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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 moving over us and as ot moves away an upper level trough of low pressure (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) will take over late Monday 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 39 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 34 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:
- Mostly clear tonight.
- Mostly sunny Monday, becoming mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain late Monday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy and cooler with AM rain, showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon (0.30 in. of rain possible), showers likely (60%) with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the evening, showers likely (60%) late at night (0.20 in. of rain possible),
- Mostly cloudy with showers Wednesday and Wednesday night.
- lows 38-45 cooling to 42 Wednesday night highs 70-52.
- Mostly cloudy with showers Thursday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night,
- Rain Friday through Saturday night,
- Then rain likely (60%) Sunday.
- highs 54-58 lows 42-46 cooling to 43 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 56 low 37).
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Mostly clear tonight,
- Sunny Monday, partly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy with rain late Monday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible)and Tuesday AM, showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible) and evening, showers late Tuesday night (0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Then showers Wednesday and Wednesday night.
- lows 36-46 cooling to 42 Tuesday night and Wednesday night highs 69-55.
- Mostly cloudy with showers Thursday, showers likely (60%) at night,
- Rain likely (60%) Friday, rain at night,
- Rain likely (70%) Saturday and Sunday with rain Saturday night.
- highs 57-60 lows 42-45 cooling back to 42 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 58 low 39)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly clear tonight,
- Sunny Monday, becoming mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of evening coastal rain while partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of inland evening rain, rain late Monday night (0.30 in. of rain possible) and Tuesday AM, showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms (evening small hail possible) in the afternoon and evening (0.50 in. of rain possible), then showers late Tuesday night (0.25 in. of rain possible) through Wednesday night.
- lows 42-50 cooling to 45 Wednesday night highs 62-55.
- Mostly cloudy with showers Thursday, showers likely (70%) Thursday night, rain Friday through Saturday night, then rain likely (60%) Sunday.
- highs near 56 lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42)
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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:
- Clear tonight,
- Mostly sunny and warmer Monday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening rain, becoming cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain late Monday night,
- AM rain, rain and snow showers Tuesday afternoon and cooler, rain and snow showers Tuesday night through Wednesday night.
- free air freezing level 9,000 ft. tonight and Monday, snow level 7,000 ft. Monday night, 5,500 ft. Tuesday, 4,500 ft. Tuesday night, then 4,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night.
- lows 34-36 cooling to 28 Wednesday night highs 57-35.
- Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers Thursday, rain and snow showers likely (70%) Thursday night,
- Rain and snow likely (70%) Friday, rain Friday night through Saturday night, then rain and snow likely (70%) Sunday.
- snow level 3,500 ft. Thursday, 4,000 ft. at night, 5,500 ft. Friday, 6,500 ft. Friday night through Saturday night, then 5,500 ft. Sunday.
- highs 36-44 cooling to 42 Sunday lows 29-33 cooling to near 30 Saturday night. (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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