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A  ridge of high pressure continues to keep us dry for the time being. Another frontal system (position shown is Sunday) will hit the coast Saturday, but this time there will be a chance of getting wet Saturday. Remember, 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 63 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 23 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 44 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

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

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Advisories:

• A HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WILLOW CREEK RESERVOIR JUST EAST OF THE TOWN OF HEPNER IN MORROW COUNTY (NE CORNER OF OREGON). 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 THE 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 and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers this afternoon, becoming mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, a good (50%) chance of showers late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy and cooler with showers likely (60%) Saturday (0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
•  A mix of clouds and sun and a bit warmer with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday, a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, then a (40%) chance of rain late at night.
• highs 74-63 lows 54-49.
• Cloudy with rain likely (70%) Monday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
• A mix of clouds and sun and a bit warmer Tuesday and Wednesday, partly cloudy Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers and a bit cooler Thursday.
• highs 66-69 cooling to 64 Thursday lows 50-46. (seasonal averages high 64 low 41)
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Your Saturday College Football Forecast:

Ducks vs Washington at Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA– Kickoff 7:30 PM PDT: Mostly cloudy with slight (20%) chance of showers, 58 degrees cooling just a bit as the game progresses, light wind. You may need the rain gear.

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Beavers vs Washington State at Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA – Kickoff 1:00 PM PDT: A mix of clouds and sun with increasing clouds late in the afternoon, 65 degrees and warming to near 70 degrees by the end of the game, wind WNW 8 mph and diminishing.

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Forecast for Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy and cooler this afternoon with a slight (20%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms late this afternoon, evening showers,  a (30%) chance of showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with showers likely (70%) and much cooler Saturday (0.15 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of showers at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday and Sunday night.
• highs 82-68 lows 54-49 warming to 53 Sunday night.
• Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with rain likely (70%) Monday, a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
• Just partly cloudy and a bit warmer Tuesday through Wednesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and cooler Thursday.
• highs 72-77 cooling back to 72 Thursday lows 52-49. (seasonal averages high 66 low 45)

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

• Mostly cloudy and cooler this afternoon, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with AM showers, a good (50%) chance of showers and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of coastal thunderstorms Saturday afternoon while inland showers likely (70%) with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Saturday afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, just mostly cloudy and a bit cooler Sunday afternoon, then a slight (20%) chance of showers late Sunday night.
• highs near 64 lows 54-48.
• Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with rain likely (70%) Monday,  a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
• Just partly cloudy and a bit warmer Tuesday through Wednesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night,
• Then mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday.
• highs 62-66 cooling to 62 Thursday lows 54-50. (seasonal averages high 61 low 46).

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this afternoon, becoming mostly cloudy a good (50%) chance of showers late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with showers and colder Saturday, a good (50%) chance of showers and colder Saturday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun and a bit warmer with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday, a (40%) chance of evening showers, then a (40%) chance of  rain late Sunday night.
• snow level above 8,000 ft. today through Sunday night.
• highs 69-52 lows 44-39.
• Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with rain likely (70%) Monday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night,
• Partly cloudy and warmer Tuesday through Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Thursday.
• snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night, 13,000 ft. Wednesday, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday.
• highs 53-59 cooling to 50 Thursday lows near 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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