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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: None at this time.
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Air Quality Index: Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 58 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 77 in the Moderate 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:
- Mostly sunny and warmer today, mostly clear tonight.
- Mostly sunny Monday, becoming mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, rain likely (70%) late Monday night,
- Mostly cloudy and cooler with rain Tuesday, then showers at night.
- highs 63-68 cooling to 55 Tuesday lows 34-45 cooling to 42 Tuesday night.
- Showers Wednesday through Thursday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night.
- Rain likely (70%) Friday, rain at night,
- Then rain likely (70%) Saturday.
- highs 54-58 lows 42-45. (seasonal averages high 56 low 37).
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Sunny today, mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy tonight,
- Sunny Monday, becoming mostly cloudy a good (50%) chance of evening rain, rain late Monday night and Tuesday, then showers Tuesday night.
- highs 66-72 cooling to 58 Tuesday lows 39-46 cooling to 42 Tuesday night.
- Mostly cloudy with showers Wednesday and Wednesday night,
- Showers likely (70%) Thursday, a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night and Friday, then rain likely (60%) Friday night and Saturday.
- highs 57-62 lows 42-45. (seasonal averages high 58 low 39)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Sunny today, mostly clear tonight,
- Sunny Monday, becoming mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) in the evening, rain Monday night,
- Rain and cooler Tuesday, then showers Tuesday night.
- highs 62-56 lows 42-49 cooling to 45 Tuesday night.
- Showers Wednesday and Wednesday night,
- Mostly cloudy with showers likely (70%) Thursday, a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night and Friday, then rain likely (70%) Friday night and Saturday.
- highs near 56 lows near 45. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42)
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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:
- Mostly sunny and warmer today and Monday, mostly clear tonight, becoming mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain late Monday night,
- AM rain, rain and snow Tuesday afternoon and cooler, then rain and snow showers at night.
- free air freezing level 6,500 ft. rising to 7,500 ft. today, 9,000 ft. tonight and Monday, snow level 7,000 ft. Monday night, 5,500 ft. Tuesday, then 4,500 ft. Tuesday night.
- highs 52-56 cooling to 42 Tuesday lows 30-36 cooling to 32 Tuesday night.
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers Wednesday through Thursday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday night, rain and snow likely (60%) Friday, mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Friday night, then rain Saturday.
- snow level 4,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, 3,500 ft. Thursday, 4,000 ft. at night, 5,500 ft. Friday, then 6,000 ft Friday night and Saturday.
- highs 37-42 lows 29-32. (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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