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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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Here is my new weekly weather quiz question. What is “the Hague Line?” 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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A strong upper level trough of low pressure has started to influence our weather by sending a frontal system to us from the west. The result is clouds and rain and more storms will follow.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 67 in theModerate category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 79 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: YELLOW – Burning is Cautioned Against.

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 HEALTH ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE AT LOST CREEK LAKE , LOCATED 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDFORD ON THE ROGUE RIVER IN JACKSON 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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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:

• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) today (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of showers at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible).
• highs 47-50 cooling back to 47 Wednesday lows 40-36.
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday, rain likely (60%) Thursday night,
• Rain likely (70%) Friday, a good (50%) chance of rain at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday, a good (50%) chance of rain at night,
• Then mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Sunday.
• highs 47-49 lows 40-35 warming to 37 Sunday night. (seasonal averages high 45 low 34).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Cloudy with rain this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible) and this evening, rain likely (60%) late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday (0.10 in. of rain possible), then partly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday night.
• highs near 49 lows 40-37.
• Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday, rain likely (60%) Thursday night,
• Rain Friday, a good (50%) chance of showers at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday, a slight (20%) chance of rain at night with patchy fog late,
• Then patchy AM fog, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Sunday.
• highs near 48 lows 40-35 cooling back to 40 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 47 low 36)

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

• Coastal showers with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this AM while inland showers likely (60%), rain this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible) and this evening, rain likely (70%) late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM showers, showers likely (70%) Tuesday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers in the Wednesday (0.10 in. of rain possible), then partly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers late Wednesday night.
• highs 55-58 cooling to 54 Wednesday lows 45-42.
•  Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday, rain likely (70%) Thursday night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain Friday, a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday through Sunday.
• highs 53-56 lows 47-42 warming to 49 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 51 low 39)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (70%) today (0.10 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible), rain and snow tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible, 2 in. of snow possible),
• Cloudy with rain and snow likely (70%) Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon and Tuesday night,
•  Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Wednesday, then a (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday night.
• snow level 4,000 ft. today, 4,500 ft. tonight through Tuesday night, 4,000 ft. Wednesday, then 4,500 ft. Wednesday night.
• highs near 37 lows 29-26.
•  Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow Thursday, a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday night,
• Rain and snow likely (60%) Friday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Friday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow Saturday and Saturday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Sunday.
• snow level 4,000 ft. Thursday, 5,000 ft. Thursday night, 4,500 ft. Friday, 3,500 ft. Friday night, 4,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, then 4,500 ft. Sunday.
• highs 37-34 warming to 39 Sunday lows 30-26 warming back to 30 Saturday 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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