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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. More frontal systems will move our way including this frontal system Thursday night and Friday and another storm system will approach Sunday.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 65 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 83 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 tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of showers at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible).
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday, then rain likely (60%) Thursday night.
• lows 40-38 warming to 42 Thursday night highs near 49.
• Mostly cloudy with rain Friday, a good (50%) chance of showers at night,
• Rain likely (60%) Saturday and Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday, then rain likely (60%) Sunday night and Monday.
• highs 47-50 lows 36-45. (seasonal averages high 45 low 34).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with rain this evening, rain likely (60%) late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and Tuesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM rain, a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM, slight (20%) chance of showers   Thursday afternoon, then rain likely (60%) Thursday night.
• lows 40-42 highs near 49.
• Rain Friday, a good (50%) chance of showers at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday through Monday.
• highs 52-49 warming back to 52 Monday lows 42-37 warming to 44 Sunday night. (seasonal averages high 47 low 36)

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

• Mostly cloudy with rain this evening, rain likely (70%) late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM showers, showers likely (60%) 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 AM rain, coastal showers likely (60%) Wednesday afternoon while a (30%) chance of inland afternoon showers (0.15 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of showers late Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday, evening rain, rain likely (70%) Thursday night.
• lows 45-49 highs 57-54 warming to 56 Thursday.
• Mostly cloudy with rain Friday, a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night,
• A good (50%) chance of rain Saturday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday night through Monday.
• highs near 56 lows 44-50. (seasonal averages high 51 low 39)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with rain and snow tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible),
• Cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) Tuesday AM, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow in the afternoon, cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday night,
•  Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday, a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday night,
•  Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Thursday AM, then a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday night.
• snow level 4,500 ft. tonight through Thursday, night, 4,000 ft. Wednesday, then 6,000 ft. Thursday night.
• lows 29-26 warming to near 30 Thursday night highs near 37.
• Rain and snow Friday, rain and snow likely (60%) Friday night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) Saturday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Saturday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday through Monday.
• snow level 6,000 ft. Friday, 4,000 ft. Friday night and Saturday, 5,500 ft. Saturday night, 6,500 ft. Sunday, 7,500 ft. Sunday night, then 7,000 ft. Monday.
• highs 36-40 lows 27-32.

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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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