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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column It Is Really A Small World After All.

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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 the “exosphere ?”  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) continues to move into the Pacific Northwest. A frontal system pushed through bringing the chance of even more rain.  What looks like a stronger frontal system will be hitting the coast by next Sunday.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 19 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Springfield City Hall. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA) Oakridge:

The Air Quality Index is 14 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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Home Wood Heating Advisory:

Eugene/Springfield: GREEN – burning is allowed.

Oakridge: GREEN – burning is allowed.

(The use of Pellet stoves is always allowed.)

Advisory Courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

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Advisories:

• 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 Forecast: Preliminary forecast for Next week.

THE CIVIL WAR – Ducks vs Beavers at Reser Stadium Kickoff 5:00 PM: Mostly cloudy with a good chance of rain, temperature near 50 cooling a bit as the game progresses.

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

• Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain likely (70%) tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, just mostly cloudy Tuesday night.
• Mostly cloudy Wednesday with patchy fog, mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday night.
• highs 52-58 cooling back to 52 Wednesday lows 45-42 warming back to 45 Wednesday night.
• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) and at night,
• Rain Friday, rain likely (60%) Friday night,
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday and Saturday night,
• Then cloudy with rain likely (70%) chance of rain Sunday.
• highs 52-50 lows near 43. (seasonal averages high 50 low 37).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog and a slight (20%) chance of AM rain, a good (50%) chance of rain this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with rain likely (70%) this evening and again late tonight and patchy fog late (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog and a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday,  just mostly cloudy in the afternoon and at night with patchy fog late at night,
• Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon and evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Wednesday night.
• highs 50-58 lows 48-45.
• Mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a (30%) chance of rain Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) and Thursday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Friday through Sunday.
• highs 56-53 lows 47-50 cooling to 45 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 51 low 40)

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

• Patchy AM fog and mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain, rain likely (70%)  this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), coastal rain likely (60%) with patchy fog late  tonight while evening rain likely (70%) inland with a good (50%) chance of rain late at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain AM inland rain while patchy AM coastal fog and a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then just mostly cloudy with patchy fog at night,
• Mostly cloudy with patchy fog Wednesday AM,  partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy a (30%) chance of rain with patchy fog Wednesday night.
• highs 55-60 lows 53-50 warming to 52 Wednesday night .
• Mostly cloudy with AM rain likely (70%), a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday afternoon (Thanksgiving Day), rain likely (60%) in the evening, rain late Thursday night,
• Then rain likely (60%) Friday through Sunday.
• highs 57-55 lows 50-52 cooling to 48 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow  this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday night,
• Partly cloudy Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of  rain late at night.
• snow level 6,000 ft. today, 8,000 ft. tonight, above 8,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday night.
• highs 42-49 lows near 35.
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), rain likely (60%) Thursday night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain Friday, rain likely (60%) Friday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Saturday night,
• Then rain and snow likely (60%) Sunday.
• snow level 8,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, 7,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, then 6,000 ft. Saturday.
• highs 45-40 lows near 33.

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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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