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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 more rain and warm air over Oregon. Another frontal system will move into the Pacific Northwest Saturday bringing even more rain followed by another frontal system 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, FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE AND THE SOUTH FORK OF THE COQUILLE RIVER AT MYRTLE POINT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
- A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY FOR SOUTHERN DESCHUTES COUNTY OF CENTRAL OREGON.
- A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF WESTERN OREGON.
- A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM UNTIL 6 PM SATURDAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND FROM 7 AM UNTIL 6 PM SATURDAY FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
- A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM SATURDAY FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON.
- 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 16 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 28 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 a good (50%) chance of evening showers, rain late tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible).
- Rain Saturday (1.00 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: E 5-10 mph shifting S 20-30 mph in the afternoon), evening rain, showers likely (70%) late Saturday night (0.40 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: SW 20-30 mph decreasing to SW 15-20 mph late at night),
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM showers, a good (50%) chance of rain (0.10 in of rain possible) Sunday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 10-15 mph shifting S 15-25 mph in the afternoon), then rain, heavy at times, and windy (Wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph) Sunday night (0.55 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with rain, possibly heavy at times, Monday (Presidents’ Day) and Monday night night.
- lows 44-38 warming to 43 Sunday night and Monday night highs 54-48.
- Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday through Wednesday night,
- Rain and snow showers likely (60%) Thursday (snow level 1,500 ft.), showers likely (60%) at night, then rain and snow showers likely (60%) Friday.
- highs near 44 lows near 35. (seasonal averages high 51 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) tonight (evening snow level 3,500 ft.),
- Rain Saturday AM, rain (0.85 in. of rain possible) with a slight (20%) chance of an afternoon thunderstorm (gusty winds possible), evening rain, rain and snow showers late Saturday night (0.45 in. of rain possible, snow level 2,500 ft. late at night) and windy (Wind: SW 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 (AM snow level 2,000 ft.), a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, snow level 2,500 ft.), a good (50%) chance of evening rain (evening snow level 3,500 ft.), rain (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (S 15-25 mph) late at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with rain Monday (Presidents’ Day) and Monday night.
- lows 44-38 warming to near 42 Sunday night and Monday night highs 52-57 cooling to 54 Sunday.
- Rain Tuesday, rain and snow showers Tuesday night and Wednesday, showers at night.
- Rain and snow showers Thursday and Thursday night,
- Then rain and snow showers Friday.
- highs 52-44 lows 37-33. (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 at the shore while rain inland (0.40 in. of rain possible),
- AM rain, rain with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Saturday afternoon (1.25 in. of rain possible) and very windy (Wind: S 15-25 mph increasing S 25-35 mph late morning and afternoon at the shore while S 10-15 mph increasing to 25-35 mph inland late AM and afternoon), evening rain, coastal showers late at night while showers inland 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), a good (50%) chance of evening rain, then rain at night (0.55 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: S 25-30 mph),
- Then rain Monday (Presidents’ Day) and Monday night.
- lows 48-43 warming to 47 Sunday night and Monday night highs near 54.
- Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy Tuesday showers Tuesday night through Thursday night,
- Then rain and snow showers Friday.
- highs 53-47 lows 43-38. (seasonal averages high 53 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers this evening, rain and snow and colder late tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible, 2-4 in. of snow possible),
- Mostly cloudy with AM rain, rain and snow in the afternoon and breezy (SE 5-15 mph gusts to 30 mph increasing S 10-20 mph increasing to s 20-30 mph gusts to 55 mph in the afternoon) Saturday (1.00 in. of rain possible, 3-6 in. of snow possible), evening rain and snow, rain and snow showers late Saturday night (0.75 in. of rain possible, 5-9 in. of snow possible) and windy (Wind: SW 20-30 mph gusts to 55 mph decreasing increasing to S 20-30 mph in the afternoon gusts to 50 mph decreasing to 40 mph late at night.),
- Mostly cloudy with AM rain and snow showers likely (70%), a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Sunday afternoon and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph), a (40%) chance of rain and snow in the evening, then rain and snow late Sunday night and windy (Wind: SW 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph increasing to 55 mph late at night.).
- 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,
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow and breezy, Monday (Presidents’ Day), then rain and snow Monday night.
- lows 29-23 warming to 30 Monday night highs 42-32.
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Tuesday through Wednesday, snow Wednesday night,
- Then snow showers Thursday and Thursday night,
- Then snow showers likely (70%) Friday.
- 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 32-27 lows near 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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