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No winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question again. Define the term “ Water Table.” Here is the correct answer. The Water Table is the level below the earth’s surface at which the ground becomes saturated with water. The water table is set where hydrostatic pressure equals atmospheric pressure. I’ll have another 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 into Oregon and will clear out the clouds, for a while anyway. A frontal system, warm front first then cold front Sunday, will move into Oregon returning the chance of showers. Spring is right around the corner. The vernal equinox occurs at 9:57 AM next Thursday March 20th.
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Advisories: None at this time.
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Air Quality Index: Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 19 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 28 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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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count
Grass……….Absent (0)
Trees……….High (246)
Last Counted: 3/14/14
Data Courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:
- A mix of clouds and sun today, becoming mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight,
- Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday, rain at night (0.40 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with AM showers likely (60%), a (30%) chance of showers Monday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), then just mostly cloudy Monday night.
- highs 66-53 lows 45-34.
- Partly cloudy Tuesday and at night,
- A mix of clouds and sun Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday through Friday.
- highs 53-60 cooling to 54 Thursday lows 37-42 cooling back to 37 Wednesday night. (seasonal averages high 56 low 37).
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Partly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog again tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of evening rain, rain at night (0.25 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM rain and snow showers, a good (50%) chance of showers Monday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just mostly cloudy late at night.
- highs 68-55 lows 45-36.
- Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night,
- Mostly cloudy Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday night through Friday.
- highs 62-65 cooling to 56 Thursday warming to 59 Friday lows 38-44. (seasonal averages high 58 low 39)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Partly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of coastal rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog Sunday, a slight (20%) chance of coastal rain while partly cloudy inland in the AM and becoming mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of inland showers while a slight (20%) chance of inland rain Sunday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain Sunday night (0.55 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM showers, partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Monday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then partly cloudy at night.
- highs 62-53 lows 47-39.
- Partly cloudy Tuesday and at night,
- Mostly cloudy Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday night,
- Showers likely (60%) Thursday, a good (50%) chance of showers at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with showers likely (70%) Friday.
- highs 60-62 cooling back to 55 Thursday and Friday lows 44-46 cooling to 42 Thursday night. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42)
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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:
- A mix of clouds and sun today, partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy tonight,
- A mix of clouds and sun Sunday, increasing clouds to mostly cloudy with rain and snow late Sunday night,
- Mostly cloudy with snow showers and cooler Monday, mostly cloudy in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of snow showers at night.
- free air freezing level 8,000 ft. rising to 9,000 ft. this afternoon, 9,000 ft. tonight and Sunday, snow level 5,500 ft. falling to 3,000 ft Sunday night, 2,500 ft. Monday and Monday night.
- highs 52-36 lows 35-20.
- Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun Wednesday, mostly cloudy in the evening, partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers at night,
- A good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday through Friday.
- free air freezing level 5,000 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night, 6,000 ft. Wednesday, snow level 5,000 ft. falling to 3,500 ft. late Wednesday night, 3,500 ft. Thursday, 3,000 ft. at night, then 3,500 ft. Friday.
- highs 42-44 cooling to near 38 Thursday warming to 42 Friday lows 29-25.
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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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