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No winner so here is my new weekly weather quiz question for the last time. Define the term “mist.” Here is the correct answer. Mist is a visible aggregate of minute water particles suspended in the atmosphere that reduces visibility to less than 7 statute miles, but greater than or equal to 5/8 statute miles. It does not reduce visibility as much as fog and is often confused with drizzle. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you starting Monday. Please remember to post your answer as a comment by clicking on “no comments /comments” in the upper right hand portion of this page under the caption, then add your comment. The first person to post the correct answer will win a week of free personalized weather forecasts tailored to your needs. The answer has to be a comment to win. An email answer will not count. Good luck.
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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 with the next one coming at us today. Another frontal system will move into the Pacific Northwest Tuesday bringing even more rain followed by yet another frontal system Thursday.
Advisories:
- A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING AND FOR THE SOUTH FORK OF THE COQUILLE RIVER AT MYRTLE POINT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON.
- A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY FOR SOUTHERN DESCHUTES COUNTY OF CENTRAL OREGON.
- A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN OREGON.
- A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
- A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
- A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON.
- A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON.
- A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHERN CASCADES, NOT INCLUDING THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
- A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST, THE CURRY COUNTY COAST, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES, THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS.
- A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY,
- A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST, THE CURRY COUNTY COAST, CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, JACKSON COUNTY, THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES, THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS.
- A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, JACKSON COUNTY, THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES, THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS.
- A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Pollution Index is 12 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 17 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:
- Rain today (1.00 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: E 5-10 mph gusts to 30 mph shifting S 20-25 mph in the afternoon), evening rain, showers likely (70%) late tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 40 this evening),
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM showers, a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 10-15 mph gusts to 30 mph increasing S 20-30 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 (0.65 in. of rain possible), possibly heavy at times, and breezy Monday (Presidents’ Day), rain likely (70%) Monday night.
- highs 54-48 lows 40-43.
- Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday through Wednesday night,
- Rain and snow Thursday, showers likely (60%) at night,
- Then a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday (snow level 1,500 ft).
- highs near 44 lows 36-34. (seasonal averages high 51 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Rain this AM, rain (0.35 in. of rain possible) with a slight (20%) chance of an afternoon thunderstorm (gusty winds possible) and windy (Wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph), evening rain, rain and snow showers likely (60%) late tonight (0.30 in. of rain possible, snow level 3,000 ft. late at night) and windy (Wind: SW 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph decreasing to SW 10-20 mph late at night),
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday AM (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, AM snow level 2,500 ft.), a good (50%) chance of rain late at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, snow level 3,500 ft.) and breezy (S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph) late at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with rain (0.35 in. of rain possible) Monday (Presidents’ Day) and Monday evening, rain likely (60%) late at night.
- highs 57-52 lows 38-42.
- 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 likely (70%) 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:
- AM rain, rain with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms (gusty winds possible) this afternoon (0.55 in. of rain possible) and very windy (Wind: S 30-45 mph at the shore while S 25-35 mph inland late), evening rain, coastal showers late at night while showers inland late tonight (0.45 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: SW 25-35 mph gusts to 50 mph decreasing to SW 15-25 mph late at night),
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of inland AM showers while a (40%) chance of coastal afternoon showers Sunday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible and breezy (Wind: SW 10-15 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph in the afternoon), cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, then coastal rain at night while rain likely (70%) late at night inland (0.25 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: S 25-30 mph gusts to 45 mph),
- Then rain (0.70 in. of rain possible) Monday (Presidents’ Day) and windy (Wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph shifting SW 15-20 mph in the afternoon), then rain Monday night.
- highs 54-52 lows 43-47.
- 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 and windy (S 15-20 mph increasing SW 20-30 mph gusts to 50 mph in the afternoon) today (1.00 in. of rain possible), evening rain, rain and snow showers late tonight (0.75 in. of rain possible, 4-8 in. of snow possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph),
- Mostly cloudy with AM rain and snow showers likely (60%), a slight (20%) chance of snow Sunday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph), a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow in the evening, rain and snow late Sunday night and windy (Wind: SW 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph increasing to 55 mph late at night),
- Then mostly cloudy with rain and snow and breezy Monday (Presidents’ Day), then rain and snow Monday night.
- snow level 6,000 ft. this afternoon, 6,000 ft. falling to 3,500 ft. late tonight, at the surface Sunday, then 3,500 ft. Sunday night, 3,000 ft. Monday, then 3,500 ft. Monday night.
- highs 40-32 lows 25-30.
- 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 4,000 ft. Tuesday, 2,500 ft. Tuesday night, then at the surface Wednesday through Thursday.
- highs 32-27 lows near 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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