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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column If It Weren’t For Bad Luck, I Wouldn’t Have Any Luck At 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 weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is “ablation ?” Now here is the correct answer. Ablation is depletion of snow and ice by melting and evaporation. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you starting Monday. 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 will continue moving eastward sending a series of storms our way. A frontal system will move in bringing more moisture with it.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 63 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 53 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 HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO HIGH LEVELS OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE IN LOST CREEK LAKE , LOCATED 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDFORD  ON THE ROGUE RIVER IN JACKSON 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.
• 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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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:

• Patchy fog this evening, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Rain likely (70%) Tuesday (0.20 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph decreasing to S 10-15 mph in the afternoon), cloudy with evening rain likely (70%) Tuesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy Wednesday, then rain at night.
• lows 43-50 cooling to 45 Wednesday night highs 55-50.
• Showers likely (70%) Thursday through Friday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun  with a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers at night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday.
• highs 50-46 lows 42-35. (seasonal averages high 46 low 34).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Cloudy with rain likely (60%) this evening, a (30%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy Monday, cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Tuesday AM, rain in the afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain, rain and breezy Wednesday afternoon, rain possibly heavy at times at night.
• lows near 43-53 cooling to 48 Wednesday  night highs near 58.
• Rain likely (70%) Thursday, showers likely (70%) Thursday night and Friday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Friday night through Saturday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Sunday.
• highs 52-48 lows 42-38. (seasonal averages high 48 low 37)

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

• Cloudy with rain this evening, a good (50%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of inland AM rain while a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday at the shore (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph at the shore and S 10-15 mph inland), a good (50%) chance of evening rain, rain late at Monday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: S 20-30 mph inland at the shore while S 10-20 mph inland),
• Mostly cloudy with rain (0.45 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 20-30 mph at the shore, S 10-15 mph inland) Tuesday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of coastal rain in the evening and a good (50%) chance of rain late Tuesday night while inland rain likely (70%) in the evening and good (50%) chance of rain late at night (0.15 in. of rain possible), breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph late at night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain, heavy at times, and windy Wednesday, then rain, heavy at times Wednesday night.
• lows 52-56 cooling to 49 Wednesday night highs 62-59.
• Mostly cloudy with rain Thursday, showers at night,
• Showers likely (70%) Friday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night through Saturday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Sunday.
• highs 54-52 lows 48-44. (seasonal averages high 51 low 40)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly  cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Monday AM, a slight (20%) chance of rain in the afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night (0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday night,
• Cloudy with rain a good (50%) chance of AM, rain Wednesday afternoon and breezy, then rain at night.
• free air freezing level 6,000 ft. today, snow level 6,500 ft. tonight and Monday, 7,500 ft. Monday night, above 8,000 ft. Tuesday, then 7,500 ft. Tuesday night.
• lows 34-37 cooling to 32 Wednesday night highs 42-44.
• Showers Thursday, rain and snow showers Thursday night,
• Rain and snow showers likely (70%) Friday and Friday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun Saturday with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers at night,
• Then rain and snow showers likely (60%) Sunday.
• snow level 5,500 ft. Thursday, 5,500 ft. Thursday night, 4,500 ft. Friday, 4,000 ft. Friday night and Saturday, 4,500 ft. Saturday night, then 4,000 ft. Sunday.
• highs 38-35 warming back to 38 Sunday lows near 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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