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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 weakening and moving away from us. A frontal system, shown offshore, will fall apart just like the last one and have very little effect on our weather except for a slight chance of a shower or two. Another frontal system may bring the chance of rain back late Saturday into Sunday. High pressure should take over again by the middle of next week. Note: Willamette Pass, Hoodoo, and Mt. Ashland are all still 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 28 in the Good category measuring HWY 99, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 10 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:

• AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM FRIDAY 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 patchy fog tonight,
• Cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of light rain or drizzle Wednesday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon and at night with patchy fog late Wednesday night,
• Patchy AM fog and low clouds, a mix of clouds and sun Thursday afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy evening fog, areas of fog late Thursday night and Friday AM, partly cloudy with patchy fog Friday afternoon, then mostly cloudy with areas of fog at night.
• lows 43-38 highs 55-52.
• Partly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday, becoming mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday night,
• Cloudy with a (30%) of rain Sunday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday night and Monday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night and Tuesday.
• highs 52-55 lows 38-44. (seasonal averages high 49 low 35).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Wednesday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon and Wednesday night with patchy fog late,
• Mostly cloudy areas of AM fog, partly cloudy with lingering fog Thursday afternoon, mostly clear with patchy evening fog, areas of fog late Thursday night,
• Areas of AM fog, mostly sunny Friday, then mostly clear at night.
• lows 42-38 highs 56-54.
• Areas of AM fog, mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy late Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain at night,
• Rain likely (60%) Monday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday night and Tuesday.
• highs 55-58 cooling back to 55 Monday night lows 44-46. (seasonal averages high 51 low 37)

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

• Cloudy tonight,
• Mostly cloudy Wednesday with a slight (20%) chance of patchy AM coastal drizzle, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with areas of fog Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Friday, then mostly clear at night.
• lows near 49-45 highs near 60.
• Mostly sunny Saturday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday, cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain at night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Monday, cloudy with showers likely (60%) Monday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Tuesday.
• highs 63-60 lows 46-50. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy tonight through Wednesday night,
• Then just partly cloudy Thursday and Thursday night,
• Mostly sunny Friday, then partly cloudy Friday night.
• free air freezing level 7,000 ft. tonight and Wednesday, 8,000 ft. Wednesday night through Thursday night, 9,000 ft. Friday, then 10,000 ft. Friday night.
• lows 32-28 warming to 32 Friday night highs near 48.
• Partly cloudy Saturday and Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday, rain likely (60%) at night,
• Then mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) Monday through Tuesday.
• free air freezing level 10,000 ft. Saturday, 9,000 ft. Saturday night, snow level 7,500 ft. Sunday, 6,000 ft. Sunday night, then 5,500 ft. Monday through Tuesday.
• highs 49-43 lows near 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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