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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 has been scoured out of the valley for now, but it will return by the end of this week..
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Advisories:
- A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 2 PM FRIDAY FOR WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST RANGE, THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY, AND THE CASCADES FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY.
- A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY FOR WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE, THE ENTIRE WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES, AND THE NORTH OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS.
- 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 43 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 88 in theModerate 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 sunny and warmer today, Thursday and Friday, clear each night,
- highs 82-89 lows 42-50.
- Sunny Saturday and Sunday, clear each night,
- Then mostly sunny and cooler Monday, mostly clear at night,
- Then sunny Tuesday.
- 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:
- Sunny and warmer today, Thursday, and Friday, clear at night.
- highs 88-95 lows 53-57.
- Sunny Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, clear each night,
- Then mostly sunny Tuesday.
- highs 95-87 lows 56-54. (seasonal averages high 80 low 52)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Sunny today, Thursday, and Friday, mostly clear each night.
- highs 66-78 cooling to 68 Friday lows near 55.
- Mostly sunny Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, mostly clear Saturday night and Sunday night, then partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday.
- highs 68-64 lows 52-56. (seasonal averages high 65 low 51)
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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:
- Sunny today, clear tonight,
- Sunny and breezy (Wind: E 15-25 mph gusts to 35 mph) Thursday, clear at night,
- Sunny breezy (Wind: E 15-25 mph gusts to 35 mph in the AM) and warmer Friday, then clear Friday night.
- free air freezing level 15,000 ft. today, 14,000 ft tonight, then 15,000 ft. Thursday through Friday night.
- highs 70-78 lows near 40-48.
- Sunny Saturday and Sunday, clear each night,
- Sunny Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly clear Monday night,
- Then mostly sunny and cooler Tuesday.
- free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Saturday through Tuesday.
- highs 77-79 cooling to 69 Tuesday lows 49-52 cooling to 46 Monday 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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