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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Their Motto “The Need Is Real; The Time Is Now.”

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And don’t forget my latest feature story in the continuing series on service club organizations called This Moose Isn’t Named Bullwinkle.

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Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is “the Bermuda High?” Here is the correct answer. The Bermuda High is a semi-permanent, subtropical area of high pressure in the North Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of North America that migrates east and west with varying central pressure. Depending on the season, it has different names. When it is displaced westward, during the Northern Hemispheric summer and fall, the center is located in the western North Atlantic, near Bermuda. In the winter and early spring, it is primarily centered near the Azores in the eastern part of the North Atlantic. Also known as Azores High. I’ll have a new weekly weather 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 weak upper level low (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) is sliding eastward and has returned the chance of precipitation for a couple of days. A surface low pressure center (“L”) slid southward along the Oregon coast taking the chance of rain with it. An upper air ridge of high pressure (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) is nudging its way toward the coast as the upper low that’s been over us retreats southward returning the dry weather for the rest of the weekend.  Note: Mt. Ashland is open Thursdays through Mondays. Willamette Pass and Hoodoo are all still closed for now. They say they will be opening again when enough snow falls. Check their websites for conditions and specific schedules.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 19 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at HWY 99, Eugene. 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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Advisories: None at this time.

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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:

• Clear this evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Sunday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with rain becoming likely (60%) late Sunday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday afternoon, partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday, then mostly clear Tuesday night.
• lows 26-36 cooling to 29 Tuesday night highs 56-52.
• Sunny Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
• Partly cloudy with patchy fog Thursday through Friday, then just partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday.
• highs 55-59 lows 32-39. (seasonal averages high 53 low 36)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Clear with patchy fog late tonight and Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain late Sunday night (snow level 3,500 ft. late at night),
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM rain, a (40%) chance of showers Monday afternoon (snow level 2,500 ft. rising to 3,000 ft. in the afternoon), partly cloudy at night,
• Sunny Tuesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, then mostly clear Tuesday night.
• lows 28-38 cooling to 34 Tuesday night highs 56-52.
• Mostly sunny Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
• Partly cloudy with patchy AM and late night fog Thursday and Thursday night,
• Then just partly cloudy Friday through Saturday.
• highs 56-63 lows 34-40. (seasonal averages high 56 low 38)

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

• Clear and colder tonight,
• Sunny Sunday, partly cloudy in the evening, cloudy with coastal rain developing late while  mostly clear in the evening and cloudy with a good (50%) chance of inland rain late Sunday night,
• Mostly cloudy with AM coastal showers likely (60%) Monday while a good (50%) chance of inland AM rain, a (30%) chance of showers Monday afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
• Sunny Tuesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, then mostly clear Tuesday night.
• lows 35-45 cooling to 40 Monday night warming to 43 Tuesday night highs 56-60.
• Mostly sunny Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
• Then partly cloudy Thursday through Saturday.
• highs 54-57 lows 40-46. (seasonal averages high 54 low 41)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday, partly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of snow late Sunday night,
• AM snow showers likely (60%), a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Monday afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of evening rain and snow showers, partly cloudy with a (20%) chance of rain and snow showers at night,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday, then becoming mostly clear Tuesday night.
• free air freezing level at the surface tonight, at the surface rising to 4,500 ft. Sunday, snow level 2,500 ft. late Sunday night, 2,500 ft. Monday, 4,000 ft. Monday night, free air freezing level 4,500 ft. Tuesday, 5,000 ft. Tuesday night.
• lows 15-25 cooling to 20 Monday night and Tuesday night highs 42-35 warming to 38 Tuesday.
• Sunny Wednesday, mostly clear Wednesday night,
• Mostly sunny Thursday, then partly cloudy Thursday night through Saturday.
• free air freezing level 5,000 ft. Wednesday, 7,000 ft. Wednesday night, 6,500 ft. Thursday, 7,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday, then 7,500 ft. Friday night and Saturday.
• highs 44-50 lows 25-30.

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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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