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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 through the whole workweek. Our next chance for showers won’t be until late 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 39 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 15 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 (17)

Trees……….Moderate (70)

Last Counted: 5/13/14

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,
• Sunny and warmer Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Thursday, then partly cloudy Thursday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun Friday, partly cloudy in the evening, more clouds to mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Friday night.
• lows 46-52 cooling to 47 Friday night highs 87-74.
• Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Saturday and Saturday night,
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers at night,
• A (40%) chance of showers Monday, a (30%) chance of showers Monday night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday.
• highs 66-62 warming to 65 Tuesday lows 48-45. (seasonal averages high 67 low 43).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Sunny Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear at night,
• Sunny Friday AM, then partly cloudy in the afternoon and Friday night.
• lows 50-57 cooling to 47 Friday night highs 69-63 warming back to 69 Friday.
• AM sun, partly cloudy and a bit cooler Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Saturday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) of showers Saturday night through Monday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night and Tuesday.
• highs 69-63 warming back to 69 Tuesday lows near 48-45 (seasonal averages high 70 low 47)

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

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Sunny and warmer Wednesday, mostly clear at the beaches in the evening and mostly cloudy with fog late at night while mostly clear inland Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with areas of AM coastal fog and sunny and a bit cooler with patchy coastal fog Thursday while sunny inland, mostly clear in the evening, cloudy with patchy coastal fog late Thursday night while mostly clear inland in the evening and cloudy with patchy fog late,
• Cloudy with patchy AM fog, mostly sunny Friday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Friday night.
• lows 56-52 high 78-80 cooling to 70 Thursday.
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Saturday through Monday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
• Then just mostly cloudy Tuesday.
• highs 65-60 warming to 62 Monday lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 59 low 47).

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Sunny and warmer Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and Thursday night (cooler),
• Partly cloudy Friday and in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Friday night.
• free air freezing level 13,000 ft. tonight and Wednesday, 14,000 ft. Wednesday night, 13,000 ft. Thursday, 12,000 ft. Thursday night, 11,000 ft. Friday, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Friday night.
• lows 42-47 cooling to 38 Friday night highs 76-64.
• Mostly cloudy with with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday and Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday, a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday night,
• A (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Monday, a (40%) chance of showers Monday night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday.
• snow level 7,000 ft. Saturday, 6,500 ft. Saturday night, 5,500 ft. Sunday, then 6,000 ft. Sunday night and Monday.
• highs 64-50 lows 32-30 warming to 33 Monday night.

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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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