Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column I Give Thanks For The Day Before Thanksgiving

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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Here is my new weekly weather quiz question. The “Winter Solstice” occurs at 9:11 AM December 21st. What is the significance of this event? 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 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. A weak disturbance will ride over the ridge bringing the chance for increased clouds Wednesday and Thanksgiving Day. 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:

• Sunny today, mostly clear tonight,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night,
• Mostly cloudy Wednesday and at night.
• highs 46-50 lows 25-35.
• Mostly cloudy Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) and Thursday night,
• Mostly cloudy Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Saturday and Saturday night
• Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday.
• highs 48-50 lows 35-40. (seasonal averages high 49 low 36).

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

• Mostly cloudy with areas of frost and patchy fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, cloudy with areas of patchy coastal fog late tonight while patchy inland fog late at night,
• Cloudy with areas of AM coastal fog, AM sun inland, partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Tuesday night,
• Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night,
• highs 56-58 lows 40-45 cooling to 42 Wednesday night.
• Mostly cloudy Thursday through Saturday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday.
• highs 56-52 warming to 55 Sunday lows near 40. (seasonal averages high 53 low 41)

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:

• Sunny today, clear tonight,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun Wednesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, just mostly cloudy at night.
• free air freezing level 10,000 ft. today, 9,000 ft. tonight and Tuesday, 7,500 ft. Tuesday night, 7,000 ft. Wednesday, then 7,500 ft. Wednesday.
•  highs 50-45 warming to 50 Wednesday lows 30-35.
• Mostly cloudy Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) through Friday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Friday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Saturday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday night, then a good (50%) chance of rain  Sunday.
• free air freezing level 7,000 ft. Thursday, 7,500 ft. Thursday night and Friday, snow level 5,500 ft. Friday night through Saturday night, then 6,000 ft. Sunday.
• highs 43-39 lows near 35.