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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column A Book Report, Really?

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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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Here is my new weekly weather quiz question. What is an “occluded front?”  Please remember to post your answer as a comment by clicking on “no comments /comments” in the upper right hand portion of this page under the caption, then add your comment. The first person to post the correct answer will win a week of free personalized weather forecasts tailored to your needs. The answer has to be a comment to win. An email answer will not count. Good luck.

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An upper level high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) is going to slowly warm us up and dry us out starting today.

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Advisories:

• A HEALTH ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE IN CULLABY LAKE JUST OFF HWY 101 BETWEEN ASTORIA AND SEASIDE IN CLATSOP COUNTY OREGON, IN WICKIUP RESERVOIR IN DESCHUTES COUNTY, 40 MILES SW OF BEND, THE LOWER WILLAMETTE RIVER FROM THE SOUTH END OF ROSS ISLAND DOWNSTREAM TO THE SOUTH END OF SAUVIE ISLAND IN MULTNOMA COUNTY,  FOR TENMILE LAKES IN COOS COUNTY, 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 32 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 13 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 cloudy with patchy AM fog, mostly sunny and just a bit warmer this afternoon, partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Thursday AM, sunny and warmer Thursday afternoon, clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late at night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with patchy AM fog, sunny Friday afternoon, then clear at night.
• highs 68-80 lows 42-44.
• Mostly sunny Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, mostly clear Saturday night and Sunday night, partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday.
• highs 76-80 cooling to 76 Wednesday lows near 54. (seasonal averages high 71 low 44).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, sunny and warmer this afternoon, clear tonight,
• Sunny Thursday and Friday, then clear both nights.
• highs 72-88 lows 43-50.
• Mostly sunny Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, mostly clear Saturday night and Sunday night, then partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday.
• highs 84-80 lows 49-52. (seasonal averages high 74 low 48)

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

• AM clouds and patchy inland fog, sunny and warmer this afternoon, clear tonight,
• Sunny Thursday and Friday, then clear both nights.
• highs 65-69 lows 47-52.
• Mostly sunny Saturday, clear Saturday night,
• Sunny Sunday, clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Sunday night through Tuesday.
• highs 70-68 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 63 low 48)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Partly cloudy this AM, sunny and a little bit warmer this afternoon, mostly clear tonight,
• Sunny and warmer Thursday and Friday, then clear both nights.
• free air freezing level 11,000 ft. today, 12,000 ft. tonight, 13,000 ft. Thursday, 14,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday, then 15,000 ft. Friday night.
• highs 58-75 lows 38-46.
• Mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear at night,
• Sunny Sunday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Monday, mostly clear at night,
• Then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon.
• free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, 15,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, 14,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Tuesday.
• highs 73-69 lows near 47.

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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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