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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Can Cats Really Predict The Weather?
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 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:
- A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 11 PM SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE CURRY COUNTY COAST.
- A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY 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 19 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 27 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:
- Partly cloudy tonight,
- Becoming mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain, a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday afternoon, evening rain, showers late at night (0.50 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday (0.10 in. of rain possible), partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night,
- Then just partly cloudy Tuesday and at night.
- lows 44-32 warming to 38 Tuesday night highs 63-52 warming to 56 Tuesday.
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night through Saturday.
- highs 57-52 warming to 55 Friday and Saturday lows 40-37. (seasonal averages high 56 low 37).
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy with rain at night (0.25 in. of rain possible, snow level 2,500 ft. late at night),
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Monday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, snow level 2,500 ft.), partly cloudy in the evening, just mostly cloudy late at night,
- Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night.
- lows 44-35 warming to 38 Tuesday night highs 66-54 warming to 60 Tuesday.
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday, a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday night.
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM rain and snow showers Thursday, a (30%) chance of afternoon rain and snow showers, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night through Saturday.
- highs 60-54 warming to 60 Saturday lows near 39. (seasonal averages high 58 low 39)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog Sunday, a (30%) chance of coastal rain while a slight (20%) chance of rain inland in the 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), partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy at night with a slight (20%) chance of coastal rain late,
- Partly cloudy Tuesday and at night.
- lows 47-38 warming to 42 Tuesday night highs 60-53 warming to 58 Tuesday.
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday night,
- A (40%) chance of showers Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night through Saturday.
- highs 56-52 warming to 57 Saturday lows 42-40 warming back to 42 Friday night. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42)
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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:
- Partly cloudy tonight,
- Mostly sunny Sunday AM, a mix of clouds and sun Sin the afternoon, increasing clouds to mostly cloudy with rain and snow breezy and colder late Sunday night (0.75 in. of rain possible, 3-7 in. of snow possible),
- Mostly cloudy with snow showers likely (70%) and cooler Monday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of snow showers at night.
- free air freezing level 8,000 ft. tonight and Sunday, snow level 5,500 ft. falling to 3,000 ft. Sunday night, 2,500 ft. Monday and Monday night, free air freezing level 4,000 ft. rising to 6,000 ft. Tuesday afternoon, then 5,500 ft. at night.
- Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night.
- lows 33-18 warming to 28 Tuesday night highs 52-36 warming to 45 Tuesday.
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday night through Saturday.
- snow level 4,000 ft. Wednesday, 5,000 ft. falling to 3,000 ft. late Wednesday night, 2,500 ft. Thursday, 3,000 ft. at night, 3,500 ft. Friday and Friday night, then 4,000 ft. Saturday.
- highs 42-37 warming to 42 Saturday lows 28-25.
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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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