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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column “Round and “Round She Goes and Where She Stops…
And don’t forget my latest feature story in the continuing series on service club organizations called Truly Altrusa.
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Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. No winner this week. What is a “Moby?” Here is the correct answer. A MOBY is a Marine Optical Buoy. It measures solar radiation to calibrate satellite ocean color instruments. 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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A high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) is going to continue controlling our weather giving us plenty of sunshine and dry weather through Monday. An upper level trough of low pressure (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) will take over Tuesday returning clouds and rain.
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Advisories:
- A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
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Air Quality Index: Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 54 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 50 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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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count
Grass……….Absent (0)
Trees……….High (108)
Last Counted: 3/21/14
Data Courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:
- Patchy AM fog, mostly sunny today, mostly clear tonight,
- Mostly sunny and warmer Sunday, mostly clear at night.
- Mostly sunny and even warmer Monday, becoming mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Monday night.
- highs 59-66 lows 34-45.
- Mostly cloudy showers likely (70%) Tuesday, increasing showers at night,
- Showers likely (70%) Wednesday through Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday night and Friday.
- highs 56-53 warming back to 56 Thursday and Friday lows 42-40 warming to 44 Thursday night. (seasonal averages high 56 low 37).
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Sunny today and Sunday, mostly clear at night,
- Sunny in the AM, partly cloudy Monday afternoon and evening, then becoming mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday night.
- highs 62-70 lows 36-43.
- Mostly cloudy and cooler with rain Tuesday and Tuesday night,
- Showers Wednesday, showers likely (70%) Wednesday night and Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night and Friday.
- highs 59-55 warming to 60 Friday lows near 42. (seasonal averages high 58 low 39)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Sunny today and Sunday, clear tonight, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Sunday night,
- Sunny Monday, then becoming mostly cloudy with rain developing Monday night,
- highs 58-63 lows 39-45.
- Cloudy with rain and cooler Tuesday and Tuesday night,
- Showers Wednesday, showers likely (70%) Wednesday night and Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night and Friday.
- highs near 55 lows near 45. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42)
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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:
- Sunny today, clear tonight,
- Mostly sunny and just a bit warmer Sunday and Monday, mostly clear Sunday night, then partly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night.
- free air freezing level 4,500 rising to 6,000 ft. today, 7,000 ft. tonight and Sunday, 8,000 ft. Sunday night, 9,000 ft. Monday, then snow level 7,500 ft. Monday night.
- highs 45-56 lows 27-36.
- Mostly cloudy with showers likely (70%) Tuesday, rain and snow showers likely (70%) Tuesday night through Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow Thursday night and Friday.
- snow level 5,500 ft. Tuesday, 5,000 ft. Tuesday night, 4,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, 3,000 ft. Thursday, 3,500 ft. at night, then 4,500 ft. Friday.
- highs 42-38 warming to 42 Friday lows near 30. (seasonal averages high 56 low 37).
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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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