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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 18 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 32 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 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 FROM 9 AM UNTIL 10 PM THURSDAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST,  THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST, THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON, THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON, 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 COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM 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 HIGH SURF ADVISORY 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, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
• A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
• A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS, THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY, THE KLAMATH BASIN.
• A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM UNTIL 1 PM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
• 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 rain this evening, showers late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible),
• Rain and windy (Wind: SE 10-20 mph increasing and shifting S 25-35 mph gusts to 65 mph in the afternoon) Thursday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), showers likely (70%) Thursday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph shifting to SW 5-15 late at night),
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM showers, showers likely (70%) with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Friday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of evening showers,  a slight (50%) chance of showers with patchy fog late Friday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Saturday and Saturday night.
• lows 48-38 highs 54-50.
• A mix of clouds and sun Sunday, becoming mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday night,
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday, a (40%) chance of rain at night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers at night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday.
• highs near 48 lows near40. (seasonal averages high 46 low 34).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with rain  tonight (0.35 in. of rain possible), breezy (Wind: SE 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph late),
• Rain Thursday, (0.25 in. of rain possible), windy (Wind: SE 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph increasing to S 25-35 mph gusts to 55 mph late morning and afternoon), rain likely (70%) Thursday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph decreasing to S 10-15 mph late at night),
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Friday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of showers with patchy fog Friday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late at night.
• lows near 49-34 highs 53-48.
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday and Sunday night,
• Cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday and at night,
• Then showers likely (60%) Tuesday through Wednesday.
• highs 46-50 lows 38-42. (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 rain, heavy at times, tonight (0.55 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: S 15-25 mph shifting to SE 10-15 mph gusts to 45 mph, increasing to SE 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph late),
• AM coastal rain and rain with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening while rain inland Thursday (0.45 in. of rain possible) and in the evening, windy (Wind: S 20-25 mph increasing to S 25-40 mph late AM and and the afternoon inland, (S 25-35 mph increasing to S 35-45 mph late morning and afternoon at the shore), rain likely (70%)  late Thursday night (0.15 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: SW 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph decreasing to SW 10-15 mph late at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Friday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of showers Friday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) with patchy inland fog late,
• Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon, areas of fog late at night.
• lows 52-40 highs 57-53.
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Sunday and Sunday night,
• Rain likely (70%) Monday, a good (50%) chance of rain with areas of fog at night,
• Then showers likely (60%) Tuesday through Wednesday.
• highs near 55 lows 44-48. (seasonal averages high 51 low 40)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with rain this evening, showers late tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph) and colder,
• Rain (0.25 in. of rain possible) Thursday, very windy (Wind: SE 25-35 mph gusts to 55 mph increasing to S 40-50 mph gusts to 75 mph in the afternoon) in the afternoon (0.50 in. of rain possible), rain and snow showers Thursday night and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph then light late at night),
• AM rain and snow showers (0.10 in of rain possible, 1 in. of rain possible) likely (70%),  rain and snow showers likely (60%) with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Friday afternoon, a (40%) chance of evening rain and snow showers, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers late Friday night,
• Then just partly cloudy Saturday and Saturday night.
• snow level 8,000 ft. falling to 7,000 ft. late tonight, above 8,000 ft. falling to 6,500 ft. Thursday afternoon, 5,000 ft. Thursday night, 4,500 ft. Friday and Friday night, then free air freezing level 5,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night.
• lows 37-26 warming to 28 Saturday night highs 42-36.
• Cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow Monday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Monday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday and Wednesday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday.
• free air freezing level 5,000 ft. Sunday, snow level 4,500 ft. Sunday night, 3,500 ft. Monday night, 4,500 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night, then 4,000 ft. Wednesday.
• highs 38-34 lows 30-28.

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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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