Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column It Doesn’t Only Happen In A Poker Game.

You’ll want to read my feature story starting a series on service club organizations. This installment is called Who Are The Lions and What Do they Do?

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No winner this week. Here is my new weekly weather quiz question for the last time. As you know, the government is big on using acronyms to represent a longer title. The National Weather Service uses many of them. What does the acronym “PIREP” represent? Here is the correct answer. A PIREP is a pilot Report. A report of inflight weather by an aircraft pilot or crew member. A complete coded report includes the following information in this order: location and/or extent of reported weather phenomenon: type of aircraft (only with reports turbulence or icing). I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question 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 UNTIL 8 AM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE CURRY COUNTY COAST.
• A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST.

A Blue-Green Algae warning  has been cancelled for Devils Lake while the warning continues for Tenmile Lakes in Coos County, Fern Ridge Reservoir, Lost Creek Lake, and Willow Creek Reservoir (NE Oregon). 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) has taken over control of our weather. Clear skies will mean cold overnight temperatures and possible freezing fog with plenty of daytime sunshine for a couple of days.

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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:

• Areas of AM fog and freezing fog, sunny this afternoon, clear with patchy fog and freezing fog tonight,
• Partly cloudy with areas of AM fog and freezing fog, sunny Sunday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late at night.
• AM fog, a mix of clouds and sun Monday, then partly cloudy at night.
• highs 46-40 warming to near 45 Monday lows 24-30.
• Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday and  at night,
• Mostly cloudy Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), then mostly cloudy Thursday night and Friday.
• highs 43-50 lows 32-35. (seasonal averages high 50 low 37)

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Your Saturday College Football Forecasts:

Ducks vs Arizona at Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona Kickoff: 12:30 PM Mostly cloudy with rain, 52 warming to 57, wind: E-SE 15 mph.

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Beavers vs Washington at Reser Stadium, Kickoff: 7:30 PM Clear 43 with temperature falling into the 30s throughout the game, wind: NE 5-10 mph. Bundle up, it will be very chilly.

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:

• Sunny today, clear with areas of coastal fog while patchy inland fog and freezing fog late tonight,
• Sunny with areas of coastal fog Sunday, clear at night,
• Patchy AM fog, mostly sunny Monday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy with patchy fog late Monday night.
• highs 62-58 lows 35-40.
• Partly cloudy Tuesday, mostly cloudy Tuesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance showers Wednesday and a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) and Thursday night, then a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday.
• highs near 54 lows 40-42. (seasonal averages high 53 low 42)

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:

• Sunny today, mostly clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny Sunday, mostly clear at night,
• Sunny Monday, then partly cloudy Monday night.
• free air freezing level 9,000 ft. today, 10,000 ft. tonight, 9,000 ft. Sunday, 8,000 ft. Sunday night, then 9,000 ft. Monday and Monday night.
• highs 43-45 lows 27-33 cooling to 30.
• Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday and Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), then mostly cloudy Thursday night and Friday.
• free air freezing level 8,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday, snow level 5,500 ft. at night, then 5,500 ft. Thursday, then 6,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday.
• highs near 43 lows near 32.