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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
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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 to be followed by another tonight. A frontal system (position shown is Wednesday) 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.
- A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN OREGON.
- A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST, THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST, THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON, AND THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON.
- A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MONDAY FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA, THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY, AND THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM UNTIL 4 PM MONDAY FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
- A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, EASTERN, AND CENTRAL 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 21 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 slight (20%) chance of evening rain, rain and windy (Wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph) late tonight (0.55 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with AM rain, heavy at times, showers (0.50 in. of rain possible) Monday afternoon (Presidents’ Day), showers Monday night (0.25 in. of rain possible),
- Rain, heavy at times Tuesday afternoon (0.70 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to S 20-30 mph in the afternoon), evening rain, showers late Tuesday night (0.20 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph decreasing to SW 10-15 mph late at night.),
- Then showers Wednesday and Wednesday night.
- lows 43-36 highs 48-43.
- Showers Thursday, showers likely (60%) at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Friday, partly cloudy Friday night through Saturday night,
- Then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance rain Sunday.
- highs 43-55 lows 35-30 warming to 33 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 51 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (S 15-25 mph) late tonight,
- Rain (0.40 in. of rain possible) Monday (Presidents’ Day) and breezy (Winds: S 15-25 mph), cloudy with evening rain, a good (50%) of rain (0.10 in. of rain possible) late at night.
- Rain Tuesday (0.45 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 5-10 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph), rain Tuesday night (0.15 in. of rain possible, snow level 3,500 ft. falling to 3,000 ft. late at night),
- Rain and snow Wednesday, rain and snow showers at night.
- lows 38-42 cooling to 38 Tuesday night and Wednesday night highs 53-48 warming to 52 Wednesday.
- Mostly cloudy with showers Thursday, showers likely (60%) Thursday night,
- A slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday, mostly cloudy Friday night,
- Then partly cloudy Saturday through Sunday.
- highs 50-55 lows 37-34 warming back to 37 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 54 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of coastal rain this evening and rain late tonight while inland rain likely (70%) late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph),
- Rain (0.70 in. of rain possible) Monday (Presidents’ Day) and windy (Wind: SW 20-30 mph decreasing to SW 15-20 mph in the afternoon), rain (0.20 in. of rain possible) at night (Wind: SW 10-15 mph increasing to S15-25 mph late at night),
- Rain and (0.85 in. of rain possible) windy (Wind: S 15-20 mph increasing to SW 20-30 mph in the afternoon at the beaches while S 5-10 mph increasing to SW 20-25 mph inland) Tuesday, rain (0.25 in. of rain possible) Tuesday night and Wednesday, then showers Wednesday night.
- lows 44-47 cooling to 40 Tuesday night highs 53-50.
- Mostly cloudy with showers Thursday, showers likely (70%) at night,
- A (40%) chance of showers Friday, just mostly cloudy Friday night,
- Then partly cloudy Saturday through Sunday.
- highs 52-58 lows 42-40. (seasonal averages high 53 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible, 1-3 in. of snow possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph late at night),
- Mostly cloudy with AM rain and snow, rain and snow showers in the afternoon (0.75 in. of rain possible, 5-9 in. of snow possible) Monday (Presidents’ Day) , rain and snow showers Monday night (0.25 in. of rain possible, 1-3 in. of snow possible),
- Rain and snow and breezy Tuesday (Wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph increasing to 50 mph in the afternoon), rain and snow in the evening, rain and snow showers late at night,
- Mostly cloudy with snow showers Wednesday, then rain and snow showers Wednesday night.
- snow level 2,500 ft. tonight, 3,000 ft. rising to 4,000 ft. Monday afternoon, 4,000 ft. Monday night, 5,000 ft. Tuesday, 3,500 ft. at night, at the surface Wednesday, then 2,500 ft. at night.
- lows 20-32 cooling to near 22 Wednesday night highs 34-26.
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers Thursday, rain and snow showers likely (70%) Thursday night,
- A (30%) chance of snow showers Friday, partly cloudy Friday night through Saturday night,
- Then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Sunday.
- snow level 3,000 ft. Thursday, 2,500 ft. at night, at the surface Friday, 4,000 ft. Saturday, 6,000 ft. at night, then 5,500 ft Sunday.
- highs 32-43 lows 22-25.
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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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