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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column It Wasn’t A “Perfect Storm” But It Tried.

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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 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 63 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 patchy lingering fog and sun breaks (early) this afternoon, cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, a (30%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• AM rain likely (60%), showers likely (60%) Wednesday afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of evening showers, a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible).
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain, (40%) chance of rain Thursday afternoon, then rain likely (60%) Thursday night.
• highs 47-49 lows 38-42.
• Mostly cloudy with rain Friday, a good (50%) chance of showers at night,
• A good (50%) chance of rain Saturday, rain likely (60%) Saturday night,
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday, rain likely (60%) Sunday night, then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday.
• highs 47-50 lows 36-45. (seasonal averages high 45 low 34).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain late this AM, a (40%) chance of rain again late this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) 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 rain, a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday afternoon, then rain likely (70%) Thursday night.
• highs 52-49 lows 42- 40 warming back to 42 Thursday night.
• Rain Friday, a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night and Saturday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday night through Monday.
• highs 52-48 warming back to 52 Monday lows 37-44. (seasonal averages high 47 low 36)

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

• Cloudy with AM coastal rain likely (60%) late this AM and a slight (20%) chance of showers early afternoon and a good (50%) chance of rain this afternoon while a (40%) chance of rain inland late this AM and a good (50%) chance of rain late this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy a good (50%) chance of showers tonight (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 (0.20 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of AM rain, a (40%) chance of afternoon showers Thursday, then rain Thursday night.
• highs 55-52 warming to 55 Thursday lows 45-49.
• Mostly cloudy with rain Friday, rain likely (60%)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 isolated rain and snow showers this afternoon, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
•  Cloudy with AM rain and snow likely (60%), rain and snow showers likely (70%) Wednesday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible, 1.00 in. of snow possible), a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday night,
•  Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Thursday AM, a (40%) chance of rain and snow in the afternoon, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening rain and snow, then rain rain and snow likely (70%) Thursday night.
• snow level 4,500 ft. today through Thursday, then 6,000 ft. Thursday night.
• highs 36-38 lows 28-30.
• Cloudy with rain and snow Friday, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Friday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Saturday, rain and snow likely (60%) Saturday night,
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday night and 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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