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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Who Came Up With That “Cool Idea?”

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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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No winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is a “parhelion?” Here is the correct answer. A Parhelion is the scientific name for sun dogs. Either of two colored luminous spots that appear at roughly 22 degrees on both sides of the sun at the same elevation. They are caused by the refraction of sunlight passing through ice crystals. They are most commonly seen during winter in the middle latitudes and are exclusively associated with cirriform clouds. They are also known as mock suns. 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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A ridge of high pressure (“Arch” shape in blue arrows) is returning the sunshine and warmer temperatures into next week and it is back to more normal Summertime weather.

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Advisories: None at this time.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 37 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 12 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……….Low (3)

Trees……….Low (6)

Last Counted: 7/23/14

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 and Sunday, clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Monday, then mostly clear at night.
• highs 86-93 lows 53-60 cooling to 57 Monday night.
• Mostly sunny Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, mostly clear each night.
• highs 92-88 lows near 57. (seasonal averages high 84 low 52)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Partly cloudy this AM, sunny this afternoon, clear tonight,
• Sunny Sunday and Monday, then mostly clear with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night.
• highs 89-96 lows 58-62.
• Mostly sunny Tuesday with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms, mostly clear with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms at night,
• Sunny Wednesday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon through Friday.
• highs 95-88 lows 62-59. (seasonal averages high 86 low 57)

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

• Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, clear in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
• Sunny Sunday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy at night,
• Partly cloudy in the AM, sunny Monday afternoon, then partly cloudy at night.
• highs 66-64 lows near 55.
• Partly cloudy Tuesday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Wednesday, then partly cloudy Wednesday night through Friday.
• highs near 64 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 65 low 53).

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Sunny today, clear tonight,
• Sunny Sunday AM, partly cloudy and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, just partly cloudy Sunday night,
• Mostly sunny Monday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, partly cloudy Monday night.
• free air freezing level 15,000 ft. today and tonight, snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday through Monday night.
• highs 77-87 lows 47-54.
• Mostly sunny Tuesday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, partly cloudy late at night,
• Mostly sunny in the AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening, partly cloudy late at night,
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday through Friday.
• highs 80-84 cooling to 82 Friday lows near 55.

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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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