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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, but the upper airflow will be swinging more from the coast adding moisture to the air and producing some much needed rain. A disturbance will slide in to bring the chance of rain to us by Monday evening. Another frontal system could be headed our way by late next week.
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Advisories: None at this time.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 77 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at HWY 99, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
Oakridge: The Pollution Index is 57 in 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: (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:
- Mostly clear this evening, patchy fog and freezing fog late tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM freezing fog Monday, partly cloudy in the afternoon, cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain in the evening, rain likely (70%) late Monday night (0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday (0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of evening rain, rain (0.20 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) late at night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Wednesday, cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday night.
- lows 33-43 cooling to 34 Wednesday night highs 48-52.
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday and Thursday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Friday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a (30%) chance of showers Saturday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
- Then a mix of clouds and sun with a (30%) chance of showers Sunday.
- highs 48-45 lows near 33. (seasonal averages high 48 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly clear with patchy fog late tonight,
- Partly cloudy with patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday afternoon, rain likely (60%) at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with AM rain likely (60%),
a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain likely (70%) at night (0.15 in. of rain possible), - Mostly cloudy with AM rain, afternoon rain likely (70%) Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday night.
- lows 37-46 cooling to 40 Wednesday night highs 57-52.
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday a (30%) chance of rain Thursday night and Friday, a (30%) chance of rain and snow Friday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday night and Sunday.
- highs 52-46 lows near 35. (seasonal averages high 51 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy fog Monday AM, a slight (20%) chance of afternoon rain, coastal evening rain with rain likely (60%) late while rain likely (70%) inland Monday night (0.15 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with coastal rain likely (70%), AM rain likely (70%) inland Tuesday (0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon (0.30 in. of rain possible), rain likely (70%) Tuesday night and Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers at night.
- lows 42-48 cooling to back to 42 Wednesday night highs 57-53.
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Thursday through Friday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Saturday through Sunday.
- highs 52-50 lows near 40. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Clear tonight,
- Partly cloudy Monday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, becoming cloudy with a (30%) chance of evening rain, rain likely (70%) late Monday night (0.10 in. of rain possible) ,
- Cloudy with AM rain likely (60%), a chance of rain Tuesday afternoon, rain likely (70%) Tuesday night and Wednesday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers at night.
- free air freezing level 10,000 ft. tonight, 9,000 ft. Monday, snow level 6,000 ft. Monday night, 7,500 ft. Tuesday, 8,000 ft. Tuesday night, 6,500 ft. Wednesday, then 5,000 ft. at night.
- lows 29-33 cooling to 28 Wednesday night highs 49-40.
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers at night,
- A good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers at night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a (40%) chance of snow showers Saturday, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of snow showers at night,
- Then a mix of clouds and sun with a (30%) chance of snow showers Sunday.
- snow level 4,500 ft. Thursday, 4,000 ft. at night, 3,500 ft. Friday, 3,000 ft. Friday night, then at the surface Saturday through Sunday.
- highs 38-34 warming to back to 38 Sunday lows 29-22.
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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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