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A high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) is over the Pacific Northwest but a low (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) will be moving slowly into California. One low pressure center has moved to the east just south of us while another approached from the west bringing some rain through Oregon today and we’ll start to dry out tonight with a short break on Friday. Another frontal system will straddle the state of Oregon over the weekend dropping more precipitation.
Advisories: None at this time.
Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 45 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 15 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 showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with some sun breaks possible and a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), becoming cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain at night (0.25 in. of rain possible),
- Rain likely (70%) Saturday (0.15 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of showers at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain, then rain likely (60%) Sunday and Sunday night.
- lows 40-45 cooling to 42 Sunday night highs 56-50.
- Rain Monday and Monday night,
- Showers Tuesday, mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) at night,
- Rain Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Wednesday night and Thursday.
- highs 50-53 lows 46-40 warming to 43 Wednesday night. (seasonal averages high 53 low 36).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of scattered showers this evening, mostly cloudy late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Friday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Showers likely (70%) Saturday (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Saturday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Then rain likely (70%) Sunday and Sunday night.
- lows near 42 -44 highs 56.
- Mostly cloudy with rain Monday and Monday night,
- Showers likely (70%) Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of evening showers, a good (50%) chance of rain late Tuesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday, then rain likely (70%) Wednesday night and Thursday.
- highs 57-60 cooling to 55 Sunday lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 56 low 38)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of isolated showers this evening, just mostly cloudy at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with coastal showers likely (60%) Saturday while a good (50%) chance of inland AM showers and showers likely (70%) in the afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of showers Saturday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible).
- Mostly cloudy with a rain likely (60%) Sunday and Sunday night.
- lows 45-48 highs 58-52 warming to 55 Sunday.
- Mostly cloudy with rain Monday and Monday night,
- Showers likely (70%) Tuesday and Tuesday night,
- Rain Wednesday, then rain likely (70%) Wednesday night and Thursday.
- highs 55-57 cooling back to 55 Thursday lows near 48. (seasonal averages high 53 low 41)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of evening showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), just mostly cloudy tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of afternoon rain and snow showers Friday, evening rain likely (60%), rain and snow likely (60%) late at night (0.25 in. of rain possible, 1-3 in. of snow possible),
- Rain and snow Saturday, cloudy with evening rain and snow showers likely (60%), a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers late Saturday night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (70%) Sunday and Sunday night.
- snow level 6,000 ft. tonight, 5,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, 4,500 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, then 4,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night.
- lows 29-32 highs 44-43 warming to 38 Sunday.
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Monday and Monday night,
- Rain or snow showers Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers at night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Wednesday and Wednesday night,
- Then rain and snow likely (60%) Thursday.
- snow level 5,500 ft. Monday, 5,000 ft. at night, 4,500 ft. Tuesday, 5,500 ft. Tuesday night through Wednesday night, then 4,500 ft. Thursday.
- highs 40-36 lows near 30.
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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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