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A upper level high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) will give us a couple more cooler days, then sunny and warmer, almost hot, days. As the winds strengthen from the east we will see more smoke from the wildfire near Oakridge penetrate into the valley areas.

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Advisories:

• A HEALTH ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE FOR WALTERVILLE POND IN LANE COUNTY AND AT DEVILS LAKE IN LINCOLN COUNTY. THE TOXIC ALGAE BLOOM MEANS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE AFFECTED WATER AND THAT ALSO GOES FOR ANY PETS.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 35 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at HWY 99, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 47 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Willamette Activity Center, Oakridge. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

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

• A mix of clouds and sun this AM, partly cloudy and cooler this afternoon, mostly clear tonight,
• A mix of clouds and sun in the AM, sunny Wednesday afternoon, clear at night,
• Sunny and warmer with areas of smoke Thursday, then clear with areas of smoke Thursday night.
• highs 80-78 warming to 88 Thursday lows 52-48 warming to 54 Thursday night.
• Sunny areas of smoke Friday and in the evening, clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny in the AM, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy late at night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday afternoon.
• highs 92-78 lows 52-56. (seasonal averages high 80 low 50)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Sunny today, Wednesday, and Thursday, then clear at night.
• highs 84-82 warming to 93 Thursday lows 54-50 warming to 55 Thursday night.
• Mostly sunny Friday and Saturday, mostly clear at night,
• Partly cloudy Sunday through Monday AM, then mostly cloudy Monday afternoon.
• highs 94-96 cooling to 84 Monday lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 82 low 54)

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

• AM coastal clouds, sunny this afternoon while sunny inland, clear tonight,
• Mostly cloudy at the shore Wednesday AM and sunny in the afternoon while sunny inland, clear Wednesday night,
• Sunny Thursday, then mostly clear at night.
• highs 65-70 lows 55-52.
• Mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear Friday night,
• Sunny Saturday, partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late Sunday  night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday afternoon.
• highs 72-67 lows 53-55. (seasonal averages high 66 low 52)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Sunny with patchy smoke this afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy smoke tonight,
• Mostly sunny with patchy smoke Wednesday, clear with areas of smoke at night,
• Sunny with areas of smoke Thursday, then clear with areas of smoke Thursday night.
• free air freezing level 15,000 ft. today, 14,000 ft. tonight, 11,000 ft. Wednesday, 12,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday, then 13,000 ft. Thursday night.
• highs 70-66 warming to 72 Thursday lows 38-44 Thursday night.
• Sunny with areas of smoke Friday, mostly clear with areas of smoke at night,
• Mostly sunny with areas of AM smoke Saturday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Sunday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Sunday night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday.
• free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, 13,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday night and Monday.
• highs 77-65 lows 47-42.

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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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