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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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A blocking High Pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) will give us sunshine and very warm temperatures for another day. Our next chance for showers won’t be until Saturday when a frontal system (position shown is Saturday AM) 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 53 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at HWY 99, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 21 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:

• Sunny and warmer today, mostly clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny and cooler Thursday, partly cloudy Thursday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun and cooler Friday, partly cloudy in the evening, more clouds to mostly cloudy late Friday night.
• highs 87-74 lows 50-47 Friday night .
• 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:

• Sunny today and Thursday, mostly clear at night,
• Sunny Friday AM, then partly cloudy and cooler in the afternoon and Friday night.
• highs 93-76 Friday lows 57-47.
• AM sun, partly cloudy and a bit cooler Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) 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:

• Sunny and warmer today, mostly clear at the beaches in the evening and partly cloudy with fog late tonight while mostly clear inland tonight,
• 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.
• high 78-62  lows 58-50.
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Saturday night through Monday, a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
• Then just mostly cloudy Tuesday.
• highs near 60 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 59 low 47).

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Sunny and warmer today, mostly clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny Thursday AM, partly cloudy and cooler in the afternoon,  mostly clear and colder Thursday night,
• Partly cloudy Friday and in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Friday night.
• free air freezing level 13,000 ft. today through Thursday, 12,000 ft. Thursday night, 11,000 ft. Friday, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Friday night.
• highs 76-62 lows 47-34.
• Mostly cloudy with with a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday and  Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday and Sunday night,
• A (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Monday and 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, 5,500 ft. Monday, then 7,000 ft. Monday night and Tuesday.
• highs 50-45 warming back to 50 Tuesday 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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