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Sorry no winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. Define the term “PIBAL.” Here is the correct answer. A PIBAL is a Pilot balloon. A small helium-filled meteorological balloon that is tracked as it rises through the atmosphere to determine how wind speed and direction change with altitude. 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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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:
- A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY NEAR THE GORGE IN THE PORTLAND AREA.
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY FOR THE WESTERN COLUMBIA GORGE, THE CENTRAL COLUMBIA GORGE, AND THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY.
- A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR THE WESTERN COLUMBIA GORGE THE CENTRAL COLUMBIA GORGE, AND THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY .
Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 52 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 22 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:
- Rain today (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible),
- Then rain Sunday (0.15 in. of rain possible Sunday and 0.50 in. possible at night) through Monday night (0.45 in. of rain possible).
- highs 52-56 cooling to 52 Monday lows 42-49.
- Rain Tuesday, rain likely (70%) at night,
- Rain Wednesday and Wednesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Thursday, a good (50%) chance of rain at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday.
- highs 58-54 warming to 57 Friday lows 46-42. (seasonal averages high 54 low 36).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- AM showers likely (70%), showers this afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- AM showers likely (60%), rain Sunday afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), rain at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Then rain Monday (0.30 in. of rain possible) and Monday night.
- highs near 58 lows near 46.
- Showers likely (70%) Tuesday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday and Wednesday night,
- Rain likely (70%) Thursday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday.
- highs 62-55 warming to 58 Friday lows 46-43. (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 coastal showers likely (70%) while AM showers likely (70%) inland and showers this afternoon (0.30 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible).
- Mostly cloudy with showers Sunday AM, rain in the afternoon (0.30 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph), rain (0.30 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 20-25 mph decreasing to S 10-20 mph at the beaches, SW 15-20 mph decreasing S 5-10 mph late at night inland) Sunday night,
- Then rain Monday (0.60 in. of rain possible) and Monday night.
- highs near 56 lows 46-49.
- Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Tuesday and Tuesday night,
- Rain Wednesday and Wednesday night,
- Rain likely (60%) Thursday, partly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers at night,
- Then just mostly cloudy Friday.
- highs 58-54 warming to 57 Friday lows 49-45. (seasonal averages high 54 low 41)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County
- Rain and snow today (0.50 in. of rain possible, 2-5 in. of snow possible), rain and snow and colder tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible, 1-4 in. of snow possible),
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Sunday (0.50 in. of rain possible, 1-4 in. of snow possible) and Sunday night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain Monday and at night.
- snow level 4,500 ft. today, 5,500 ft. tonight and Sunday, 6,000 ft. Sunday night, then 6,500 ft. Monday and Monday night.
- highs 37-40 cooling back to 37 Monday lows 28-37.
- Rain Tuesday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain at night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday and Wednesday night,
- Rain and snow likely (70%) Thursday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Thursday night and Friday.
- snow level 6,000 ft. Tuesday, 6,500 ft. Tuesday night, 7,000 ft. Wednesday and at night, then 4,500 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, then 3,500 ft. Friday.
- highs 39-45 cooling to 36 Thursday warming to 40 Friday lows 32-28.
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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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