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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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Sorry no winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is a “wall cloud?” Here is the correct answer. A Wall Cloud is a localized, persistent, often abrupt lowering from a rain-free base. Wall clouds can range from a fraction of a mile up to nearly five miles in diameter, and normally are found on the south or southwest (inflow) side of the thunderstorm. When seen from within several miles, many wall clouds exhibit rapid upward motion and cyclonic rotation. However, not all wall clouds rotate. Rotating wall clouds usually develop before strong or violent tornadoes, by anywhere from a few minutes up to nearly an hour. Wall clouds should be monitored visually for signs of persistent, sustained rotation and/or rapid vertical motion. 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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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 Wednesday as it slowly moves to the east.

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Advisories: None at This Time.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 13 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Springfield City Hall. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 10 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:

• AM clouds, mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear tonight,
• AM clouds, partly cloudy Monday afternoon and in the evening, mostly cloudy late Monday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun Tuesday, then partly cloudy at night.
• highs 78-72 lows 50-48.
• Partly cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Thursday through Friday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night and Saturday.
• highs 76-68 warming to 72 Friday lows 49-47. (seasonal averages high 71 low 47).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Sunny today, clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with patchy fog Monday AM and a slight (20%) chance of showers, partly cloudy Monday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Monday night,
• Mostly cloudy Tuesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Tuesday night.
• highs 82-76 lows 55-50 warming to 52 Tuesday night.
• Mostly sunny Wednesday, mostly clear in the 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,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday and in the evening, partly cloudy late Friday night and Saturday AM, then mostly cloudy Saturday afternoon.
• highs 79-74 warming to 78 Saturday lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 74 low 51)

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

• Partly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, clear in the evening inland  otherwise mostly cloudy tonight with patchy fog late,
• Mostly cloudy Monday with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain and drizzle, with patchy AM inland fog, mostly cloudy Monday night, breezy (Wind: N 15-25 mph decreasing to N 10-15 mph late at night,
• Mostly cloudy Tuesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy at night.
• highs near 63 lows 55-50 warming to 53 Tuesday night.
• Partly cloudy Wednesday and in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Wednesday night through Friday evening, then just mostly cloudy Friday night and Saturday.
• highs 64-62 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 61 low 50).

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly sunny today, mostly clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny Monday, mostly clear at night,
• Then partly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Tuesday night.
• free air freezing level 13,000 ft. today, 14,000 ft. tonight, 13,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, 12,000 ft. Tuesday, then 13,000 ft. Tuesday night.
• highs 72-62 lows near 38.
• Mostly sunny Wednesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and at night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers at night,
• Partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday.
• free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Wednesday, 13,000 ft. falling to 12,000 ft. Wednesday night, snow level above 8,000 ft. Thursday, 6,000 ft. Thursday night, 5,000 ft. Friday, 6,500 ft. Friday night, then 7,000 ft. Saturday.
• highs 65-60 lows 38-35.

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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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