain likely (60%) late Tuesday night.
- free air freezing level 10,000 ft. today and tonight, 9,000 ft. Monday, snow level 5,500 ft. Monday night, 8,000 ft. falling to 6,500 ft. Tuesday afternoon, then 7,500 ft. Tuesday night.
- highs 47-42 lows 30-28 warming to 33 Tuesday night.
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Wednesday, a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Thursday through Friday, a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of snow Saturday.
- snow level 7,000 ft. Wednesday, 4,500 ft. Wednesday night, 4,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday, 3,500 ft. Friday night, then at the surface Saturday.
- highs 43-34 warming to 38 Saturday lows 29-24.
________________
**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.
________________
Get your local Eugene-Springfield and Lane County news on-line at Eugene Daily News.com.
________________