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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column I Had To Decide “Weather Or Not” For My Future.

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And don’t forget my latest feature story in the continuing series on service club organizations called “Buffalo Isn’t Only Known For Its Wings.”

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Another upper level low (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) is moving in with a short-lived cooling trend in the Pacific Northwest. A frontal system is pushing into California from the west and along with the upper level low they combine to send moisture at us from the south and southwest.  Another frontal system looks like it will move through Oregon next Wednesday. Autumn officially begins with the Autumnal Equinox at 7:29 PM next Monday September 22nd.

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Advisories:

• A HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE IN THE WILLAMETTE RIVER FROM THE SOUTH END OF ROSS ISLAND DOWNSTREAM TO THE FREMONT BRIDGE IN MULTNOMA COUNTY.
• A HEALTH ADVISORY FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TENMILE LAKES IN COOS COUNTY. THE TOXIC ALGAE BLOOM MEANS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT DRINK OR HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE AFFECTED WATER AND THAT ALSO GOES FOR ANY PETS.
• 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 DRINK OR 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 55 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at Springfield City Hall. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 76 in the Moderate 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:

• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of scattered showers today (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a slight (20%) chance of showers this evening, just partly cloudy late tonight,
• Partly cloudy and warmer Friday, clear with areas of smoke late Friday night,
• Sunny with areas of smoke Saturday, areas of evening smoke, then mostly clear at night.
• highs 73-88 lows 54-48 warming to 55 Saturday night.
• Mostly sunny Sunday, partly cloudy Sunday night through Monday night,
• Partly cloudy in the AM, clouds increasing to mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of rain late Tuesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday AM and a (40%) chance of rain in the afternoon.
• highs 88-77 lows near 54. (seasonal averages high 77 low 47).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers this AM, a (40%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this afternoon, cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the evening, partly cloudy late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy Friday AM, sunny and warmer in the afternoon, mostly clear Friday night,
• Sunny and warmer Saturday, then mostly clear at night.
• highs 74-96 lows 58-55 warming to 60 Saturday night.
• Mostly sunny Sunday, mostly clear at night,
• Sunny Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon through Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain in the afternoon, a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday AM, then a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday afternoon.
• highs 92-76 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 78 low 51)

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

• Cloudy with AM coastal showers likely (70%) while inland showers this AM,  a good (50%) chance of  showers this afternoon, a (30%) chance of evening coastal showers while a slight (20%) chance of inland evening thunderstorms and just partly cloudy late tonight,
• AM clouds, sunny Friday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, clear late at night,
• Sunny Saturday, clear in the evening, then partly cloudy late at night.
• highs 65-69 lows near 54.
• Partly cloudy Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog Sunday night and Monday, partly cloudy at night,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain in the afternoon, a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday.
• highs 65-67 cooling to 64 Tuesday warming to 66 Wednesday lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 65 low 50)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with showers likely (70%) today and this evening (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late tonight,
• A mix of clouds and sun in the AM, mostly sunny Friday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, clear late Friday night,
• Sunny and breezy (Wind: E 10-15 mph increasing to E 20-25 mph in the afternoon) and warmer Saturday, mostly clear at night.
• snow level above 8,000 ft. today and tonight, free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Friday, then 15,000 ft. Friday night through Saturday night.
• highs 64-79 lows 46-42 warming to 48 Saturday night.
• Mostly sunny Sunday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Monday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon showers, partly cloudy  at night,
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon, clouds increasing to mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain late Tuesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday.
• free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Sunday, 14,000 ft. Sunday night, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday through Wednesday
• highs 79-67 lows 47-45.

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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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