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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column The Report Card Shows A “D-Minus.”

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And don’t forget my latest feature story in the continuing series on service club organizations called This Moose Isn’t Called Bullwinkle.

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An upper level high pressure ridge is still strengthening over us and will keep storms away for a couple more days. A frontal system (way off to the northwest) will bring a slight chance of showers to us by late Tuesday afternoon. Note: Willamette Pass, Hoodoo, and Mt. Ashland are all closed for now. They say they will be opening again when enough snow falls. Check their websites for conditions and specific schedules.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 62 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 39 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: 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 DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM TODAY FOR THE LOWER COLUMBIA, THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA, THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
• AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM TUESDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, JACKSON COUNTY, THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
• 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:

• Cloudy with areas of fog, dense in some areas with visibility to 0.25 miles or less) this AM, mostly cloudy with peaks of sun and patchy fog this afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy fog tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, patchy fog with a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon, a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday night,
• Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night.
• highs 52-55 lows 44-40.
• Patchy fog with a mix of clouds and sun Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with partly cloudy skies and patchy fog each night.
• highs 54-52 warming to near 60 Sunday lows near 38. (seasonal averages high 49 low 35).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly clear with areas of fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night,
• Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with patchy fog Wednesday night.
• highs 60-57 lows 42-45 cooling to near 40 Wednesday night.
• Partly cloudy with patchy AM fog, sunny Thursday afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog Thursday night,
• Sunny with patchy fog Friday, mostly clear with patchy fog at night,
• Patchy AM fog, the partly cloudy Saturday afternoon through Sunday.
• highs 55-59 lows near 40. (seasonal averages high 51 low 37)

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

• Sunny today, becoming mostly cloudy tonight,
• Then mostly cloudy with patchy inland AM fog and a slight (20%) chance of afternoon rain while a slight (20%) chance of coastal rain Tuesday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night,
• Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, mostly cloudy Wednesday night.
• highs 62-56 warming to near 60 Wednesday lows 47-50 cooling back to 47 Wednesday night.
• Mostly sunny Thursday and Friday, mostly clear both nights,
• Then partly cloudy Saturday through Sunday.
• highs 60-63 lows 45-47. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly sunny today, partly cloudy tonight,
• Mostly cloudy Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night,
• Cloudy Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night.
• free air freezing level 12,000 ft. today, 10,000 ft. tonight, 8,000 ft. Tuesday, snow level 6,500 ft. Tuesday night, free air freezing level 7,000 ft. Wednesday, snow level 7,000 ft. Wednesday night.
• highs 58-46 lows 36-32.
• Partly cloudy Thursday through Sunday.
• snow level free air freezing level 8,000 ft. Thursday, 9,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday, 11,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, then 10,000 ft. Sunday.
• highs 46-52 lows 30-33 cooling 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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