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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column It’s That Time Again And I Have Too Many Digital Clocks To Change.
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Sorry, but no winner this week. Here is my new weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What determines if a tropical storm becomes a hurricane? A tropical cyclone in the Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or eastern Pacific, which the maximum 1-minute sustained surface wind is 64 knots (74 mph) or greater gets the title of hurricane. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you starting Monday. Please remember to post your answer as a comment by clicking on “no comments /comments” in the upper right hand portion of this page under the caption, then add your comment. The first person to post the correct answer will win a week of free personalized weather forecasts tailored to your needs. The answer has to be a comment to win. An email answer will not count. Good luck.
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ADVISORIES:
- A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, JACKSON COUNTY.
- A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM UNTIL 8 AM MONDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, JACKSON COUNTY.
A NEW Blue-Green Algae warning has been issued for Tenmile Lakes in Coos County. A Blue-Green Algae warning has been lifted for Walterville Pond, Dorena Reservoir and Dexter Reservoir, but continues for Fern Ridge Reservoir, Lost Creek Lake, and at Devils Lake. Water monitoring has confirmed the presence of blue-green algae that can produce toxins, state public health officials said. The algae levels are likely associated with dangerous cyanotoxin concentrations in the water that can be harmful to humans and animals. Swallowing or inhaling water droplets, as well as skin contact with water, should be avoided according to the authorities.
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An upper level high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape) will move over Oregon cutting off the moisture feed and drying us out while spreading sunshine over the Pacific Northwest for the next 7 days.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:
- Mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with AM fog, mostly sunny Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Sunday night,
- AM clouds and sun with patchy fog, mostly sunny Monday afternoon (Columbus Day), mostly clear with patchy fog at night,
- Patchy AM fog mostly sunny Tuesday, then partly cloudy at night.
- lows near 38 highs 57-66.
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Mostly sunny Wednesday through Saturday with mostly clear nights.
- highs near 66 lows 39-42(seasonal averages high 67 low 42)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight and Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with areas of fog late Sunday night,
- Partly cloudy with patchy AM fog, sunny Monday afternoon (Columbus Day), then mostly clear with patchy fog late Monday night,
- Partly cloudy with patchy AM fog, sunny Tuesday afternoon, then partly cloudy at night.
- lows 43-40 warming to 43 Tuesday night highs near 64.
- Mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear at night,
- Then sunny Friday and Saturday, partly cloudy Friday night.
- highs 68-72 cooling to 69 Saturday lows 42-45. (seasonal averages high 69 low 46)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, sunny Sunday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
- Sunny Monday (Columbus Day), mostly clear at night,
- Sunny Tuesday, then partly cloudy at night.
- lows near 45 highs 62-65.
- Partly cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night,
- Sunny Thursday, then partly cloudy Thursday night through Saturday.
- highs near 65 lows 46-48. (seasonal averages high 62 low 46)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:
- Mostly cloudy a slight (20%) chance of evening rain and snow showers, partly cloudy late tonight,
- Just partly cloudy Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night,
- Sunny Monday (Columbus Day), clear at night.
- snow level 5,000 ft. tonight, free air freezing level 6,500 ft. rising to 8,000 ft. Sunday, 9,000 ft. at night, 10,000 ft. Monday, then 12,000 ft. Monday night through Tuesday night.
- Mostly sunny Tuesday, then partly cloudy Tuesday night.
- lows 32-35 highs 46-56.
- Mostly sunny Wednesday through Saturday with mostly clear skies at night.
- free air freezing level 11,000 ft. Wednesday, 10,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday, 12,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday, 11,000 ft. at night, then 12,000 ft. Saturday.
- highs near 57 lows near 36.
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**Because weather forecasting is a combination of science, intuition, and timing there can be no absolute guarantees that individual forecasts will be 100% accurate. Nature is in a constant state of flux and sudden unexpected weather events can happen.
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