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A trough of low pressure (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) is off the California coast funneling warm moist air up from Hawaii, you remember the “Pineapple Express.” A front has been stationary across the area, but another frontal system will be moving in from the west Thursday.
Advisories:
- A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 16 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 21 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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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:
- Showers with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), showers this evening, scattered showers late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with good (50%) chance of AM, rain likely (60%) Tuesday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain at night (0.15 in. of rain possible).
- Then mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday and Wednesday night.
- highs 60-53 lows 47-43.
- AM rain, showers with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Thursday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a (30%) chance of rain Friday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday, rain likely (70%) at night,
- Then rain Sunday.
- highs 53-63 cooling to 55 Sunday lows 39-48 cooling to 44 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 54 low 36).
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Rain late this AM, showers with possible small hail this afternoon (0.30 in. of rain possible), evening rain likely (70%), a (40%) chance of rain late tonight (0.15 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of evening rain, rain late Tuesday night (0.15 in. of rain possible),
- Then rain Wednesday, rain and breezy Wednesday night.
- highs 58-64 cooling to 55 Wednesday lows 48-50 cooling to 46 Wednesday night.
- Mostly cloudy with showers Thursday, a (30%) chance of showers at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday, just mostly cloudy Friday night and Saturday, a (30%) chance of rain at night,
- Then rain likely (70%) Sunday.
- highs 59-70 cooling to 65 Sunday lows 42-48. (seasonal averages high 56 low 38)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Rain late this AM, coastal showers this afternoon and showers this afternoon while showers with small hail inland this afternoon (0.40 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph), coastal rain likely (60%) tonight while evening inland rain likely (60%) and a (40%) chance of rain late (0.15 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), coastal rain Tuesday night while inland evening rain likely (70%) and rain late at night (0.30 in. of rain possible),
- Rain Wednesday, then rain and windy Wednesday night.
- highs 57-60 cooling to 58 Wednesday lows 52-49.
- Showers Thursday and windy, a (30%) chance of showers at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday, just mostly cloudy Friday night and Saturday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with rain Sunday.
- highs 57-65 cooling to 60 Sunday lows 45-49. (seasonal averages high 54 low 41)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Rain and a slight (20%) chance of isolated thunderstorms early this afternoon, rain and snow showers later this afternoon (0.50 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible), increasing rain and snow showers this evening and tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible, 2 in. of snow possible),
- Cloudy AM rain and snow likely (70%), a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon, cloudy with rain late at night and Wednesday, then rain Wednesday night night.
- snow level 5,500 ft. today through Tuesday, 6,500 ft. Tuesday night, 7,500 ft. Wednesday, then 7,500 ft. falling to 6,000 ft. late Wednesday night.
- highs 45-36 lows 35-29.
- Mostly cloudy with AM rain and snow, rain and snow showers Thursday, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Thursday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a (40%) chance of rain and snow Friday, just partly cloudy Friday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Saturday, rain likely (60%) at night,
- Then rain Sunday.
- snow level 5,000 ft. Thursday, 4,000 ft. at night, 4,000 ft. rising to 5,000 ft. Friday, free air freezing level 7,500 ft. Friday night, snow level 5,500 ft. rising to 6,500 ft. Saturday, above 8,000 ft. at night, then 7,500 ft. Sunday.
- highs 42-52 cooling to 42 Sunday lows 32-37 cooling to 32 Saturday night.
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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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