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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column All “It” Was Supposed To Do Was Defoliate The Trees.

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And don’t forget my latest feature story in the continuing series on service club organizations called Oregon Has Two Kinds Of “Elks” Four Legged and Two Legged.

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Here is my new weekly weather quiz question. What is a “ceilometer?”  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 blocking High Pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) will give us sunshine and warmer temperatures today through the whole workweek. Our next chance for showers won’t be until late next Friday night and Saturday when a frontal system will approach the Pacific Northwest.

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Advisories: None at This Time.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 27 in the Good category measuring Ozone at Delight Valley School, Saginaw. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 12 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……….Moderate (9)

Trees……….Moderate (24)

Last Counted: 5/12/14

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 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, mostly clear each night.
• lows 42-52 highs 83-88 cooling to 85 Thursday night.
• Partly cloudy Friday and in the evening, more clouds to mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Friday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday AM, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday afternoon through Sunday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Monday.
• highs 74-64 lows 47-45. (seasonal averages high 66 low 43).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny just a bit cooler Thursday, then mostly clear Thursday night.
• lows 46-57 cooling to 48 Thursday night highs 86-92 cooling back to 86 Thursday.
• Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Friday, mostly cloudy at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Saturday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) of showers Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday and Sunday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday.
• highs 75-64 lows 48-45. (seasonal averages high 69 low 46)

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

• Clear tonight,
• Sunny Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
• Areas of AM fog, sunny and a bit cooler Thursday, mostly clear with patchy fog late Thursday night.
• lows 52-59 cooling to 54 Thursday night high 72-69.
• Mostly sunny Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Friday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday, a  good (50%) of showers late at night,
• Showers likely (60%) Sunday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers at night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday.
• highs 65-60 lows 53-48. (seasonal averages high 58 low 46).

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, clear at night,
• free air freezing level 11,000 ft. tonight, 12,000 ft. Tuesday, 13,000 ft. Tuesday night and Wednesday, 14,000 ft. Wednesday night, 13,000 ft. Thursday, then 12,000 ft. Thursday night.
• lows 37-42 warming to 47 Wednesday night cooling to 40 Thursday night highs 70-77.
• Mostly sunny Friday AM, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of sunny Friday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Friday night,
• Mostly cloudy with with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday AM, a good (50%) chance of  showers in the afternoon, a good (50%) chance of showers at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday, then a (40%) chance of showers Sunday night and Monday.
• free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Thursday, 12,000 ft. at night, 11,000 ft. Friday, snow level above 8,000 ft. Friday night through Saturday night, 5,500 ft. Sunday, then 6,000 ft. Sunday night and Monday.
• highs 64-50 lows near 33.

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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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