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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Will We Have To Use The “D” Word This Summer?

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And don’t forget my latest feature story in the continuing series on service club organizations called Who Are The Soroptimists And What Are They Doing?

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The upper airflow has increasing the  onshore flow and will keep us wet through Saturday. A frontal system is pushing through today. Another disturbance will approach Oregon late today and tonight continuing the chance for more significant rainfall. Drying will start Sunday and continue to at least Wednesday as an upper air high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) takes over clearing out the clouds.

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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 Ozone at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 6 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……….High (30)

Trees……….Low (2)

Last Counted: 6/26/14

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:

• Rain this AM, showers with sun breaks this afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), showers likely (70%) this evening, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible),
• A mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the evening, partly cloudy Saturday night,
• AM clouds, mostly sunny Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy at night.
• highs 69-76 lows 55-48.
•  Partly cloudy Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
• Then mostly sunny Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday while mostly clear each night.
• highs 83-73 lows 50-54. (seasonal averages high 77 low 49)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with AM rain, showers this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy at night and Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Sunday night.
• highs 70-79 lows 57-53.
• Mostly sunny Monday and Tuesday, mostly clear at night,
• Sunny Wednesday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday AM, then sunny Thursday afternoon.
• highs 88-90 cooling to 78 Thursday lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 79 low 54)

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

• Mostly cloudy with rain this AM, (0.15 in. of rain possible), showers this afternoon, a (30%) chance of showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then just partly cloudy in the evening with a slight (20%) chance of coastal showers and just mostly cloudy Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear at night.
• highs 62-74 lows 57-53.
• Mostly sunny Monday and Tuesday, mostly clear each night,
• Partly cloudy Wednesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then just partly cloudy at night and Thursday.
• highs 68-62 lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 63 low 52).

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• AM rain, showers this afternoon, cloudy with showers likely (70%) tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night,
• AM clouds, partly cloudy and warmer Sunday, then partly cloudy Sunday night.
• snow level above 8,000 ft. today through Saturday night, free air freezing level 11,000 ft. Sunday, then 11,000 ft. rising to 13,000 ft. Sunday night.
• highs 55-66 lows 42-39.
• Then mostly sunny Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, mostly clear each night.
• free air freezing level 13,000 ft. rising to 14,000 ft. Monday afternoon, 14,000 ft. late Monday night, 14,000 ft. rising to 15,000 ft. Tuesday, 15,000 ft. falling to 14,000 ft. late at night, 14,000 ft. falling to 13,000 ft. Wednesday, 13,000 ft. falling to 12,000 ft. at night, then 12,000 ft. falling to 11,000 ft. Thursday afternoon.
• highs 74-77 cooling to near 64 Thursday lows 47-43.

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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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