Feb
15.
Here is my weekly weather quiz question. What is the “Photosphere?”
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An Upper Level High Pressure Ridge will helped keep out the rain for a short while. Now it’s back to rain.The graphics for days 1-3 show a stationary front dividing Oregon in half North and South. The graphics for days 3-7 Sunday through Thursday show active weather with complex frontal systems approaching active over the Pacific Ocean moving toward the Pacific Northwest.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 13 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 15 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 5 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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ADVISORIES:
- A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT ABOVE 5,000 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
- A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL OREGON.
- A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY BELOW 1,000 FT. FOR THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON.
- A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES.
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY FOR THE CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE.
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY FOR THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY.
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY FOR THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES.
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS.
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
- A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TODAY FOR THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE.
- A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL OREGON.
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY FOR CENTRAL OREGON.
- A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY FOR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY FOR THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES.
HEALTH 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:
- Mostly cloudy with evening showers, a (40%) chance of showers late tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Friday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening showers, rain late Friday night (0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with rain Saturday (0.25 in. of rain possible) and at night (0.25 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with a (40%) chance of rain Sunday, then a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday night.
- lows 42-40 warming to 43 Saturday night cooling to 40 Sunday night highs 52-58.
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with rain likely (70) Monday (President’s Day), a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of rain at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
- Then a mix of clouds and sun with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday.
- highs near 57 lows 40-42. (seasonal averages high 52 low 35)
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Home Wood Heating Advisory:
Eugene-Springfield: GREEN- Burning wood in wood stoves or fireplaces is allowed.
Oakridge: GREEN- Burning wood in wood stoves or fireplaces is allowed.
*Pellet stoves can be used anytime since they don’t produce the particulate smoke.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:
- Mostly cloudy with early evening rain, a good (50%) chance of rain tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and a bit warmer Friday afternoon, a good (50%) chance of evening rain, rain likely (70%) late Friday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with rain Saturday (0.10 in. of rain possible) and in the evening, rain likely (70%) late at night (0.25 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with (20%) chance of rain Sunday and in the evening, then rain likely (70%) Sunday night.
- lows 44-47 cooling to 45 Saturday night highs 52-58.
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with rain likely (70%) Monday (President’s Day), a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with rain likely (70%) Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of rain at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
- Then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Thursday.
- highs 56-58 cooling back to 56 Monday warming to 57 Tuesday lows near 43 (seasonal averages high 54 low 38)
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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Cloudy with early evening coastal rain likely (70%) and a good (50%) chance of coastal rain late tonight while a (40%) chance of inland evening rain, a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and a bit warmer Friday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), evening rain likely (70%), rain late Friday night (0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with rain Saturday (0.25 in. of rain possible), evening coastal rain and coastal rain likely (70%) Saturday night while inland rain likely (70%) at night (0.25 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with a (20%) chance of rain Sunday, evening rain likely (70%), then rain late Sunday night.
- lows 46-49 cooling back to 46 Saturday night and Sunday night highs 62-58 warming to 68 Sunday.
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with rain likely (70%) Monday (President’s Day), rain likely (70%) Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Tuesday and in the evening, a good (50%) chance of rain late at night,
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday, a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
- Then mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with a (30%) chance of rain Thursday.
- highs near 59 lows near 44. (seasonal averages high 54 low 41).
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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County:
- Mostly cloudy with evening rain and snow showers (snow possibly heavy at times), a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers late tonight (0.75 in. of rain possible, 5-9 in. of snow possible),
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers a bit warmer Friday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of evening rain and snow showers, rain likely (70%) with snow late Friday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, little or no snow accumulation expected),
- Mostly cloudy with AM snow and rain, rain and a bit warmer Saturday afternoon, rain and snow at night,
- A mix of clouds and sun and a bit warmer with a (40%) chance of rain Sunday, then rain and snow likely (70%) Sunday night.
- snow level 4,500 ft. tonight, 5,000 ft. Friday, 6,000 ft. Friday night, 5,500 ft. Saturday, then 5,000 ft. Saturday night through Sunday night
- lows 29-33 cooling to 32 highs 39-42.
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Monday (President’s Day), a good (50%) of rain and snow Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (70%) Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow at night,
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (70%) Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening rain and snow, partly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow late Wednesday night,
- Then a mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Thursday.
- snow level 5,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, 4,500 ft. Tuesday, 5,000 ft. Tuesday night, 4,500 ft. Wednesday, 5,000 ft. Wednesday night, then 4,500 ft. Thursday.
- highs near 40 lows 32-29.
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