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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 eastward and will increase the moisture flow across the pacific Northwest. A stationary front is straddling the Pacific Northwest. It will be pushed dod though Oregon bringing rain and cooling temperatures again. What looks like another frontal system should be approaching 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 HWY 99, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA) Oakridge:

The Air Quality Index is 54 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: 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:

• THE HEALTH ADVISORY FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE IN WILLOW CREEK RESERVOIR IN MORROW COUNTY, 40 MILES SW OF BEND AND FOR TENMILE LAKES IN COOS COUNTY HAVE BEEN LIFTED. TESTING HAS SHOWN THAT THE BLUE-GREEN ALGAE TOXINS HAVE DECREASED ENOUGH FOR THE WATER TO BE CONSIDERED SAFE.
• A HEALTH ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE 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 48 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 patchy fog late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, patchy lingering fog Wednesday afternoon, a good (50%) chance of rain late Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Then mostly cloudy with rain (0.20 in. of rain possible) Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) and Thursday night (0.50 in. of rain possible)through Friday night.
• lows 44-47 cooling to 42 Friday night highs 57-52.
• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Saturday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers at night,
• Rain likely (70%) Sunday through Monday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday.
• highs 48-52 cooling to 45 Tuesday lows 34-40. (seasonal averages high 49 low 36).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight and Wednesday AM, partly cloudy with lingering patchy afternoon fog, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain (0.10 in. of rain possible) Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), rain likely (70%) Thursday evening, rain late at night (0.25 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain heavy at times, Friday, then rain at night.
• lows near 46 highs 59-55.
• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Saturday through Tuesday.
• highs 56-49 lows near 42. (seasonal averages high 50 low 39)

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

• Mostly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight and Wednesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with coastal rain likely (60%) late while a (30%) chance of inland  rain late Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain (0.20 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph) Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), rain likely (70%) in the evening, rain late Thursday night (0.30 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain, heavy at times, Friday, then rain at night.
• lows 50-54 cooling to 50 Friday night highs 62-56.
• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Saturday through Tuesday.
• highs 57-52 lows 46-44. (seasonal averages high 53 low 41)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Partly cloudy tonight through Wednesday evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) and Thursday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with rain Friday and Friday night.
• free air freezing level 11,000 ft. tonight and Wednesday, snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday, 7,500 ft. Thursday night and Friday, then 6,500 ft. Friday night.
• lows 35-40 cooling to 35 Friday night 50-42.
• Mostly cloudy with rain or snow Saturday, rain or snow likely (70%) Saturday night,
• Rain or snow likely (70%) Sunday through Monday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain or snow Tuesday.
• snow level 3,500 ft. Saturday, 4,000 ft. Saturday night and Sunday, 5,000 ft.  Sunday night and Monday, 4,000 ft. Monday night, then 3,500 ft. Tuesday.
• 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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