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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not column Vital Statistics Can Change.

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

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And my feature article about Contractors Electric called Is The Ground Wire The White One Or The Black One?

 

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Here is my new weekly weather quiz question. What is “Latent Heat Flux?” 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 low (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) has slowly taken over. A frontal system moved through the Pacific Northwest spreading some much-needed rain over the area. More disturbances will head our way including this frontal system that will push through next Monday.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 25 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 7 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 24 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA).

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Advisories:

  • A HEALTH ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR SUNSET BAY STATE PARK BEACH LOCATED IN COOS COUNTY FOR HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL FECAL BACTERIA WHICH CAN RESULT IN DIARRHEA, STOMACH CRAMPS, SKIN RASHES, UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND OTHER ILLNESSES. DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE WATER – ESPECIALLY BY CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY, WHO MAY BE VULNERABLE TO WATERBORNE BACTERIA – SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN THIS AREA UNTIL THE ADVISORY IS LIFTED. VISITORS SHOULD AVOID WADING IN NEARBY CREEKS, POOLS OF WATER ON THE BEACH, OR IN DISCOLORED WATER AND STAY CLEAR OF WATER RUNOFF FLOWING INTO THE OCEAN.
  • A HEALTH ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR UPPER KLAMATH LAKE AND AGENCY LAKE DOWN TO KENO DAM, LOCATED JUST NORTH OF KLAMATH FALLS ALONG HIGHWAY 97 IN KLAMATH COUNTY. WATER MONITORING BY THE USGS HAS CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE TOXINS WHICH CAN BE HARMFUL TO HUMANS AND ANIMALS. SWALLOWING, INHALING OR SKIN CONTACT WITH WATER DROPLETS SHOULD BE AVOIDED.

 

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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:

  • Cloudy with AM showers likely (70%) today, a good (50%) chance of afternoon showers (0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight,
  • Partly cloudy with patchy AM fog Friday, mostly sunny and warmer in the afternoon, and partly cloudy with patchy fog late at night both Friday and Saturday, then  just partly cloudy Saturday night.
  • highs 69-79 lows 46-49.
  • Mostly sunny Sunday AM, partly cloudy and a bit warmer in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Sunday night,
  • Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday AM, partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday afternoon through Tuesday AM, mostly sunny and a bit cooler in the afternoon, partly cloudy Tuesday night,
  • Mostly sunny Wednesday AM, then partly cloudy and just a bit warmer in the afternoon.
  • highs 80-73 warming to 75 Wednesday lows 53-44. (seasonal averages high 77 low 47)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

  • Mostly cloudy with increasing AM showers, scattered showers likely (70%) and warmer this afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just partly cloudy late tonight and Friday AM, sunny and warmer in the afternoon, mostly clear Friday night,
  • Sunny and warmer Saturday, then clear at night.
  • highs 68-82 lows 50-54.
  • Sunday Sunday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Sunday night and Monday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, then partly cloudy late Monday night through Wednesday.
  • highs 84-76 warming to 78 Wednesday lows 56-47. (seasonal averages high 79 low 51)

 

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

  • Mostly cloudy with increasing AM, a good (50%) chance of scattered  showers this afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, partly cloudy inland tonight, patchy fog late tonight,
  • Partly cloudy with patchy fog Friday AM, partly cloudy and a bit warmer in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Friday night,
  • Sunny Saturday, then clear Saturday night.
  • highs 66-68 lows 52-54.
  • Sunny Sunday, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of shower late Sunday night and Monday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, partly cloudy late Monday night through Wednesday.
  • highs 67-65 lows 55-49. (seasonal averages high 65 low 50).

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

  • Showers and a bit warmer today (0.50 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this evening,  just partly cloudy late tonight and Friday AM, mostly sunny and warmer Friday afternoon, mostly clear Friday night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, then mostly clear at night.
  • snow level 7,000 ft. today, 7,500 ft. tonight, free air freezing level 10,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, then 13,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night.
  • highs 53-69 lows 38-42.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon,partly cloudy Sunday night through Tuesday night,
  • Then mostly sunny Wednesday.
  • free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Sunday, 14,000 ft. Sunday night, 13,000 ft. 12,000 ft. Monday night through Tuesday night, then 11,000 ft. Wednesday.
  • highs 73-65 warming to 68 Wednesday lows near 42.

 

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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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