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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column To Smoke, Or Not To Smoke, That Is The Question.

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And don’t forget my latest feature story in the continuing series on service club organizations called “Assistance” Is Their First Name.

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An upper level low pressure trough ( shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) will keep the precipitation around as it slowly moves eastward toward us. A frontal system pushed through Oregon and we can look for a warm today and then a cold front will move in Saturday producing more rain. With all of the clouds Thursday it was near impossible to see the partial solar eclipse here in Eugene. Here is a look at it from various US locations from space.com.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 48 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 41 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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Advisories:

• A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM UNTIL 5 PM SATURDAY FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
• A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 5 PM SATURDAY FOR THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
• A HEALTH ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE IN WILLOW CREEK RESERVOIR IN MORROW COUNTY, 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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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:

• Cloudy with patchy fog and a good (50%) chance rain this AM, rain at this afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening, a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Rain Saturday (0.25 in. of rain possible), showers at night (0.30 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Sunday (0.15 in. of rain possible), then a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday night.
• highs 60-62 cooling to 58 Sunday lows 50-44.
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain at night.
• Cloudy with rain Tuesday, showers likely (60%) Tuesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday.
• highs 60-58 warming to 62 Thursday lows 46-52 cooling to 50 Wednesday night. (seasonal averages high 60 low 40).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with rain today (0.35 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of rain tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Saturday (0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph, gusty in AM), showers and a slight (20%) chance of evening thunderstorms, showers late Saturday night (0.25 in. of rain possible),
• Showers in the AM, showers likely (70%) Sunday afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just mostly cloudy Sunday night.
• highs 64-60 lows 52-46.
• Just mostly cloudy Monday, rain at night and Tuesday, showers Tuesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday night and Thursday.
• highs 64-66 lows near 49. (seasonal averages high 63 low 43)

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

• Mostly cloudy with rain today (0.65 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of evening rain, rain late tonight (0.20 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Saturday (0.65 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: S 25-35 mph at the shore, SW 15-25 mph inland), showers with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the evening, showers late Saturday night (0.35 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph decreasing to SW 10-15 mph late at night (0.45 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with showers in the AM, showers likely (70%) Sunday afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), then a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday night.
• highs 62-60 lows 54-50.
• Mostly cloudy Monday, rain likely (70%) at night and Tuesday, showers Tuesday night,
• Rain likely (60%) Wednesday, rain Wednesday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday.
• highs near 62 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 60 low 45)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Cloudy with rain today (0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain this evening, just mostly cloudy late tonight,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday AM, rain in the afternoon, then showers Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy with showers likely (70%) Sunday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers in the evening, then a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday night.
• snow level 6,500 ft. rising to 8,000 ft. this afternoon, above 8,000 ft. late tonight, 7,500 ft. Saturday, 6,500 ft. Saturday night, then 5,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night.
• highs 50-40 lows 40-32.
• A mix of clouds and sun Monday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday, showers likely (70%) at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
• Then partly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday.
• snow level 6,000 ft. Monday, 6,500 ft. Monday night, then above 8,000 ft. Tuesday and Wednesday, 8,000 ft. Wednesday night, then above 8,000 ft. Thursday.
• highs 45-52 lows 34-38.

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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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