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 FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 8 AM MONDAY 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) is still controlling our weather. An upper level low (shaded “U” shape) will slide to the east well south of us toward the weekend and we could see clouds and a chance of showers as it spins moisture at us from the south.

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

• Clear tonight,
• Sunny Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun Wednesday, then partly cloudy at night.
• lows 25-35 highs 52-48 warming to 52 Wednesday.
• A mix of clouds and sun Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), mostly cloudy Thursday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun Friday, mostly cloudy Friday night through Saturday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday.
• highs 48-52 cooling to 48 Saturday warming to near 50 Sunday lows 36-38. (seasonal averages high 49 low 36).

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

• Clear with areas of frost and patchy fog late tonight and Monday AM, sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with areas of patchy coastal fog late Monday night while patchy inland fog late Monday night,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday, mostly cloudy Tuesday night through Wednesday night,
• lows 37-42 cooling to 39 Wednesday night highs near 57.
• Mostly cloudy Thursday through Saturday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday.
• highs 55-52 warming to 55 Sunday lows near 40. (seasonal averages high 53 low 41)

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:

• Clear tonight, sunny Monday, clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Tuesday, partly cloudy Tuesday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun Wednesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, just partly cloudy at night.
• free air freezing level 9,000 ft. tonight, 10,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, 9,000 ft. Tuesday, 7,500 ft. Tuesday night, 7,000 ft. Wednesday, then snow level 6,000 ft. Wednesday.
• lows 25-35 highs 47-50.
• A mix of clouds and sun Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), mostly cloudy Thursday night,
• Partly cloudy Friday and at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Saturday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday night and Sunday.
• free air freezing level 7,000 ft. Thursday, 7,500 ft. Thursday night, 7,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, snow level 5,000 ft. Saturday, then 5,500 ft. Saturday night and Sunday.
• highs 43-45 cooling to near 40 Sunday lows 35-32.