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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column The Anatomy Of A Snowstorm.
And don’t forget my latest feature story on continuing series on service club organizations
called Why Call It Rotary?
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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 moved through spreading warmer air our way increasing our temperatures that melted away the ice and snow. With a short break late today and tonight then another frontal system will move into the Pacific Northwest Saturday bringing more rain followed by more frontal systems next week.
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Advisories:
- A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MARYS RIVER NEAR PHILOMATH IN BENTON COUNTY FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
- A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF WESTERN OREGON.
- A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
- A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
- A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST, THE CURRY COUNTY COAST, CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, JACKSON COUNTY, THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES, THE SOUTH OREGON CASCADES, AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS.
- A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST, THE CURRY COUNTY COAST, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY.
- A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES, THE SOUTH OREGON CASCADES, AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS.
- A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT 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 10 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 36 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:
- Mostly cloudy with rain, heavy at times, this AM, rain this afternoon (Valentine’s Day) and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph), evening showers likely (70%), rain late tonight (1.00 in. of rain possible).
- Rain, heavy at times, Saturday (0.80 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: SE 5-10 mph shifting SE 15-25 mph in the afternoon), showers Saturday night (0.40 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: S 20-30 mph shifting SW 15-20 mph late at night),
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers and breezy Sunday (0.10 in of rain possible), then rain and breezy Sunday night.
- highs 54-48 lows 42-36 warming to 43 Sunday night.
- Cloudy with rain Monday (Presidents’ Day) and rain at night,
- Rain Tuesday through Wednesday night,
- Then rain and snow showers likely (60%) Thursday (snow level 1,500 ft.).
- highs 50-42 lows 42-35. (seasonal averages high 51 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Rain (0.95 in. of rain possible) and breezy (SW 15-25 mph) today (Valentine’s Day), rain tonight (0.45 in. of rain possible),
- Rain (0.70 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: SE 10-15 mph increasing to S 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph in the afternoon) Saturday, evening rain, showers likely (70%) late Saturday night (0.30 in. of rain possible, snow level 3,000 ft. late at night) and windy (Wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph decreasing to SW 15-20 mph late at night),
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain and snow showers, a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, snow level 2,500 ft. rising to 3,000 ft. in the afternoon), a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, then rain and breezy late at night.
- highs 52-57 cooling to 54 Sunday lows 44-38 warming to near 42 Sunday night.
- Mostly cloudy with rain Monday (Presidents’ Day) and Monday night,
- Rain Tuesday, then rain and snow Tuesday night through Thursday.
- highs 54-44 lows 42-35. (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 (1.00 in. of rain possible) today (Valentine’s Day) and windy (Wind: SW 20-30 mph decreasing to SW 10-20 mph late AM and in the afternoon), coastal evening rain likely (70%) and rain late tonight at the shore while rain inland (0.35 in. of rain possible),
- Rain Saturday (1.20 in. of rain possible) and very windy (Wind: S 10-20 mph increasing S 30-45 mph late morning and afternoon at the shore while S 10-15 mph increasing to 25-35 mph inland late AM and afternoon), evening coastal rain and showers late at night while rain inland rain late Saturday night (0.35 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: SW 25-35 mph gusts to 50 mph decreasing to SW 20-25 mph late at night),
- Mostly cloudy with AM showers likely (60%), a slight (20%) chance of afternoon showers Sunday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 10-15 mph increasing to S 20-25 mph in the afternoon), then rain at night and windy.
- highs near 54 lows 48-43 warming to 47 Sunday night.
- Mostly cloudy with rain Monday (Presidents’ Day), then rain Monday night through Thursday.
- highs 54-47 lows 46-40. (seasonal averages high 53 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County
- Mostly cloudy with AM rain, possibly heavy at times, rain (2.00 in. of rain possible) and snow (3-6 in of snow possible) this afternoon (Valentine’s Day) and windy (Wind: SW 20-30 mph decreasing to SW 15-20 mph in the afternoon), rain and snow and colder tonight (0.75 in. of rain possible, 3-6 in. of snow possible),
- Rain and breezy (SE 5-15 mph gusts to 30 mph increasing S 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph in the afternoon) Saturday (1.00 in. of rain possible), rain and snow showers Saturday night and windy (Wind: SW 20-30 mph gusts to 50 mph decreasing to 40 mph late at night.),
- Mostly cloudy with AM rain and snow showers likely (70%), a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Sunday afternoon, a (40%) chance of rain and snow in the evening, then rain and snow late Sunday night and windy.
- snow level 7,000 ft. falling to 4,500 ft. this afternoon, 4,500 ft. tonight, 6,000 ft. Saturday, 5,000 ft. falling to 3,500 ft. late at night, 2,500 ft. Sunday, then 3,000 ft. Sunday night.
- highs 39-30 lows 29-23 warming to 26 Sunday night.
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow and breezy, Monday (Presidents’ Day), rain and snow Monday night through Wednesday, snow Wednesday night,
- Then snow showers Thursday.
- snow level 3,500 ft. Monday and Monday night, 4,000 ft. Tuesday, 2,500 ft. Tuesday night, then at the surface Wednesday through Thursday.
- highs 32-28 lows 30-20.
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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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