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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Two Guys And A Bar, A Joke? No, Wrong Kind Of Bar.

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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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An upper level trough of low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska is spinning frontal systems at us. One frontal system is moving through bringing more moisture with it and another front is right behind it.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 19 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 40 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: 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 HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
• A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM UNTIL 10 PM THURSDAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
• A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM TODAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST,  THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST, THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON, AND THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON.
• A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND THE CURRY COUNTY COAST.
• A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE LOWER COLUMBIA I-5 CORRIDOR, THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA, THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS, AND THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY.
• A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE CURRY COUNTY COAST.
• A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE CURRY COUNTY COAST.
• A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE CURRY COUNTY COAST.
• A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT  THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST, THE CURRY COUNTY COAST, CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY.
• A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS.
• A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THURSDAY FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
• A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
• A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
• 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:

• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain, rain, slight chance of thunderstorms and windy (Wind: S 20-30 mph) this afternoon (0.75 in. of rain possible, more in storms), rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) tonight,
• AM rain, PM showers likely (70%) and cooler Thursday afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: SE 15-20 mph increasing and shifting to S 35-40 mph gusts to 60 mph in the afternoon), showers likely (70%) Thursday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph decreasing to light wind late at night),
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM showers, showers likely (60%) Friday afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night.
• highs 60-47 lows 45-38.
• Partly cloudy Saturday, mostly cloudy Saturday night through Sunday night,
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday, a (40%) chance of rain at night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday.
• highs near 47 lows 37-40. (seasonal averages high 46 low 34).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain, rain, heavy at times this afternoon (0.30 in. of rain possible), rain possibly heavy at times tonight (0.90 in. of rain possible), breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph decreasing to S 10-15 mph late),
• AM rain, heavy at times, showers Thursday afternoon (0.60 in. of rain possible) and evening , then showers with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms late Thursday night (0.15 in. of rain possible).
• highs 54-48 lows near 45-37.
• Showers likely (60%) Friday, a (40%) chance of showers Friday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Saturday, a slight (20%) chance of rain at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Sunday and Sunday night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Monday and at night,
• Then showers likely (70%) Tuesday.
• highs 45-50 lows 35-42. (seasonal averages high 48 low 37)

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

• Mostly cloudy with coastal rain and scattered thunderstorms this AM while inland AM rain likely (70%), rain, heavy at times, slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this afternoon (1.00 in. of rain possible) and very windy (Wind: S 30-45 mph at the shore, S 15-25 mph inland), rain, heavy at times, tonight (1.15 in. of rain possible),
• AM rain, heavy at times, then rain and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Thursday afternoon (0.60 in. of rain possible) and Thursday night (0.25 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Friday, a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night, fog late.
• highs 62-53 lows 52-44.
• Areas of AM fog Saturday, areas of fog late at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Sunday, a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday night,
• Rain likely (60%) Monday and at night,
• Then showers likely (70%) Tuesday.
• highs 54-56 lows 42-48. (seasonal averages high 51 low 40)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain, rain (0.25 in. of rain possible) this afternoon and windy (Wind: S 15-25 mph increasing to S 25-35 mph gusts to 55 mph), rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) and colder tonight,
• Rain Thursday AM, rain and snow and windy (Wind: S 20-30 mph increasing to S 35-45 mph gusts to 60 mph in the afternoon) in the afternoon (0.50 in. of rain possible), rain and snow showers Thursday night breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph then light late at night),
• Then rain and snow showers likely (70%) Friday and Friday night.
• snow level 7,000 ft. today and tonight, 7,500 ft. falling to 6,000 ft. Thursday afternoon, 5,000 ft. Thursday night, then 4,500 ft. Friday and Friday night.
• highs 46-34 lows 35-26.
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday, mostly cloudy at night and Sunday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow at night,
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Monday and Monday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday.
• snow level 4,000 ft. Saturday, free air freezing level 5,500 ft. Saturday night, 6,000 ft. Sunday, snow level 4,500 ft. Sunday night through Monday night, then 4,000 ft. Tuesday.
• highs 35-40 cooling to 35 Tuesday lows near 29.

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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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