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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column To Warn Or Not To Warn, Is That The Question?

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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 Named Bullwinkle.

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Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is a “fall line?”  Here is the correct answer. A Fall Line is a skiing term, indicating the line of steepest descent of a slope. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you starting Monday. 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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The jet stream is sending storms with a lot of moisture at us from over the Pacific Ocean. A frontal system brought rain and wind today and another one is following behind it. Another frontal system will approach the the Pacific Northwest by the end of the week increasing our chances for rain and wind again. 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 9 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at HWY 99, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA).

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 19 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: GREEN – Burning is Allowed.

Oakridge: GREEN – Burning is Allowed.

(The use of Pellet stoves is always allowed.)

Advisory Courtesy of Lane Regional Protection Agency (LRAPA).

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Advisories:

• A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ROGUE RIVER NEAR AGNESS, THE COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE, THE SOUTH FORK OF THE COQUILLE RIVER AT MYRTLE POINT, AND COW CREEK NEAR RIDDLE.
• A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CURRY COUNTY, SOUTH CENTRAL COOS COUNTY, AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY UNTIL 11:45 PM MONDAY.
• A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST, AND THE CURRY COUNTY COAST.
• A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR 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:

• Mostly cloudy with rain this evening, scattered showers tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain, rain likely (60%) Sunday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain Sunday night (0.25 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain and windy (Wind: S 20-30 mph gusts to 45 mph) Monday, showers and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph) at night,
• A mix of clouds and sun Tuesday with a (30%) chance of AM showers and a slight (20%) chance of afternoon showers, then partly cloudy with patchy fog late Tuesday night.
• lows 48-50 cooling to 40 Tuesday night highs 59-52.
• Areas of AM fog, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Wednesday afternoon, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late at night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday, mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of  showers Thursday night,
• Patchy AM fog, a mix of clouds and sun Friday, partly cloudy with patchy fog at night,
• Then just mostly cloudy Saturday.
• highs 52-54 lows 39-43. (seasonal averages high 50 low 35)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with rain this evening, rain likely (60%) late tonight (0.15 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with AM rain likely (60%), rain with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Sunday afternoon and evening, rain (0.10 in. of rain possible) late at night and breezy (Wind: SE 10-15 mph shifting to S 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph by late evening) Sunday night,
• Rain (0.20 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: SW 20-30 mph) Monday, rain Monday night (0.20 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, then just partly cloudy Tuesday night.
• lows 46-50 cooling to 43 Monday night highs 58-54.
• Patchy fog, partly cloudy Wednesday and at night,
• Mostly cloudy Thursday AM, just partly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog Thursday night through Friday night,
• Then patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday.
• highs 57-64 lows 38-44. (seasonal averages high 52 low 37)

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

• Mostly cloudy with rain and isolated thunderstorms this evening, rain late tonight (0.30 in. of rain possible),
• Rain likely (60%) Sunday AM, rain and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening (0.60 in. of rain possible), rain (0.60 in. of rain possible) Sunday night and windy (Wind: SE 10-20 mph shifting and increasing to S 25-35 mph beginning late evening while SE 10-15 mph shifting S 15-25 mph by late evening inland),
• Mostly cloudy with rain Monday (0.40 in. of rain possible) and windy (Wind: S 25-35 mph gusts 50 mph shifting to SW 20-25 mph gusts to 40 mph in the afternoon), rain in the evening, coastal rain likely (60%) late while a good (50%) chance of inland rain, colder Monday night (0.45 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, then just partly cloudy Tuesday night.
• lows 47-50 cooling to 42 Tuesday night highs 56-52 warming to 57 Tuesday.
• Areas of fog, partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
• A slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday, partly cloudy at night,
• Mostly cloudy Friday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Friday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday.
• highs 60-65 cooling to 62 Saturday lows near 44. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with evening rain, scattered showers late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph),
• A mix of clouds and sun Sunday with a good (50%) chance of AM rain, afternoon rain (0.10 in. of rain possible) likely (60%), rain (0.25 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: SE 15-25 mph) Sunday night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Monday and windy (Wind: SW 20-30 gusts to 45 mph), rain and snow showers and breezy (Wind: ) and colder at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday, then just partly cloudy Tuesday night.
• snow level  6,000 ft. tonight, 7,000 ft. Sunday, 8,000 ft. falling to 7,000 ft. late Sunday night, 5,500 Monday, 4,000 ft. Monday night, 4,500 ft. Tuesday, then free air freezing level 8,000 ft. Tuesday night.
• lows 34-37 cooling to near 30 Monday night warming to 35 Tuesday night highs 49-42.
• Mostly sunny Wednesday, partly cloudy at night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
• Just partly cloudy Friday and Friday night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun Saturday.
• free air freezing level Wednesday and Wednesday night, snow level above 8,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, free air freezing level 11,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, then 10,000 ft. Saturday.
• highs 50-53 lows 38-40.

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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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