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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 and another front is coming in behind it, warm front first then the cold front.  What looks like a strong frontal system should be hitting the coast by next Sunday.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 20 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 23 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  rain likely, 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:

• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with AM rain likely (60%), a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), just mostly cloudy with patchy fog Tuesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with patchy fog Wednesday, a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, patchy fog with a (30%) chance of rain late Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) and at night.
• lows 47-44 warming back to 47 Thursday night highs 57-53.
• Mostly cloudy with rain Friday, then rain likely (70%) Friday night through Monday.
• highs 52-48 lows 44-38. (seasonal averages high 49 low 36).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Partly cloudy this evening with a (40%) chance of rain, cloudy with a (40%) chance of  rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, just mostly cloudy with areas of fog late at night,
• Mostly cloudy with areas of  AM fog, mostly cloudy with some lingering fog Wednesday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) and Thursday night.
• lows 47-44 warming to 48 Thursday night highs 55-58.
• Mostly cloudy with rain Friday, rain likely (60%) at night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain Saturday through Sunday, rain likely (60%) Sunday night,
• Then rain and snow likely (60%) Monday.
• highs 55-49 lows 47-38. (seasonal averages high 50 low 39)

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

• Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain AM inland rain while patchy a (40%) chance of coastal rain Tuesday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then just mostly cloudy with areas of fog at night and Wednesday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy inland in the evening and mostly cloudy a slight (20%) chance of rain late at night while a (30%) chance of coastal rain late Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy rain Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) and Thursday night.
• lows 52-50 warming back to 52 Wednesday night and Thursday night highs near 60.
• Mostly cloudy with rain Friday, rain likely (70%) Friday night,
• Rain Saturday and at night,
• Then rain likely (70%) Sunday through Monday.
• highs 56-50 lows 52-42. (seasonal averages high 53 low 41)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with rain tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with AM rain likely (60%), a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible, partly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of  rain late Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), then rain Thursday night.
• snow level 8,000 ft. tonight and Tuesday, free air freezing level 10,000 ft. Tuesday night and Wednesday, snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday, then 7,500 ft. Thursday night.
• lows near 36 highs 46-50 cooling back to 46 Thursday.
• Mostly cloudy with rain Friday, rain likely (70%) Friday night,
• Then rain or snow likely (70%) Saturday through Monday.
• snow level 7,500 ft. Friday, 6,500 ft. Friday night, 4,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday night, then 3,500 ft. Monday.
• highs 42-35 lows 32-25 warming back to 32 Sunday 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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