Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is “SafetyNET?” Here is the correct answer. SafetyNET: Inmarsat-C SafetyNET is an internationally adopted, automated satellite system for promulgating weather forecasts and warnings, marine navigational warnings and other safety related information to all types vessels and is part of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). 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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An upper level high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shaped area with blue arrows) took over Saturday drying us out after some AM showers. Another low (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) will follow bring more clouds and cooling us down again by Tuesday. Then the chance of rain returns on Wednesday. Look for a couple of frontal systems to be approaching Oregon next Sunday. For those who are wondering, Daylight Saving Time officially ends and Standard Time returns at 2:00 am Sunday November 1st (Or at Bedtime Saturday October 31st, Halloween).

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 32 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 42 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 29 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 CLACKAMAS COVE PORTION OF THE CLACKAMAS  RIVER IN CLACKAMAS 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.
• 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:

• Partly cloudy with patchy AM fog, sunny and warmer today and Monday, clear both nights,
• Mostly sunny but cooler Tuesday, then partly cloudy Tuesday night.
• highs 79-82 cooling to 73 Tuesday lows 42-50.
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday through  Friday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday.
• highs 73-70 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 70 low 43)
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Your College Football Forecast:

Preliminary forecast Saturday October 10th:

Ducks vs Washington State at Autzen Stadium – Kickoff 3:00 PM PDT:  Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers, 68 degrees and cooling as the game progresses.

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Beavers vs Arizona at Reser Stadium – Kickoff 1:00 PM PDT: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers, 65 degrees and warming to near 70 degrees as the game progresses.

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Sunny and warmer today and Monday, clear both nights,
• Sunny Tuesday AM, then partly cloudy in the afternoon and Tuesday night.
• highs 80-83 cooling to 78 Tuesday lows 50-52.
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and a bit warmer Wednesday night through Friday night,
• Then mostly cloudy and warmer with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday.
• highs 77-82 warming to near 80 Saturday lows 55-57 cooling to 54 Friday night. (seasonal averages high 72 low 47)

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

• Sunny and warmer today and Monday, clear tonight, clear inland Monday night while clear in the evening at the shore and mostly cloudy late at night,
• Partly cloudy with patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy and cooler Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday night.
• highs 73-65 lows near 52.
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and a bit warmer Wednesday through Thursday, cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Thursday night,
• Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and a bit warmer Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) of rain at night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday.
• highs 67-70 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 63 low 47).

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Sunny and warmer today and Monday, clear both nights,
• Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Tuesday, then just partly cloudy at night.
• free air freezing level 13,000 ft. today and tonight, 14,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, 13,000 ft. Tuesday, then 12,000 ft. Tuesday night.
• highs 66-70 cooling back to 66 Tuesday lows near 38.
• A mix of clouds and sun Wednesday, becoming mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday night through Friday night,
• Then mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday.
• free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Wednesday, then snow level above 8,000 ft.  Wednesday night through Saturday.
• highs 65-68 cooling back to 65 Saturday lows 42-39.

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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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