A high pressure ridge just offshore will continue protecting us, far a while at least. The next storm system to bring back the chance of rain will be here on Friday. For now look for dry weather with late night and early morning fog.

For the Willamette Valley : Today after AM fog/freezing fog.frost look for a mix of clouds and sun with some lingering afternoon fog high 48, then mostly cloudy at night with patchy fog low 34. A  mix of clouds and sun  Wednesday and Thursday after morning fog and clouds high 47-50. Partly cloudy Thursday evening then mostly cloudy with patchy fog at night low 35. That means a chilly but dry evening for the Civil War  football game at Autzen Stadium. Mostly cloudy Friday morning then a mix of clouds & sun in the afternoon with a slight chance of rain and partly cloudy at night still a slight chance of rain high near 50 low 36. Partly cloudy Saturday through Monday with a slight chance of rain highs 44-48 lows 33-36. For the Umpqua Basin the daytime temperatures will be about the same as the Willamette Valley, but the low temperatures will be in the mid 30s.  At the coast high temperatures will be in the 50s to near 60 for the daytime highs and  the mid to upper 30s at night.

For the Cascades:  The free air freezing level will be 8,000′ today, 7,500′ tonight, rising to 9.000′ Wednesday and  Wednesday night, down to 8,000′  Thursday,  5,500′ at night. The snow level will fall to 4,000′ Friday, 3,000′ Friday night, 2,500′ Saturday, and 3,000′ Saturday night. Sunday through Monday the snow level will remain at about 2,500′. The chance of rain/snow will remain at about 20% for the period Friday through Monday.
Here again is my weather quiz question for this week. What was the deadliest hurricane to strike the United States and  when did it occur? Please place your answer as a comment  after this post. The first person to correctly answer the question will win a week of free forecasts personalized for your needs. Good luck.