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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Ahoy There, Matey!

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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) warmed us up and dried us out. We can look for a change in weather pattern to slowly begin Tuesday.

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Advisories:

• THE HEALTH ADVISORIES ISSUED FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE IN CULLABY LAKE JUST OFF HWY 101 BETWEEN ASTORIA AND SEASIDE IN CLATSOP COUNTY OREGON, WALTERVILLE POND IN LANE COUNTY AND THE LOWER WILLAMETTE RIVER FROM THE SOUTH END OF ROSS ISLAND DOWNSTREAM TO THE SOUTH END OF SAUVIE ISLAND IN MULTNOMA COUNTY  HAVE BEEN LIFTED.
• A HEALTH ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE  IN WICKIUP RESERVOIR IN DESCHUTES COUNTY, 40 MILES SW OF BEND, FOR TENMILE LAKES IN COOS 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 45 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 18 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:

• Patchy AM fog, mostly sunny this afternoon, clear with patchy fog late tonight,
• Patchy AM fog, mostly sunny and a bit cooler Tuesday, partly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, mostly sunny and cooler in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Wednesday night.
• highs 83-75 lows 56-50.
• A mix of clouds and sun Thursday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday afternoon, a (30%) chance of rain late at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday and Saturday night,
• Then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday.
• highs 72-74 cooling to 69 Sunday lows 52-54 cooling back to 52 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 70 low 43).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Patchy AM fog, sunny this afternoon, clear this evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight,
• Partly cloudy with patchy AM fog, sunny and cooler Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night,
• Sunny Wednesday, then mostly clear at night.
• highs 84-78 lows 50-48.
• Partly cloudy Thursday through Friday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and warmer Friday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Friday night and Saturday AM,  a (40%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon and evening, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday night and Sunday.
• highs 72-78 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 72 low 47)

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

• Partly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, sunny and cooler Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with patchy drizzle late Wednesday night.
• highs 72-67 lows 55-52.
• Patchy AM fog and drizzle, mostly cloudy Thursday afternoon and Thursday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Friday and Friday night,
• A (30%) chance of showers Saturday and Saturday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Sunday.
• highs 65-69 lows 52-54 cooling to 52 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 63 low 47)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Sunny today and Tuesday, clear tonight, mostly clear Tuesday night,
• Mostly sunny Wednesday, then mostly clear at night.
• free air freezing level 15,000 ft. today and tonight, 14,000 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night, then 13,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night.
• highs 77-66 lows 45-43.
• Partly cloudy Thursday and Thursday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Friday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good(50%) chance of rain Saturday and Saturday night,
• Then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday.
• free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Friday night through Sunday.
• highs 64-67 cooling to 62 Sunday lows 42-45 cooling back to 42 Saturday 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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