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The Jet Stream airflow (Shaded area with blue arrows) moving from southwest to northeast is called the “Pineapple Express” because it is warm moist air coming from Hawaii. A frontal system has spread warmer air our way increasing our temperatures and slowly melting away the ice and snow. Another frontal system (position shown is Thursday) )will approach the Pacific Northwest Wednesday.
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Advisories:
- A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA.
- A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FOR THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, THE CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, AND THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 54 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 22 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:
- Mostly cloudy with patchy fog, rain becoming likely (60%) and warmer today (0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain this evening, rain likely (70%) late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain, rain likely (70%) Tuesday afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to SW 15-25 mph late at night) Tuesday night,
- Rain and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph shifting SW 10-15 mph in the afternoon)Wednesday, then rain likely (70%) Wednesday night.
- highs 46-50 lows 43-45.
- Rain likely (70%) Thursday, rain at night,
- Then rain likely (70%) Friday through Sunday.
- highs near 50 lows 44-40 warming to 43 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 50 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, a (40%) chance of AM rain, showers likely (70%) this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- A good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then rain Tuesday night (0.25 in. of rain possible, 0.50 in. of rain possible Wednesday) through Wednesday night.
- highs near 56 lows 42-47.
- Mostly cloudy with rain Thursday through Friday, showers likely (70%) Friday night,
- Rain Saturday and Saturday night,
- Then showers likely (70%) Sunday.
- highs 59-54 lows 46-40. (seasonal averages high 52 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Cloudy with areas of fog and coastal rain likely (70%) this AM while a good (50%) chance of inland AM rain with showers likely (70%) this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of showers tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with AM coastal showers likely (70%) and showers Tuesday afternoon while a good (50%) chance of AM inland showers and showers likely (70%) in the afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), then rain Tuesday night (0.45 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph), rain Wednesday and windy (Wind: S 25-35 mph at the shore AM, SW 10-15 mph in the afternoon, S 20-25 mph AM inland), then rain Wednesday night (0.70 in. of rain possible).
- highs near 55 lows 45-50.
- Mostly cloudy with rain Thursday, rain and breezy Thursday night,
- Rain Friday, showers likely (70%) at night,
- Rain and breezy Saturday and Saturday night,
- Then showers likely (60%) Sunday.
- highs near 55 lows 49-46. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM rain and snow, rain and snow likely (70%) this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible, 1 in, of snow possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible) ,
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Tuesday (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain and snow at night and breezy (Wind: SW 10-15 mph increasing to SW 15-25 mph late at night),
- Then rain and breezy Wednesday and rain Wednesday night.
- snow level 4,500 ft. today, 5,000 ft. tonight, 4,500 ft. Tuesday, 5,000 ft. Tuesday night, 7,000 ft. Wednesday, then 6,000 ft. Wednesday night.
- highs 36-38 lows 30-35 cooling to 33 Wednesday night.
- Rain and snow Thursday, rain Thursday night,
- Cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) Friday, rain and snow at night,
- Then rain and snow likely (70%) Saturday through Sunday.
- snow level 5,500 ft. Thursday, 6,500 ft. Thursday night, 5,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, 5,500 ft. Saturday, 5,000 ft. at night, then 4,000 ft. Sunday.
- highs 38-36 warming to 40 Saturday cooling to 34 Sunday lows near 30.
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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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