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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Three Hundred By Fifty By Thirty Cubits, But Where’s The Flood?
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No winner. Here is my weekly weather quiz question one more time. What are “instrument flight rules?” Here is the correct answer. Instrument Flight Rules refers to the general weather conditions pilots can expect at the surface and applies to the weather situations at an airport during which a pilot must use instruments to assist take off and landing. IFR conditions for fixed wing aircraft means the minimum cloud ceiling is greater than 500 feet and less than 1,000 feet and/or visibility is greater than 1 mile and less than 3 miles. 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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An upper level trough of low pressure (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) has taken over bringing even more rain. Another frontal system will move southward along the California coast, following the leading edge of the low pressure trough, spinning clouds and showers northward at us. This frontal system will also move along the California coast later in the week.
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Advisories: None at this time.
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Air Quality Index: Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 14 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 8 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……….Low (6)
Last Counted: 3/28/14
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:
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of evening showers, a slight (20%) chance of showers until late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM rain, rain likely (70%) Monday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible) and Monday night (0.25 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with AM rain likely (60%), a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon and evening (0.15 in. of rain possible), a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night.
- lows 37-42 cooling to 36 Wednesday night highs 53-58.
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday, a good (50%) chance of showers at night through Friday, rain likely (60%) Friday night through Saturday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday.
- highs near 56 lows 39-43. (seasonal averages high 58 low 38).
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this evening, a (30%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, snow level 3,500 ft.),
- Cloudy with AM rain likely (60%), rain Monday afternoon (snow level 3,500 ft.), rain likely (60%) in the evening, rain late Monday night (snow level 3,500 ft, falling to 3,000 ft. late) and Tuesday (2,500 ft. rising to 3,000 ft. in the afternoon), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just mostly cloudy Tuesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, mostly cloudy Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night.
- lows 42-40 highs 60-62.
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday, a good (50%) chance of rain at night,
- A (40%) chance of showers Friday, showers likely (60%) at night,
- Rain likely (60%) Saturday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Saturday night and Sunday.
- highs 64-60 lows 42-46. (seasonal averages high 60 low 40)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this evening, coastal rain likely (60%) tonight while a good (50%) chance of rain late inland (0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with rain Monday and in the evening (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain likely (70%) late at night (0.15 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a slight (20%) chance of showers in the evening, just mostly cloudy late at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday and Wednesday night.
- lows 44-40 warming to 43 Wednesday night highs 50-56.
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday and Thursday night,
- Showers likely (70%) Friday and at night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Saturday, then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday night and Sunday.
- highs 56-58 lows 44-47. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42)
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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers this evening, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers until late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain and snow, rain and snow likely (70%) Monday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible), rain and snow Monday night (0.25 in. of rain possible, 2-4 in. of snow possible),
- AM rain and snow likely (60%) Tuesday AM, rain and snow showers likely (60%) in the afternoon, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers late Tuesday night,
- snow level 3,000 ft. tonight, 3,500 ft. Monday, 4,500 ft. Monday night, 4,000 ft. Tuesday, then 4,500 ft. Tuesday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers at night.
- lows near 27 highs 40-38 warming to 43 Wednesday.
- A good (50%) chance of rain and snow Thursday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers at night and Friday, rain and snow likely (60%) Friday night through Saturday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday.
- snow level 4,500 ft. Thursday, 5,000 ft. at night, 4,000 ft. Friday, 4,500 ft. Friday night, then 5,000 ft. Saturday, then 5,500 ft. Saturday night and Sunday.
- highs 40-42 lows near 30. (seasonal averages high 56 low 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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