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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 will slowly warm us up and dry us out.

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Advisories:

• A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM UNTIL 8 AM THURSDAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
• A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM UNTIL 8 AM THURSDAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
• 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 29 in the Good category measuring Ozone at Delight Valley School, Saginaw. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 9 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 through late this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Thursday AM, mostly sunny and warmer Thursday afternoon, clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late at night,
• Partly cloudy with patchy AM fog, mostly sunny and warmer Friday afternoon, clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late at night and Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Saturday night.
• lows 40-48 highs 73-79.
• Mostly sunny Sunday and Monday, mostly clear Sunday night, partly cloudy Monday night,
• Then partly cloudy Tuesday and at night,
• Then partly cloudy and cooler Wednesday.
• highs 77-72 lows 49-45. (seasonal averages high 71 low 44).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Clear tonight,
• Sunny Thursday, Friday (warmer), and Saturday, then clear both nights.
• lows 45-50 highs 78-85 cooling to 82 Saturday.
• Sunny Sunday and Monday, clear Sunday night and Monday evening,  partly cloudy late Monday night,
• Then partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday through Wednesday.
• highs 83-76 lows 53-50. (seasonal averages high 73 low 48)

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

• Clear tonight,
• Sunny Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, then clear each night.
• lows 47-55 highs 70-72.
• Sunny Sunday, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy late Sunday night through Wednesday.
• highs 70-67 lows 56-53. (seasonal averages high 63 low 48)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Sunny and warmer Thursday, clear at night,
• Sunny and warmer Friday, clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Saturday, then mostly clear at night.
• free air freezing level 12,000 ft. tonight, 13,000 ft. Thursday, 14,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday, 15,000 ft. Friday night, then 14,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night.
• lows 38-46 cooling to 44 Saturday night highs 70-75.
• Sunny Sunday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny and a bit cooler cooler Monday, mostly clear at night,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday.
• free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Sunday, 15,000 ft. Sunday night, 14,000 ft. Monday, 13,000 ft. Monday night, 12,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday.
• highs 73-66 lows 45-40.

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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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