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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 helped 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 WIND HIGH WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST, THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST, THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON, AND THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON.
- A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TODAY FOR THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY.
- A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 4 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE CURRY COUNTY COAST.
- A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM UNTIL 4 PM WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 44 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 52 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: (Green) Burning Allowed.
Oakridge: (Green) Burning Allowed.
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 rain likely (70%) today (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph late at night) tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible),
- Rain (0.75 in. of rain possible) Wednesday, then showers likely (70%) at night (0.25 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM showers, rain likely (70%) in the afternoon, then rain Thursday night.
- highs 50-53 cooling back to 50 Thursday lows near 45.
- Mostly cloudy with rain Friday, rain likely (70%) at night,
- Rain Saturday and Saturday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday and Sunday night,
- Then rain likely (70%) Monday (Presidents’ Day).
- highs 50-48 lows near 40. (seasonal averages high 51 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of showers this AM, a slight (20%) chance of rain in the afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible, 0.55 in. of rain possible Wednesday, 0.30 in. of rain possible Wednesday night) through Wednesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain Thursday and Thursday night.
- highs 56-58 lows near 48.
- Mostly cloudy with rain Friday, rain likely (70%) Friday night,
- Rain likely (70%) Saturday, rain Saturday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday, a (40%) chance of rain at night,
- Then rain likely (60%) and breezy Monday (Presidents’ Day).
- highs 56-59 cooling to 55 Monday lows 46-40. (seasonal averages high 53 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog with a (30%) chance of showers, a (30%) chance of rain this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain tonight (0.65 in. of rain possible) and very windy (Wind: S 15-25 mph increasing S 30-35 mph late at the coast, S 20-30 mph inland),
- Rain (0.65 in. of rain possible) Wednesday and windy (Wind: S 25-35 mph at the shore shifting SW 10-15 mph in the afternoon at the shore, SW 15-25 mph inland), rain Wednesday night (0.35 in. of rain possible) and Thursday, then rain and breezy at night.
- highs 55-57 lows near 50.
- Mostly cloudy with rain Friday and at night,
- Rain Saturday and Saturday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday, a good (50%) chance of rain at night,
- Then rain likely (70%) and breezy Monday (Presidents’ Day).
- highs 53-55 lows 48-45. (seasonal averages high 53 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County
- Rain and snow likely (70%) today (0.10 in. of rain possible, 2 in. of snow possible), rain and snow (0.75 in. of rain possible, 5-9 in. of snow possible) tonight and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph late at night),
- Rain and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph decreasing to SW 10-15 mph in the afternoon) Wednesday with showers at night,
- AM rain and snow showers, rain and snow Thursday afternoon, then rain Thursday night.
- snow level 4,500 ft. today, 5,000 ft. tonight, 8,000 ft. Wednesday, 7,000 ft. Wednesday night, 5,500 ft. Thursday, then 6,500 ft. Thursday night.
- highs 36-38 lows near 34.
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Friday and Friday night,
- Rain Saturday, rain and snow at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Sunday and Sunday night,
- Then rain and snow likely (70%) Monday (Presidents’ Day).
- snow level 5,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, 6,000 ft. Saturday, 5,000 ft. at night, 3,000 ft. Sunday, 4,500 ft. at night, then 4,000 ft. Monday.
- highs 36-39 cooling to 34 Monday lows 30-28.
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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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