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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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No winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is an “ inflow stinger?” Here is the correct answer. An Inflow Stinger is a beaver tail cloud with a stinger-like shape. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you starting Saturday. 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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An upper level high pressure ridge strengthened again continuing the clouds and fog with some more afternoon sunshine today. A frontal system will usher in the chance of rain Sunday into early next week. Another frontal system will approach the the Pacific Northwest Tuesday continuing our chances for rain. 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 46 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, 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 SUNDAY 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:

• Partly cloudy with patchy evening fog, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight,
• Patchy AM fog, rain Sunday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of evening showers, rain likely (70%) Sunday night (0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with AM rain Monday (Groundhog Day), showers in the afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of showers Monday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday night.
• lows 38-45 cooling to 42 Tuesday night highs 52-56 cooling back to 52 Tuesday.
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday, a slight (20%) chance of rain at  night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Thursday and Thursday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with rain Friday through Saturday.
• highs 57-53 warming back to 57 Saturday lows 43-50. (seasonal averages high 49 low 35).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Sunday AM, rain in the afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain likely (70%) in the evening, rain late Sunday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain (0.30 in. of rain possible) Monday (Groundhog Day), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Rain likely (70%) Tuesday AM, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday night.
• lows 40-46 highs near 58.
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday and Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday, then rain Thursday night through Saturday.
• highs 59-54 warming to 58 Saturday lows near 48. (seasonal averages high 52 low 37)

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

• Mostly clear this evening, increasing clouds to mostly cloudy late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Sunday AM, rain in the afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of evening rain, rain late Sunday night (0.10 in. of rain possible) and Monday (Groundhog Day) (0.35 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of rain Monday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
•  Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Tuesday AM, then rain Tuesday night.
• lows near 47-50 highs near 58.
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday through Thursday, then rain Thursday night through Saturday.
• highs near 60 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Partly cloudy tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM rain, rain Sunday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), showers at  night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Rain Monday AM (Groundhog Day), showers in the afternoon, cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) in the evening, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers late Monday night,
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Tuesday and Tuesday night.
• free air freezing level 10,000 ft. tonight, snow level 7,000 ft. Sunday, 6,500 ft. Sunday night and Monday, 5,000 ft. Monday night, then 4,500 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night.
• lows 26-34 cooling to 32 Monday night and Tuesday night highs near 42.
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, a slight (20%) chance of  rain at night,
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday, cloudy rain likely (70%) Thursday night,
• Then rain Friday through Saturday.
• snow level 6,000 ft. Wednesday, 7,000 ft. Wednesday night, 7,500 ft. Thursday, 8,000 ft. Thursday night, above 8,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, then 7,000 ft. Saturday.
• highs 48-46 warming to 50 Saturday lows 35-33.

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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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