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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Am I Still Less Of A “Pain” Than I Used To Be?

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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 weekly weather quiz question. What is a “wall cloud?” 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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An upper level ridge of high pressure (“Arch” shape in blue arrows) centered off the West Coast will keep the clouds away and keep our weather dry with plenty of sunshine through Monday.

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Advisories: None at This Time.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 32 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 18 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……….Very High (708)

Trees……….Low (9)

Last Counted: 6/6/14

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 Saturday, mostly clear at night,
• AM clouds, mostly sunny Sunday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, then mostly cloudy late Monday night.
• lows 47-50 cooling to 47 Monday night highs 77-80 dropping back to 76 Monday.
• Mostly cloudy Tuesday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the  afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday and Wednesday night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday and Friday and mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night.
• highs 72-75 cooling to 70 Friday lows near 48. (seasonal averages high 71 low 46).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Sunny Saturday, mostly clear at night,
• Partly cloudy Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
• Mostly cloudy Monday AM, partly cloudy Monday afternoon and evening, becoming mostly cloudy late Monday night.
• lows 50-53 cooling back to 50 highs 80-85 cooling back to 80 Monday.
• Partly cloudy Tuesday through Wednesday evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Wednesday night,
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of  showers Thursday and at night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday.
• highs 78-75 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 74 low 50)

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

• Mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight and breezy (Wind: N 20-30 mph decreasing to N 10-15 mph late at night at the shore and N 10-20 mph decreasing to N 5-10 mph inland late tonight),
• Sunny Saturday, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy late at night,
• Mostly cloudy Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy Sunday night through Monday night.
• lows 54-52 highs 64-66 cooling back to 64 Monday.
• Mostly cloudy Tuesday, partly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night and Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Thursday night and Friday.
• highs 64-62 lows near 53. (seasonal averages high 61 low 50).

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Sunny Saturday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Sunday, then mostly clear at night,
• Then mostly sunny Monday, partly cloudy at night.
• free air freezing level 13,000 ft. tonight through Saturday night, then 14,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, then 13,000 ft. Monday and Monday night.
• lows 40-38 highs 68-72 cooling to 66 Sunday.
• Then party cloudy Tuesday through Thursday.
• free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Monday, 13,000 ft. Monday night through Tuesday night, 12,000 ft. Wednesday, 11,000 ft. Wednesday night, then 10,000 ft. Thursday.
• highs 62-65 cooling to 53 Thursday warming to 58 Friday lows near 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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