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 […]
We hit 76° yesterday (Saturday), today we'll top off at around 80 with some breezes up to 10 mph. Then BAM: 90 Monday, low 90's Tuesday, 90 Wednesday. Thursday will probably be in the upper 80's. Normal high is 81. Tail ends of a couple of low pressure systems will then clip northern Oregon Friday […]
Friday: Noticeably cooler today (highs 80-85). Much cooler Saturday with maybe some sprinkles or a brief light shower in the morning - highs 75-80. Hot again early next week - check out the predicted temperature chart below. Good news is that the weather pattern is expected to switch over to more fall-like by the end […]
In June 2021, I published a study (Special Report) addressing temperature and precipitation trends across Oregon and the West Coast states. Scroll through the images below for a better understanding of the trends and to put things into perspective. Note that La Nina has had a moderate to major impact on our fall / winter […]
