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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 move through the Pacific Northwest Friday.
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Advisories:
- A WIND HIGH WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 4 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST, THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST, THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON, AND THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON.
- A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE LOWER COLUMBIA, THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA, THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
- A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 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 7 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 25 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 18 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: (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:
- Patchy fog this evening with visibility 0.25 miles or less, cloudy with rain (0.75 in. of rain possible) tonight and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph late at night),
- Patchy fog with rain, heavy at times, (0.75 in. of rain possible) Wednesday, rain at night (1.00 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday (under 0.10 in, of rain possible), rain, possibly heavy at times Thursday night (0.70 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with rain Friday (Valentine’s Day), then showers at night.
- lows 45-40 highs 52-48.
- Mostly cloudy with rain Saturday, showers Saturday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday and Sunday night,
- Rain likely (70%) Monday (Presidents’ Day) and at night,
- Then showers likely (70%) Tuesday.
- highs 53-48 lows 37-43. (seasonal averages high 51 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly cloudy with rain tonight (0.40 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph),
- Rain (1.25 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph) Wednesday, evening rain, then rain (0.55 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) Wednesday night and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph decreasing to SW 10-15 mph late),
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain Thursday night (0.65 in. of rain possible) and Friday, then showers Friday night.
- lows 47-43 highs 56-60 cooling to 55 Friday.
- Mostly cloudy with rain Friday (Valentine’s Day), showers Friday night,
- Rain Saturday and Saturday evening, showers late at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday and at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday (Presidents’ Day), then rain Monday night and Tuesday.
- highs 57-53 lows 40-43. (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 rain tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible) and very windy (Wind: S 15-25 mph increasing S 30-45 mph at the coast, S 20-30 mph inland),
- Rain (1.25 in. of rain possible) Wednesday and windy (Wind: S 25-35 mph at the shore shifting SW 20-30 mph in the afternoon at the shore, SW 15-25 mph gusts to 50 mph early AM inland), rain in the evening, rain likely (60%) Wednesday night (0.50 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph decreasing to SW 10-15 mph late at night),
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then rain at night (1.10 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: SW 20-30 mph at the shore and S 10-15 mph increasing to SW 20-25 mph inland at night),
- Mostly cloudy with rain Friday (Valentine’s Day), evening showers likely (60%), then showers late at night.
- lows 50-47 highs 55-57 cooling to 53 Friday.
- Rain and breezy Saturday, evening rain, showers late Saturday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday, a good (50%) chance of at night and breezy,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and breezy Monday (Presidents’ Day), then rain and breezy Monday night and Tuesday.
- highs near 54 lows 44-46. (seasonal averages high 53 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow this evening, rain late tonight (1.00 in. of rain possible, 2-4 in. of snow possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 50 mph late at night),
- Rain Wednesday and Wednesday night,
- AM rain and snow, rain and snow showers likely (70%) Thursday afternoon, rain and snow in the evening, rain late Thursday night,
- Mostly cloudy with AM rain, rain and snow Friday afternoon (Valentine’s Day), then rain and snow showers Friday night.
- snow level 5,000 ft. rising to above 8,000 ft. late tonight, 8,000 ft. Wednesday, 7,500 ft. falling to 6,000 ft. Wednesday night, 4,500 ft. Thursday, 5,500 ft. rising to 6,500 ft. Thursday night, 6,500 ft. falling to 5,000 ft. Friday afternoon, then 4,500 ft. Friday night.
- lows 33-30 highs 38-35.
- Rain Saturday, rain and snow showers at night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday, partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow Sunday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) rain and snow Monday (Presidents’ Day), rain and snow likely (70%) at night,
- Then rain and snow showers Tuesday.
- snow level 6,000 ft. Saturday, 5,500 ft. falling to 4,000 ft. at night, 2,500 ft. Sunday, 3,500 ft. at night and Monday, then 4,500 ft. Monday night and Tuesday.
- highs 38-30 warming to 36 Tuesday lows 24-30.
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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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