PVT PLT OF SMA ACFT ON XCOUNTRY ENCOUNTERED UNFORECASTED WX AND WAS GIVEN A FLT ASSIST BY ARTCC.

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THE FLT WAS DAY VFR FROM SJC (SAN JOSE; CA) TO CLARK COUNTY (O56) IN WA. THE WX BRIEFING EXPECTED SCATTERED CLOUDS IN N CA; FAIRLY SOLID THROUGH THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND THEN A HIGH SCATTERED LAYER IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. THE FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL REACHING THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. THE FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL REACHING THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY; CRUISING ABOVE THE CLOUDS AT 12500 FT TO 14500 FT. THE BUILDUP WAS WORSE TO THE E; SO THE RTE OF FLT WAS W OF THE AIRWAY; ENDING UP OVER N BEND. THE WX OVER OREGON WAS SOLID OVCST NOT SCATTERED AS FORECAST; AND I NOTIFIED ZSE OF MY PREDICAMENT WITH 1 HR FUEL ON BOARD. AFTER DETERMINING THAT THERE WERE NO HOLES IN THE NORTH BEND AREA; I DECIDED TO TRY EUGENE; WHEN CONDITIONS WERE RPTED AS BETTER. WITH ZSE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING CLRER AREAS; I FOUND 1 HOLE THAT ENABLED ME TO DSND BELOW THE OVCST. EUGENE APCH HELPED WITH DIRECTIONS TO THE ARPT; SINCE VISIBILITY BELOW A 1200 FT SCATTERED LAYER WAS BAD. I WAS GIVEN PRIORITY HANDLING DUE TO MY BEING LOW ON FUEL. I LANDED SUCCESSFULLY AT EUGENE WITHOUT INCIDENT.