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An upper level high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) centered offshore will keep the rain clouds away from us through the weekend into the beginning of the workweek. A frontal system will move in between Monday night and Tuesday returning the chance of showers.
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Advisories: None at this time.
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Air Quality Index: Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 35 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 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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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count
Grass……….Moderate (12)
Trees……….High (203)
Last Counted: 4/11/14
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,
- A mix of clouds and sun Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear at night,
- Sunny Sunday, clear at night,
- Sunny Monday AM, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon continuing Monday night.
- lows 42-38 warming to 45 Monday night highs 66-76 cooling back to to 66 Monday.
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday and Tuesday night,
- A (40%) chance of showers Wednesday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday,
- Then rain likely (60%) Thursday night and Friday.
- highs 60-55 warming back to 60 Friday lows 43-49. (seasonal averages high 60 low 39).
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight,
- Mostly cloudy Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon, clear at night,
- Sunny Sunday, then mostly clear at night,
- Sunny Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, then mostly cloudy and cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Monday night.
- lows 42-38 warming to 45 Sunday night and Monday night highs 72-79.
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, just mostly cloudy at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday, rain likely (60%) at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday.
- highs 64-60 warming back to 64 Friday lows 42-46. (seasonal averages high 61 low 41)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly clear this evening, becoming mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and breezy (Wind: N 15-25 mph decreasing to N 10-15 mph late at the beaches while N 15 mph decreasing to N 5-10 mph by late evening inland),
- Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon and breezy (Wind: N 15-25 mph at the beaches, N 10-15 mph inland), clear at night,
- Sunny Sunday, then clear Sunday night,
- Sunny Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Monday night.
- lows 44-42 warming to 47 Sunday night and Monday night highs 57-67 cooling to near 60 Monday.
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and cooler Tuesday, mostly cloudy at night,
- A slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday, then mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday night and Friday.
- highs near 56 lows 45-48. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43).
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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:
- Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Saturday night,
- Sunny Sunday, clear at night,
- Sunny Monday AM, then partly cloudy in the afternoon and at night.
- free air freezing level 11,000 ft. tonight, 8,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, 9,000 ft. Sunday, 10,000 ft at night, 12,000 ft. Monday, then snow level 7,500 ft. late Monday night.
- lows 35-30 warming back to 35 Sunday night cooling to 32 Monday night highs 56-60 cooling back to 56 Monday.
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow Wednesday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain of snow at night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday, rain and snow likely (60%) at night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Friday.
- snow level 5,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday, 6,000 ft. at night, 6,500 ft. Thursday, then 5,500 ft. Thursday night and Friday.
- highs 47-42 warming to 48 Friday lows 30-33 cooling back to 30 Thursday 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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