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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column It Takes More Than Just Flipping A Coin.
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An upper level high pressure ridge is giving us more sunshine and slowly warming temperatures. The smokey air is being scoured out of the valley.
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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 41 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,
- Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, clear at night,
- Sunny and warmer Thursday and Friday, clear both nights,
- lows 48-44 warming to 50 Friday night highs 82-88.
- Sunny Saturday and Sunday, clear each night,
- Then mostly sunny and cooler Monday and Tuesday, mostly clear at night.
- highs 88-92 cooling to 83 Tuesday lows 53-56. (seasonal averages high 79 low 48)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly clear tonight,
- Sunny and warmer Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, clear at night.
- lows 50-56 highs 88-95.
- Sunny Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, clear each night,
- Then mostly sunny Tuesday.
- highs 95-86 lows 56-54. (seasonal averages high 81 low 53)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly clear tonight,
- Sunny Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, mostly clear each night.
- lows 52-55 highs 66-76 cooling to 68 Friday.
- Mostly sunny Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, mostly clear Saturday night and Sunday night, partly cloudy Monday night,
- Then partly cloudy Tuesday.
- highs 67-64 lows 52-56. (seasonal averages high 65 low 51)
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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:
- Partly cloudy this evening, clear late tonight,
- Sunny Wednesday, clear at night,
- Sunny and breezy (Wind: E 15-25 mph) Thursday, clear at night,
- Then sunny Friday, then clear Friday night.
- free air freezing level 14,000 ft. tonight, then 15,000 ft. Wednesday through Friday.
- lows near 42-40 warming to 48 Friday night highs 72-69 warming to 78 Friday.
- Saturday, Sunday, clear each night,
- Then mostly sunny Monday.
- free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, then 14,000 ft. Saturday through Monday.
- highs 79-69 lows 49-52 cooling to 46 Sunday night.
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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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