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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column A Look Back At Eugene’s Weather For 2014.

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And don’t forget my latest feature story in the continuing series on service club organizations called “Assistance” Is Their First Name.

 

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Here is my new weekly weather quiz question. What is  “perigee?” 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 high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape) had been sitting over us keeping storms away. The ridge has flattened out enough to be called a “dirty ridge” and it allowed a frontal system to nose its way through into Oregon with the warm front moving through and the cold front washing out. The cold front is not a rain producer, but it will cool down the temperatures. We will see sunshine and dry weather Tuesday through Thursday with a new frontal system returning the rain Friday. Good new skiers! Hoodoo (closed Tuesdays & Wednesdays), Willamette Pass (usually closed Mondays & Tuesdays, now only open weekends), and Mt. Ashland (closed Tuesdays & Wednesdays) are open for your skiing pleasure. Check their websites for conditions and specific schedules.

 

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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 36 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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Home Wood Heating Advisory:

Eugene/Springfield: YELLOW – Burning is Cautioned Against.

Oakridge: YELLOW – Burning is Cautioned Against.

(The use of Pellet stoves is always allowed.)

Advisory Courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

 

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Advisories:

• AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, JACKSON COUNTY, THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
• A HEALTH ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE AT LOST CREEK LAKE , LOCATED 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDFORD ON THE ROGUE RIVER IN JACKSON COUNTY AND AT DEVILS LAKE IN LINCOLN COUNTY. THE TOXIC ALGAE BLOOM MEANS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT DRINK OR HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE AFFECTED WATER AND THAT ALSO GOES FOR ANY PETS.

 

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Your College Football Weather Forecast: Monday January 12th 2015 –College Football Playoff Championship Game Number 2 Oregon Ducks vs Number 4 Ohio State Buckeyes at Texas Stadium Kickoff: 5:30 PM PST– Preliminary Weather Forecast: Temperature near 47 degrees, partly cloudy.

 

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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:

• Partly cloudy with patchy fog this evening, cloudy and colder with areas of fog late tonight and Tuesday AM, cloudy in the afternoon, patchy evening fog, areas of fog late Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, cloudy in the afternoon and Wednesday night with patchy fog again late,
• Areas of AM fog, cloudy Thursday afternoon, then mostly cloudy at night.
• lows 38-35 warming back to 38 Thursday night highs 48-50.
• Cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Friday and Friday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday and Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Sunday, a (40%) chance of rain at night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday.
• highs 52-50 cooling back to 50 Sunday night lows 39-42. (seasonal averages high 46 low 34).

 

 

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight and Tuesday AM, partly cloudy with areas of fog Tuesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with areas of fog Wednesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, clearing with areas of fog late Wednesday night,
• Areas of AM fog, partly cloudy with patchy lingering fog Thursday afternoon, just mostly cloudy Thursday night.
• lows 40-42 cooling back to 40 Thursday night highs 50-53.
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday through Saturday, just mostly cloudy Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday, then a (30%) chance of rain Sunday night and Monday.
• highs 53-50 lows 40-35. (seasonal averages high 49 low 36)

 

 

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:

• Mostly cloudy with areas of fog tonight and Tuesday AM, partly in the afternoon, mostly cloudy Tuesday night,
• Areas of AM fog, partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, then just mostly cloudy Thursday night.
• lows 47-50 highs 58-60 cooling back to 58 Thursday night.
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Friday, a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday night and Saturday, just mostly cloudy Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday, a (30%) chance of rain at night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday.
• highs 55-52 lows 44-50. (seasonal averages high 51 low 40)

 

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy this evening, partly cloudy late tonight through Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday night.
• free air freezing level 8,000 ft. tonight, 12,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday, 11,000 ft. Wednesday night, 10,000 ft. Thursday, then snow level 5,500 ft. Thursday night.
• lows 36-34 cooling to 28 Thursday night highs 48-43.
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday, a (40%) chance of rain Friday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday through Sunday, a (30%) chance of rain Sunday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday.
• snow level 6,000 ft. Friday through Sunday night, then 5,500 ft. Monday.
• highs 44-38 lows near 30.

 

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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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