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A high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) is offshore and as it moves closer to the Pacific Northwest it will clear the skies of the rain clouds starting Friday and continuing through the weekend. It looks like the next frontal system will bring us the chance of rain again by next Thursday.
Advisories:
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES.
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY FOR THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 21 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 12 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:
- Cloudy with rain this evening, a (40%) chance of rain with patchy fog late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible).
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog and a slight (20%) chance of rain, mostly cloudy Friday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, patchy fog late Friday night,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Saturday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog at night,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Sunday night.
- lows 36-28 warming to 37 Sunday night highs 50-46 warming back to 50 Sunday.
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Monday and Monday night,
- A slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday and Tuesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, rain likely (70%) Wednesday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday.
- highs 50-56 cooling to 53 Thursday lows 37-40. (seasonal averages high 52 low 35).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) with areas of fog late tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog and a slight (20%) chance of showers, mostly cloudy Friday afternoon, partly cloudy with areas of fog late at night,
- Partly cloudy with areas of AM fog, mostly sunny Saturday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with areas of fog late Saturday night,
- Areas of fog, partly cloudy Sunday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday night.
- lows 40-34 warming back to 40 Sunday night highs 57-54 warming to 60 Sunday.
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday and at night,
- Mostly cloudy Tuesday with a slight (20%) chance of showers, a slight (20%) chance of rain at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Wednesday through Thursday.
- highs 62-65 cooling to 58 Wednesday and Thursday lows 42-45. (seasonal averages high 54 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Cloudy with evening coastal showers and a slight (20%) chance of showers late tonight while a good (50%) chance of inland showers tonight, patchy fog late (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of coastal showers Friday AM, mostly cloudy Friday afternoon, partly cloudy with areas of fog late at night,
- Areas of AM fog, partly cloudy Saturday afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog late Saturday night,
- Sunny with patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Sunday night.
- lows 43-37 warming to 45 Sunday night highs near 57.
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Monday, a slight (20%) chance of rain at night,
- A slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, a slight (20%) chance of rain at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Wednesday through Thursday.
- highs 60-57 lows 46-48. (seasonal averages high 53 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County
- Cloudy with rain and snow tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible, 1-4 in. of snow possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Friday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of snow in the evening, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of snow late at night,
- Partly cloudy Saturday and Saturday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun Sunday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Sunday night.
- snow level 4,000 ft. tonight, 3,500 ft. Friday, 4,000 ft. falling to 2,500 ft. Friday night, free air freezing level at the surface rising to 4,500 ft. Saturday, 5,000 ft. falling to 4,500 ft. Saturday night, 5,500 ft. rising to 6,000 ft. Sunday afternoon, then snow level 5,000 ft. Sunday night.
- lows 26-22 warming to 30 Sunday night highs 35-42.
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Monday and Monday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night,
- A good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, rain likely (70%) at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Thursday.
- snow level 7,000 ft. Monday through Tuesday night, 6,500 ft. Wednesday, 6,000 ft. at night, then 5,000 ft. Thursday.
- highs 42-46 cooling to 43 Thursday 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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