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It was such a great day Saturday in Eugene I thought I’d share a couple of pictures I took with my iphone at Alton Baker Park. The first one is the waterfall as the water returns to the Willamette River. (The water level has pretty much gone back to near normal since it has stopped raining.
More normal flow into the river
The waterfowl were enjoying the pleasant day too.
Ducks and geese alike swam and walked around in the sun
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A weak high pressure ridge (The “Arch” shape in the jet stream) is the reason why today will be warmer with lots of sunshine. An upper level trough of low pressure (the area shaped like the letter “U”) will follow the ridge resulting in more clouds and cooler temperatures again early in the week.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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The Updated Pollen Count Forecast for the Eugene-Springfield area : Trees LOW, Grass VERY HIGH, and weeds LOW. Data from Allergy and Asthma Research Group.
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Here are your detailed forecasts. **
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Mostly sunny and warmer today high 83. Mostly clear this evening, becoming cloudy overnight, mostly cloudy Monday AM with a slight (20%) chance of showers, continued mostly cloudy and cooler in the afternoon through Tuesday morning, a mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler Tuesday afternoon lows 53-47 highs 73-69 . Partly cloudy Tuesday evening, mostly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, then back to a mix of clouds and sun Wednesday afternoon lows 46-44 high 68 . Partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday AM, then a mix of clouds and sun Thursday afternoon through Saturday afternoon with partly cloudy skies each night, there will be a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday afternoon through Saturday morning lows 46-50 highs 75-70-75.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:Partly cloudy this AM, sunny and warmer this afternoon, clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy tonight and Monday AM, then partly cloudy and cooler Monday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy at night highs 85-75 lows 55-50. AM clouds then partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday morning with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the morning high 74 low 48. Partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon and evening and mostly cloudy Wednesday night high 70 low 48 . Partly cloudy Thursday through Saturday highs 76-79-74 lows near 50.
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Patchy early AM fog, then sunny and warmer today high 62. Mostly clear this evening, becoming cloudy tonight with a slight (20%) chance of patchy drizzle late at night and early Monday morning, then just mostly cloudy Monday afternoon through (cooler) Tuesday lows 54-48 highs 63-59. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday, just mostly cloudy Wednesday night and cooler Thursday lows near 50 highs 65-62. Partly cloudy Thursday night through Saturday lows 52 highs 65-62.
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny and pleasant today high 75. Partly cloudy tonight and mostly cloudy Monday AM with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday AM, then partly cloudy Monday night free air freezing level 12,000 ft. today and tonight lowering to a snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday AM and a free air freezing level 11,000 ft. in the afternoon and Monday night lows 43-38 high 66 . A mix of clouds and sun and cooler Tuesday, becoming mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Tuesday night, free air freezing level 11,000 ft. falling to a snow level of 8,000 ft. Tuesday night high 63 low 35. AM clouds, then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers and cooler Wednesday, partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Wednesday night, AM clouds Thursday, and a mix of clouds and sun and warmer Thursday afternoon with a slight (20%) chance of showers, snow level 7,000 ft. Wednesday falling to 6,500 ft. at night and 7,000 ft. Thursday high 55-63 low 38. Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night through Saturday snow level above 8,000 ft. lows 38-40 highs 60-64.
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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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