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River Road, Oregon

Community in Lane County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at River Road

Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Eugene and Springfield (OR), 4 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at River Road

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at River Road, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 10 AM.

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On the radar over River Road, OregonReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest River Road, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Eugene 2.1 NNWOR-LA-128

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/403 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Fern Ridge-VenetaFRIO3

At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/384 ft/13 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Eugene/Mahlon Sweet, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.8 mi from River Road, Oregon. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 25,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Eugene/Mahlon Sweet, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 25,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EUGFIG. A THE SKY OVER EUGENE/MAHLON SWEETSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTFEW 25,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEEugene/Mahlon Sweet, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EUGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EUG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 25,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Eugene/Mahlon Sweet: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 25,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EUGFIG. B THE AIR AT EUGENE/MAHLON SWEETTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.4 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 25,000 FTTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEEugene/Mahlon Sweet, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EUGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EUG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Eugene/Mahlon Sweet, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EUGFIG. C THE WIND AT EUGENE/MAHLON SWEETPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEugene/Mahlon Sweet, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EUGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EUG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Eugene/Mahlon Sweet, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Oregon

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Near River Road

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