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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Their Motto “The Need Is Real; The Time Is Now.”
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And don’t forget my latest feature story in the continuing series on service club organizations called This Moose Isn’t Named Bullwinkle.
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Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is “the Bermuda High?” Here is the correct answer. The Bermuda High is a semi-permanent, subtropical area of high pressure in the North Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of North America that migrates east and west with varying central pressure. Depending on the season, it has different names. When it is displaced westward, during the Northern Hemispheric summer and fall, the center is located in the western North Atlantic, near Bermuda. In the winter and early spring, it is primarily centered near the Azores in the eastern part of the North Atlantic. Also known as Azores High. I’ll have a new weekly weather 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 air ridge of high pressure (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) is nudging its way toward the coast as the upper low that’s been over us retreats returning the dry weather after just a chance of showers overnight and Monday morning. Note: Mt. Ashland is open Thursdays through Mondays. Willamette Pass and Hoodoo are all still closed for now. They say they will be opening again when enough snow falls. Check their websites for conditions and specific schedules.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 40 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at HWY 99, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA).
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 67 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at Willamette Activity Center, Oakridge. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency .(LRAPA)
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Advisories: None at this time.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:
- Partly cloudy this evening, becoming cloudy with a slight (20%) of rain late tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon through Tuesday, mostly clear with patchy fog late Tuesday night,
- Patchy AM fog, mostly sunny Wednesday, mostly clear with patchy fog at night.
- lows 35-29 warming to 32 Wednesday night highs 55-52 warming back to 55 Wednesday.
- Mostly sunny with patchy fog Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Thursday night,
- Partly cloudy with patchy fog Friday, mostly clear Friday night,
- Mostly sunny Saturday, then partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday.
- highs 55-59 lows near 38. (seasonal averages high 54 low 36)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly clear this evening, becoming cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late tonight (snow level 3,500 ft. late at night) and Monday AM (AM snow level 3,000 ft.), partly cloudy Monday afternoon and evening, mostly clear at night,
- Sunny Tuesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, then mostly clear Tuesday night,
- Patchy AM and late night fog, sunny Wednesday then clear at night.
- lows 35-32 warming to 36 Wednesday night highs 54-58.
- Sunny with patchy AM patchy fog, partly cloudy Thursday afternoon and Thursday night with patchy fog late,
- Just partly cloudy Friday, mostly clear at night,
- Mostly sunny Saturday, then partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday.
- highs 62-64 lows near 40. (seasonal averages high 56 low 38)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly clear this evening, cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers late tonight and Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly clear Monday night,
- Sunny Tuesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly clear at night,
- Sunny Wednesday, then clear Wednesday night.
- lows near 43 highs 52-57.
- Sunny Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon through Friday, mostly clear at night,
- Mostly sunny Saturday, then partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday.
- highs 58-60 lows 43-45. (seasonal averages high 54 low 41)
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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:
- Partly cloudy this evening, becoming mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of snow late tonight,
- Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM snow showers, a mix of clouds and sun Monday afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of evening rain and snow showers, then partly cloudy Monday night through Tuesday night,
- Mostly sunny Wednesday, then mostly clear at night.
- snow level 2,500 ft. late tonight, free air freezing level 4,000 ft. Monday afternoon, 5,000 ft. Monday night, at the surface Tuesday, 5,500 ft. Tuesday night, 5,500 ft. rising to 6,500 ft. Wednesday afternoon, then 7,000 ft. Wednesday night.
- lows 25-20 warming to 25 Wednesday night highs 38-45.
- Mostly sunny Thursday, mostly clear Thursday night,
- Partly cloudy Friday and Friday night,
- Mostly sunny Saturday, then partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday.
- free air freezing level 6,000 ft. Thursday, 6,500 ft. Thursday night and Friday, 7,500 ft. Friday night and Saturday, then 9,000 ft. Saturday night and Sunday.
- highs 45-50 lows 29-33.
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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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