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A high pressure ridge still controls our weather, but the upper airflow is now swinging more from the coast adding moisture to the air and producing some much needed rain. A frontal system slid in bringing the rain to us. A warm front (red line) moved in next increasing temperatures and the rain chances. We’re cooling down because the cold front has pushed well into the Pacific Northwest.
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Advisories:
A WINTER WEATHER IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TODAY UNTIL 10 AM THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES, NOT INCLUDING THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 18 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 60 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:
- Cloudy with scattered showers this afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible) and falling temperatures, showers likely (70%) tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of showers Thursday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and Friday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
- highs 54-45 lows 38-30.
- Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
- partly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun Monday, partly cloudy at night,
- Then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday.
- highs near 44 lows near 30. (seasonal averages high 49 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Cloudy with rain this AM, showers this afternoon (0.20 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with evening showers likely (60%) with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms, a good (50%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Thursday AM, a (40%) chance of afternoon showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, snow level 3,500 ft. falling to 3,000 ft. in the afternoon), a (30%) chance of evening showers, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers late Thursday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, snow level 2,500 ft.),
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday night.
- highs 56-48 lows near 48.
- Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
- A slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday, just partly cloudy at night,
- Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog and freezing fog Monday, partly cloudy in the afternoon and Monday night,
- Then partly cloudy with a (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday.
- highs near 48 lows near 33. (seasonal averages high 51 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly cloudy with rain this AM, showers this afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms tonight (0.15 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Thursday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then a (40%) chance of showers Thursday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Friday, then a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night.
- highs 53-48 lows 44-37.
- Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday through Sunday, partly cloudy Sunday night,
- Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, partly cloudy Monday afternoon and Monday night,
- Then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday.
- highs 50-52 lows near 37. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Cloudy with rain and snow showers this afternoon (0.75 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph), cloudy with evening rain and snow showers, rain and snow showers and colder tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible, 3-6 in. of snow possible),
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (70%) Thursday AM, a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible, 2 in. of snow possible), a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday night,
- Snow showers likely (60%)Friday, a (40%) chance of evening snow showers,then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of snow showers Friday night.
- snow level 7,500 ft. falling to 4,500 ft. this afternoon, 4,000 ft. tonight, 3,500 ft. Thursday, 3,000 ft. Thursday night, then 2,500 ft. Friday and Friday night.
- highs 40-33 lows 29-20.
- Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of snow showers Saturday and Saturday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of snow showers Sunday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) of snow showers Sunday night through Tuesday.
- snow level at the surface Saturday, 2,500 ft. at night, at the surface Sunday, 2,500 ft. Sunday night, then at the surface Monday through Tuesday.
- highs near 35 lows near 20.
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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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