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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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An upper level high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) has taken over for a short-term warmup. Autumn officially begins with the Autumnal Equinox at 7:29 PM next Monday September 22nd. Another frontal system looks like it will move through Oregon next Tuesday bringing cooler temperatures and the possibility of much needed rain.

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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 51 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 48 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:

• Clear with areas of smoke late tonight,
• Sunny and warmer with areas of smoke Saturday, clear with areas of  smoke at night,
• Mostly sunny and cooler with areas of smoke again Sunday, clear with patchy evening smoke, then partly cloudy late Sunday night, through Monday night.
• lows 53-55 cooling to 52 Monday night highs 90 cooling to 80 Monday.
• Partly cloudy Tuesday morning, becoming mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain in the afternoon and evening, rain likely (60%) late Tuesday night,
• Cloudy with AM rain likely (60%) Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of rain in the afternoon and Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday and in the evening, a good (50%) chance of showers late Thursday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM showers, then a (40%) chance of rain Friday afternoon.
• highs 78-66 lows 55-50. (seasonal averages high 76 low 46).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Sunny and warmer Saturday and Sunday, clear Saturday night, mostly clear Sunday evening then partly cloudy late Sunday night,
• Then partly cloudy Monday and Monday night.
• lows 55-60 cooling back to 55 Monday night highs 96-84.
• through Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon, a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Wednesday afternoon through Thursday evening, a  (40%) chance of showers late at night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Friday.
• highs 82-70 lows 57-52. (seasonal averages high 78 low 51)

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

• Clear tonight,
• Sunny Saturday, mostly clear with patchy coastal fog late at night,
• Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog Sunday while patchy AM fog and sunny inland in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Sunday night while mostly clear in the evening .
• lows near 54 highs 72-66.
• Partly cloudy with patchy fog Monday, partly cloudy at night,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain in the afternoon, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night and Wednesday, then showers likely (70%) Wednesday night through Thursday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Friday.
• highs 66-64 lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 65 low 50)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Clear with areas of smoke late tonight,
• Sunny and warmer with areas of smoke Saturday, clear with more smoke at night,
• Mostly sunny with areas of smoke Sunday and in the evening, mostly clear and cooler at night,
• Mostly sunny Monday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the afternoon and at night.
• free air freezing level 15,000 ft. tonight through Sunday, then 14,000 ft. Sunday night.
• lows 42-50 highs 82-69.
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday AM, a slight (20%) chance of rain in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, a good (50%) chance of rain late Tuesday night,
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain, rain likely (60%) Wednesday afternoon and evening, a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday night and Thursday, a good (50%) chance of evening rain, a good (50%) chance of showers late Thursday night.
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday AM, then a good (50%) chance of rain in the afternoon.
• snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday through Wednesday night, then 7,500 ft. Thursday.
• highs 66-53 lows 45-37.

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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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