*UPDATED SATURDAY 11:00am* The "cut-off" low pressure system (cut-off from the jet stream) is trekking south offshore, as predicted, and will get stuck and hang around just offshore of northern California through Wednesday. Although unlikely, can't rule out sprinkles or a brief light shower through this evening before shower chances increase tonight. Tonight-Sunday morning: A […]
Lots of new people here in the group so I'll give a brief introduction of myself. I'm a Meteorologist with a Bachelor's Degree in Meteorology (2002) and Master's in Atmospheric Science (2005). I work out of my home office, here in Cottage Grove, and mostly do agricultural weather forecasting (which is very challenging). My wife […]
Enjoying the cool crisp mornings? Interesting weather pattern coming up for Friday through Sunday. To rain or not to rain is the difficult question to answer. This is because the low pressure system that will approach Oregon early Friday is going to be cut-off from the jet stream (in meteorology, we call this a "cut-off […]
The past Friday-Saturday easterly wind event that brought smoke and ash into our area is now behind us. Smoke is gradually mixing out of our area and air quality slowly improving (now in the "moderate" category as of the time of this writing, after venturing into the "very hazardous" level on Saturday). Scroll below to […]
Wind Event Update (8:30am Friday): Strongest winds are expected NORTH of Lane County where 50-55 mph gusts will be common near the Cascade ridges. Here in Lane County, winds near the crests can gust up to 40-45 mph. This is NOT as strong of an event as 2020. Timing: Strongest winds will be from 2:00pm […]
12:00pm Thursday: Concerned about the Fri/Sat wind event? Let's put things into perspective. No need to panic. This wind event is NOT as strong as the one that occurred in 2020. The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for all of Oregon from the Cascades WEST to the coast for just a 36-hour […]
Weather & Fire Update (Tuesday 3:00pm): The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch for most areas north of Douglas County from 11:00am FRIDAY to 8:00pm SATURDAY. The reason for this WATCH is the possibility of easterly winds being stirred up by a dry low pressure system that will be passing through the region […]
Enjoy today's cooler temperatures because hot weather returns tomorrow (Tuesday). This is expected to be the last week of 90-degree high temps until next year, as the pattern will undergo significant changes next weekend, especially on Sunday. What's so interesting about next weekend? Saturday will be hot and muggy, then much cooler on Sunday but still […]
WHEN DOES FALL BEGIN? There are actually two answers…Meteorological fall begins today, September 1. Astronomical fall begins September 22. Meteorologists consider fall to be during the months of September, October, and November. By following the civil calendar and having less variation in season length and season start, it becomes much easier to calculate seasonal statistics […]
Yesterday (Tuesday) in Cottage Grove, we hit 96-99°. Today and Thursday will be 90-94. It will then be a little cooler Friday through the Labor Day Holiday Weekend with high temperatures topping out in the mid to upper 80's. Normal high/low: 81/47. Seeing some signs that high temps may cool down next week, but temperatures […]
