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The Jet Stream airflow (Shaded area with blue arrows) has shifted away from the “Pineapple Express” and is bringing cooler air in from the northwest. A frontal system has moved through bringing more rain and it kicked up the winds again. It will be followed by yet another fast moving frontal system (shown over the ocean) late tonight and Thursday.
Advisories:
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 10 PM THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES, NOT INCLUDING THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
- A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE AFFECTING COOS COUNTY.
Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 13 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Springfield City Hall. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 16 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 rain tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph),
- Rain Thursday (0.25 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of showers in the evening, shower chance decreasing to a slight (20%) chance with patchy fog late at night (0.10 in. of rain possible).
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Friday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, patchy fog late Friday night,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Saturday afternoon, then mostly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday night.
- lows 38-28 warming to 32 Saturday night highs near 45.
- Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night with patchy fog late at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Monday through Tuesday night,
- Then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday.
- highs 48-56 lows near 39. (seasonal averages high 52 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Cloudy with a good (50%) of rain and snow showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, snow level 2,500 ft.)
- Mostly cloudy with showers Thursday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, AM snow level 3,000 ft.), a (40%) chance of evening showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) with areas of fog late Thursday night,
- Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, partly cloudy in the afternoon and Friday night with patchy fog late,
- Partly cloudy with areas of AM fog, mostly sunny Saturday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy with areas of fog late Saturday night.
- lows 37-33 warming back to 37 Saturday night highs 50-55.
- Mostly cloudy Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday night through Monday night,
- Just mostly cloudy Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday.
- highs 60-63 cooling to 58 Wednesday lows 39-42. (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 good (50%) chance of evening showers, coastal showers late tonight while inland showers likely (70%) late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Showers Thursday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of evening showers, just mostly cloudy Thursday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and Friday AM, partly cloudy Friday afternoon and night,
- Mostly sunny Saturday, then mostly clear Saturday night.
- lows 42-39 highs 53-55.
- Partly cloudy Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday night through Tuesday, a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday.
- highs 57-62 cooling to 56 Wednesday lows 44-47. (seasonal averages high 53 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible, 1-3 in. of snow possible),
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Thursday (0.50 in. of rain possible, 3-6 in of snow possible), cloudy with evening rain and snow showers, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers late at night (0.25 in. of rain possible, 2 in. of snow possible),
- Mostly cloudy Friday with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday, a slight (20%) chance of snow showers at night,
- Mostly cloudy in the AM, partly cloudy Saturday afternoon and Saturday night.
- snow level 2,500 ft. tonight, 2,500 ft. rising t0 3,500 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, 3,000 ft. Friday, 3,500 ft. Friday night, 4,000 ft. rising to 5,000 ft. Saturday, then 6,500 ft. rising to 7,000 ft. Saturday night.
- lows near 25 highs 32-38.
- Partly cloudy Sunday, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Sunday night through Tuesday night,
- Then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday.
- free air freezing level 7,000 ft. Sunday, snow level 6,000 ft. Sunday night and Monday, 7,000 ft. Monday night, 6,500 ft. Tuesday, 7,000 ft. at night, then 6,500 ft. Wednesday.
- highs 43-46 lows near 32.
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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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