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Attention skiers: Hoodoo, Willamette Pass, Mt. Bachelor, and Mt. Hood Meadows are all open.
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A peek at the College Football Forecast:
The Beavers at Stanford Saturday: Kickoff 4:30 PM Showers 53 wind: WSW 10 mph
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This is your absolutely your last chance to win this week. Here is this week’s weather quiz question. Let’s make this one local that relates to our current weather pattern. What is the greatest snow depth ever officially reported for Eugene? A pat on the back if you know the year in which it occurred. Please place your answer as a comment after the forecasts on this page. The first person to post the correct answer will win one week of free personalized weather forecasts tailored to your needs. Good luck.
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A trough of low pressure has moved in behind the weak high pressure ridge that held off the rain for Thanksgiving. A frontal system is moving through Oregon bringing the precipitation back with it. Another frontal system will push through from the Northwest Tuesday bringing even more rain and snow with it.
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Advisories: A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR THE WESTERN COLUMBIA GORGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY FOR THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY, AND ABOVE 2,500 FT. FOR EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM UNTIL 4 AM SATURDAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND FOR THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY ABIOVE 2,000 FT. FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS, AND UNTIL 1 PM SATURDAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN.
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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 cloudy with showers tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible), showers likely (60%) Saturday and Saturday evening, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers late Saturday night, cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday AM, a slight (20%) chance of afternoon showers, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Sunday night lows 35-32-34 highs 45-42. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night, and rain likely (60%) Tuesday through Wednesday, then showers likely (60%) Wednesday night through Friday highs 45-48 lows 34-39. (seasonal averages highs 48 low 36)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Cloudy with rain this evening, rain and snow late tonight (snow level 2,500 ft, late at night 2-3 in. of snow possible), rain and snow showers Saturday AM, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Saturday afternoon (snow level 2,000 ft. 1-2 in. of snow possible) and Saturday night (snow level 2,000 ft.falling to 1,000 ft. late at night 1 in. of snow possible), a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday (snow level 1,000 ft. rising to 2,000 ft.), mostly cloudy with late night and early AM fog Sunday night and Monday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday night lows 37-33-35-39 highs 40-46. Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night and Wednesday, showers likely (60%) Wednesday night, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Thursday through Friday highs 48-38 lows 40-35. (seasonal averages high 52 low 38)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with rain tonight, AM coastal showers, then showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Saturday afternoon, showers inland (snow level 2,000 ft. in the AM), showers likely (60%) Saturday night (snow level 2,000 ft. late Saturday night), mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Sunday (snow level 2,000 ft. in the AM), mostly cloudy with late night and early AM fog Sunday night and Monday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday night lows 40-37 highs 44-50. Rain likely (60%) Tuesday and Wednesday, rain Tuesday night, showers likely (60%) Wednesday night through Friday highs from 50-44 lows 44-38. (seasonal averages high 55 lows 41).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers tonight (5-9 in. of snow possible), snow showers Saturday (1-4 in. of snow possible), snow showers likely (60%) Saturday night (2 in. of snow possible), mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of snow showers Sunday AM, and a slight (20%) chance of snow showers Sunday evening, mostly cloudy Sunday night and Monday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Monday night snow level 4,000 ft. falling to 3,500 ft. tonight, 2,500 ft. Saturday, and at the surface Saturday night and Sunday, free air freezing level 3,000 ft. Sunday night, 2,500 ft. Monday, snow level 4,500 ft. Monday night lows near 22 highs 30-35. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) Tuesday through Wednesday, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Wednesday night, then snow showers likely (60%) Thursday through Friday snow level 4,500 ft. Tuesday, 4,000 ft. Tuesday night and Wednesday, 3,500 ft. Wednesday night, 3,000 ft. Thursday, and 2,500 ft. Thursday night and Friday highs 35-29 lows 26-23.
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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.