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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. A strong frontal system is slamming into California threatening to dump a lot of rain there. It will spread rain our way, but it won’t have the same intensity as it does in California. Another storm will move in Monday followed by others. Look for an extended wet period.
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 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:
- Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), becoming cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Rain likely (70%) and cooler Saturday (0.15 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of rain at night (0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with rain Sunday (0.15 in. of rain possible) and Sunday night.
- highs 57-50 warming to 52 Sunday lows 44-42 warming to 46 Sunday night.
- Rain Monday through Tuesday, rain likely (70%) at night,
- Rain Wednesday, mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Wednesday night, then rain likely (60%) Thursday.
- highs 50-53 lows 47-45. (seasonal averages high 53 low 36).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers today (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers this evening, a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Rain 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),
- Rain likely (70%) Sunday (0.10 in. of rain possible), then rain Sunday night.
- highs 57-53 lows near 46-43 warming to 47 Sunday night.
- 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 areas of AM fog and a good (50%) chance of showers, showers likely (70%) this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with showers likely (70%) this evening, a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with coastal rain likely (60%) Saturday while a good (50%) chance of inland AM rain and rain 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 coastal rain while inland AM rain and rain likely (60%) Sunday afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), rain and breezy Sunday night.
- highs 58-55 lows 45-48.
- Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy 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
- Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, becoming mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of afternoon showers today, evening rain and snow likely (60%), a good (50%) chance of rain and snow late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible, 2 in. of snow possible),
- Rain and snow Saturday (0.25 in. of rain possible, 1-3 in. of snow possible), rain and snow likely (60%) Saturday night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Sunday and Sunday night.
- snow level 6,000 ft. today, 5,500 ft. tonight, 5,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday, then 5,500 ft. Sunday night.
- highs 44-34 warming to 38 Sunday lows 29-34.
- Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy Monday, rain at night,
- Rain and snow Tuesday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow at night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday and Wednesday night,
- Then rain and snow likely (60%) Thursday.
- snow level 6,500 ft. Monday and Monday night, 5,500 ft. Tuesday, 6,000 ft. Tuesday night, 7,000 ft. Wednesday, 6,500 ft. at night, then 4,500 ft. Thursday.
- highs 40-36 lows 34-30.
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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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