Thursday Nov 11 Update: To those of you who are Veterans, thank you! As of 9:00am, we've had 1.40" of rain here in Cottage Grove (since 4:00pm yesterday). Most of that occurred 4pm - 9pm. Small chance of light rain today through tomorrow morning (Friday), then rain Friday afternoon-night. Heaviest rain stays to our north […]
Over the past day or so you've probably come across headlines of "heavy rain expected" and/or "hydrologic outlook." This is because a storm system will direct a narrow plume of moisture into the Pacific Northwest for an extended period of time, resulting in areas of heavy rain, potential for flooding, and mudflow possibilities around some […]
What: Breezy tonight, with some wind gusts to somewhere between 20-30 mph. Light rain will develop later this evening with showers on tap for Tuesday. Total rainfall will be around 1/5-1/3" (0.20-0.33"). Snow levels above 6000' tonight, lowering to near 4000' Tuesday. Another couple of storm systems will bring periods of rain and showers through Friday, […]
More or less, typical Oregon weather of periods of rain/showers through Wednesday (nothing to write home about). Total rainfall through Wednesday looks to be around 1/2"-3/4". Nothing concerning with southerly winds, which can gust up to 15 or 20 mph at times. Thursday through early next weekend, a couple storm systems could bring an additional […]
Thursday Nov 4 Weather Update: Wind gusts up to 30 or 35 mph still remain possible into the afternoon; 40-50 mph gusts now looking less likely. See images, it's a complex process for strong winds overhead to "push down" to the surface (makes valley/foothill wind forecasts challenging). Up to another 1/3" of additional rainfall today. […]
A cut-off low pressure system currently centered approx 200 miles offshore of the far Northern California coast is causing instability in Oregon from about Eugene southward. This triggered one lightning strike here in Cottage Grove at 7:39 this morning. The term "cut-off" means that the system is detached, or "cut-off," from the jet stream and […]
We certainly escaped the worst impacts from the Sunday-Monday record strong storm system (lowest barometric pressure). Winds gusted 60 to 80 mph along the coast on Sunday (Newport recorded an 82 mph gust), with winds locally inland peaking at 30-40 mph (30 mph in Cottage Grove, 41 mph at the Creswell Airport). Most of the […]
Although this storm system is within the top 3 strongest on record, it's beginning to slowly weaken. The worst part will not affect our area, since the main low pressure center is about 400-500 miles NW of us (as of 10am Sunday). Periods of rain/showers, possibly heavy at times, can be expected through Monday. It […]
