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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Its Translation, Harbor Wave, Sounds So Serene.
And don’t forget my latest feature story in the continuing series on service club organizations called Truly Altrusa.
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No winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. Define the term “Texas Hooker,” and no your first guess doesn’t count. Here is the correct answer. A Texas Hooker is the same as Panhandle Hook – low pressure systems that originate in the panhandle region of Texas and Oklahoma which initially move east and then “hook” or recurve more northeast toward the upper Midwest or Great Lakes region. In winter, these systems usually deposit heavy snows north of their surface track. Thunderstorms may be found south of the track. 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) has moved over to the east to allow a trough of low pressure (Shaded “U” shape) behind it to bring the rain back a bit sooner than I expected. Another frontal system pushed through today giving us more rain. High pressure will return to dry us out by Tuesday.
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Advisories:
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 4 PM MONDAY FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
- A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MONDAY FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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Air Quality Index: Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 13 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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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:
- Mostly cloudy with showers and colder tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible).
- Mostly cloudy with showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Monday (0.25 in. of rain possible, more in storms), a (30%) chance of evening showers, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Monday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with patchy AM fog, mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Wednesday night.
- lows 44-30 warming to 34 Wednesday night highs 54-62.
- Partly cloudy Thursday and Thursday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Friday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
- A mix of clouds and sun Saturday, partly cloudy at night,
- Then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday.
- highs 59-67 cooling to 65 Sunday lows 36-43. (seasonal averages high 55 low 36).
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly cloudy with rain this evening, showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms late tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with showers likely (70%) and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Monday AM, showers with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, partly cloudy late Monday night,
- Sunny Tuesday, mostly clear with patchy fog late Tuesday night,
- Areas of AM fog, sunny Wednesday, then partly cloudy with patchy fog late Wednesday night.
- lows 46-36 highs 56-64.
- Patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Thursday,
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Friday, a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
- Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday and Saturday night,
- Then mostly cloudy Sunday.
- highs 64-70 cooling to near 65 Sunday lows 38-40. (seasonal averages high 57 low 39)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly cloudy with evening rain, showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms late tonight (0.35 in. of rain possible),
- AM showers likely (70%) with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms, showers likely (70%) Monday afternoon (0.20 in. of rain possible), just partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear at night,
- Sunny Wednesday, then partly cloudy with patchy fog Wednesday night.
- lows 48-40 highs 55-62.
- Patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Thursday and at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
- Just partly cloudy and warmer Saturday and Saturday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday.
- highs 58-64 lows 42 (seasonal averages high 54 low 41)
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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:
- Mostly cloudy with rain this evening, rain and snow showers and colder late tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible,1-4 in. of snow possible),
- Rain and snow showers with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Monday (0.50 in. of rain possible, more in storms), evening rain and snow showers, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers and colder late Monday night,
- Partly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
- Mostly sunny Wednesday, then partly cloudy Wednesday night
- snow level 6,500 ft. falling to 4,500 ft. late tonight, 3,500 ft. Monday, 3,000 ft. Monday night, free air freezing level 4,000 ft. rising to 5,000 ft. Tuesday afternoon, 9,000 ft. Tuesday night, 10,000 ft. Wednesday, then 9,000 ft. at night.
- lows 30-24 warming back to 30 Wednesday night highs 35-52.
- Partly cloudy Thursday and Thursday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
- A mix of clouds and sun Saturday, partly cloudy at night,
- Then a mix of clouds and sun Sunday.
- free air freezing level 7,500 ft. Thursday, 8,000 ft. Thursday night, snow level 6,500 ft. Friday, 6,000 ft. at night, free air freezing level 9,000 ft. Saturday, 10,000 ft. at night, then 9,000 ft. Sunday.
- highs 45-58 lows 30-37.
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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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