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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column The Poem Is Beautiful, But Trees Can Make Us Work Hard.

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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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Here is my new weekly weather quiz question. What is a “ Lifted Index?”  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 (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) is going to move over the Pacific Northwest continuing to dry us out. We’ll be returning to a rainy weather pattern this week as a  frontal system will be approaching the West Coast Thursday and a second frontal system behind it will push toward Oregon Friday making landfall by Saturday morning.

 

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 154 in the Unhealthy category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA) Oakridge:

The Air Quality Index is 84 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at Willamette Activity Center, Oakridge. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

 

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Home Wood Heating Advisory:

Eugene/Springfield: YELLOW – burning is cautioned against.

Oakridge: YELLOW – burning is cautioned against.

(The use of Pellet stoves is always allowed.)

Advisory Courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

 

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Advisories:

• A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM TODAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY.
• A FROST AVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM TODAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY.
• A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
• A HEALTH ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE IN WILLOW CREEK RESERVOIR IN MORROW 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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Your Saturday College Football Weather Forecasts:

Ducks vs Colorado at Autzen Stadium Kickoff 1:30 PM: Rain likely, 45 slowly warming to near 50 by the end of the game.

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Beavers vs Washington at Husky Stadium Seattle, Washington Kickoff 7:30 PM: Cloudy with a chance of showers, 47 slowly cooling by the end of the game.

 

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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:

• Patchy AM freezing fog, partly cloudy this afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy late tonight,
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain, rain likely (60%) Wednesday afternoon and evening, a good (50%) chance of rain late Wednesday night,
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday night.
• highs 44-54 lows 32-42.
• Rain likely (60%) Friday, rain at night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Saturday through Sunday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun with a (40%) chance of rain Monday.
• highs 53-49 warming to 52 Monday lows 43-39. (seasonal averages high 51 low 37).

 

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Sunny with areas of fog and patchy freezing fog this AM, partly cloudy with lingering patchy fog this afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy late at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday AM, showers likely (60%) in the afternoon, rain likely (70%) Wednesday night and Thursday AM, a good (50%) chance of showers in the afternoon and Thursday night.
• highs 48-56 cooling to 53 Thursday lows 38-45.
• Cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM rain, rain likely (70%) Friday afternoon, rain at night,
• Rain likely (70%) Saturday AM,  showers in the afternoon, rain likely (70%) Saturday night and Sunday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday.
• highs 52-54 cooling back to 52 Monday lows 43-46 cooling back to 43 Sunday night. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)

 

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

• Areas of AM fog, partly cloudy today and this evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of coastal rain late tonight while a slight (20%) chance of inland rain late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM rain, showers likely (60%) Wednesday afternoon, evening coastal rain likely (70%) and rain late, inland rain likely (70%) at night,
• Cloudy with AM rain likely (70%), a (40%) chance of showers Thursday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers at night.
• highs 55-60 cooling back to 57 Wednesday lows 46-50.
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday AM, rain likely (70%) in the afternoon, rain and breezy Friday night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Saturday AM, showers in the afternoon, rain likely (60%) Saturday night and Sunday, a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday.
• highs near 55 lows 48-50 cooling to 46 Sunday night. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42)

 

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Partly cloudy today and this evening, mostly cloudy late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, rain likely (70%) Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Thursday, then a (40%) chance of rain and snow at night.
• free air freezing level 12,000 ft. falling to 11,000 ft. this afternoon, 11,000 ft. falling to 10,000 ft. tonight, snow level 7,000 ft. Wednesday, 6,500 ft. Wednesday night, then 5,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night.
• highs 40-38 warming back to 40 Thursday lows 28-30.
• Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (70%) Friday, rain Friday night and Saturday, rain and snow Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (70%) Sunday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow at night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun with a (40%) chance of rain and snow Monday.
• snow level 5,000 ft. Friday, 7,000 ft. Friday night, 6,000 ft. Saturday, 4,500 ft. Saturday night through Sunday night, then 4,000 ft. Monday.
• highs 43-30 warming to 36 Monday lows 30-27.

 

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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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