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Upper Level High Pressure (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) weakened its hold on us. The graphics for days 1-3 show the warm front that moved through the Pacific Northwest Thursday followed by a cold front and the next front approaching the coast late Sunday. An Upper Level Low Pressure Trough now controls of our weather. The graphics for days 3-7 show the next series frontal systems heading our way next Tuesday through Saturday.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 11 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 13 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 8 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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Home Wood Heating Advisory:
(Posted Daily)
Eugene-Springfield: GREEN – Burning is Allowed.
Oakridge: GREEN – Burning is Allowed.
*Note: Pellet stoves may be used anytime if they produce no visible emissions.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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Advisories:
- A PERMANENT HEALTH ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER BAR. POOLS IN THE BEDROCK ALONG THE RIVERS EDGE ARE KNOWN TO DEVELOP BLUE-GREEN ALGAE (CYANOBACTERIAL) BLOOMS THAT CAN BE HARMFUL TO PETS AND PEOPLE IF ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OCCURS. SIGNS HAVE BEEN POSTED ALONG SEVERAL ACCESS AREAS ALONG THE RIVER.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:
- Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with areas of fog and cooler late tonight and Saturday AM, a mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler Saturday afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy evening fog, areas of fog late Saturday night,
- Areas of AM fog, mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with patchy lingering fog Sunday afternoon, areas of fog again late Sunday night and Monday AM, mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) and a bit warmer in the afternoon (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), then rain Monday night.
- lows 40-37 warming back to 40 Monday night highs 53-50 warming to 52 Monday.
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with rain Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Wednesday and Thursday, rain Wednesday night, showers likely (70%) Thursday night,
- Then mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with showers likely (70%) Friday.
- highs 49-46 lows near 38. (seasonal averages high 47 low 34)
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Forecast for Roseburg:
- Mostly cloudy this evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight,
- Partly cloudy with areas of AM fog, sunny and a bit cooler Saturday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Saturday night,
- Partly cloudy with areas of AM fog, partly cloudy and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late at night,
- Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and a bit cooler Monday afternoon (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), rain Monday night.
- lows 39-44 highs near 55.
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with rain Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of rain at night,
- Cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday, rain Wednesday night and Thursday, showers likely (70%) Thursday night,
- Then rain and snow showers likely (70%) and a bit cooler Friday.
- highs 52-47 lows 42-39. (seasonal averages high 49 low 37)
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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly cloudy and cooler with patchy fog late tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM coastal fog while areas of inland AM fog, becoming mostly sunny and a bit warmer Saturday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy Saturday night with patchy inland fog late,
- Mostly cloudy with areas of inland AM fog, mostly sunny Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late at night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Monday AM (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), then rain and a bit cooler in the afternoon and Monday night.
- lows 43-47 highs 62-58.
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Wednesday, rain and breezy at night,
- Rain and a bit cooler Thursday, then showers and a bit cooler Thursday night and Friday.
- highs 55-50 lows 46-43. (seasonal averages high 51 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:
- Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday AM, mostly sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, mostly clear at night,
- Mostly sunny Sunday AM, partly cloudy and a bit warmer in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Sunday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain, a bit cooler with a (30%) chance of rain Monday afternoon (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), then rain at night.
- free air freezing level 8,000 ft. rising to 9,000 ft. late tonight, 11,000 ft. Saturday afternoon, 12,000 ft. Saturday night and Sunday, 11,000 ft. Sunday night, then snow level 7,000 ft. Monday and Monday night.
- lows 32-30 warming to 33 Sunday night highs 48-46.
- Mostly cloudy with rain or snow and a bit cooler Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of rain or snow at night,
- Rain or snow likely (70%) Wednesday and Thursday (a bit cooler), rain or snow Wednesday night, rain Thursday night,
- Then snow showers likely (70%) and a bit cooler Friday.
- snow level 5,500 ft. Tuesday, 3,500 ft. Tuesday night, 5,000 ft. Wednesday, 6,5000 ft. Wednesday night, 4,500 ft. Thursday, then 3,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday.
- highs 40-35 lows 29-32 cooling to 27 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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