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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. A frontal system is moving into Oregon with cooler air behind it. As the winds strengthen from the east we will see more smoke from the wildfire near Oakridge penetrate into the valley areas later this week.

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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 33 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 36 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:

• 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, clear with areas of smoke Thursday night,
• Sunny areas of smoke Friday and in the evening, mostly clear at night.
• lows 52-48 warming to 55 Friday night highs 78-92.
• Mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear Saturday night, partly cloudy Sunday  night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the afternoon Monday and Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday evening.
• highs 92-78 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 80 low 50)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Clear tonight,
• Partly cloudy in the AM, sunny Wednesday afternoon, clear at night,
• Sunny Thursday, clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Friday, then mostly clear Friday night.
• lows 53-50 warming to 56 Friday night highs 84-82 warming to 93 Thursday.
• Mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear at night,
• Saturday, mostly clear at night,
• Then partly cloudy Sunday through Tuesday.
• highs 97-83 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:

• Clear this evening, partly cloudy later tonight,
• Mostly cloudy Wednesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, clear Wednesday night,
• Sunny Thursday, clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Friday, then mostly clear Friday night.
• lows 55-52 highs 66-72.
• Sunny Saturday, partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday, mostly cloudy Sunday  night and Monday, then partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday.
• highs 67-70 cooling back to 67 Tuesday lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 66 low 52)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• 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, clear with areas of smoke Thursday night,
• Mostly sunny with areas of smoke Friday, mostly clear with areas of smoke at night.
• free air freezing level 14,000 ft. tonight, 12,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night,  13,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, then 14,000 ft. Friday and Friday night.
• lows 37-47 highs 66-76.
• 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 through Monday evening, a slight (20%) chance of rain late Monday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain, then a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon.
• free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, 13,000 ft. Sunday, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday night through Tuesday.
• highs 75-65 warming to 72 Tuesday lows 44-42.

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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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