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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column How Did A Bunny End Up As A Representative Of Easter?

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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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And my feature article about Contractors Electric called Is The Ground Wire The White One Or The Black One?

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No winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is a “Lake Breeze?” Here is the correct answer. A Lake Breeze is a thermally produced wind blowing during the day from the surface of a large lake to the shore, caused by the difference in the rates of heating of the surfaces of the lake and of the land. 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 trough of low pressure (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) is returning the clouds and showers for your Saturday as another frontal system moved through. High pressure brings back sunshine for your Sunday.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 15 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 9 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 11 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

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:

• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers and cooler this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers this evening, patchy fog and colder with a slight (20%) chance of showers late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Sunday and in the evening, mostly cloudy late Sunday night,
• Cloudy Monday with rain in the afternoon, then showers likely (70%) at night.
• highs 56-63 cooling back to 56 Monday lows 36-40.
• Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Tuesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night,
• Just partly cloudy Wednesday and at night,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Thursday, then partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday.
• highs 56-66 cooling to 63 Friday lows 36-44. (seasonal averages high 60 low 39)
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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count:

Trees: High- 92

Grass: High- 0

Reading as of: 4/9/15

Data courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Cloudy with a good (50%) of showers this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible, snow level 3,500 ft.), partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just partly cloudy and colder late tonight,
• Partly cloudy in the AM, sunny and warmer Sunday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday morning, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain in the afternoon, evening rain, showers likely (70%) late Monday night.
• highs 57-68 cooling to 64 Monday lows 38-42.
• Cloudy with AM showers likely (60%) Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of afternoon showers, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just partly cloudy Tuesday night,
• Mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear both nights,
• Then partly cloudy Friday.
• highs 57-74 cooling to 68 Friday lows 37-42. (seasonal averages high 61 low 41)

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

• Mostly cloudy at the shore this afternoon while a slight (20%) chance of inland afternoon showers this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy this evening, just partly cloudy late tonight and Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy at night,
• Partly cloudy Monday AM, becoming mostly cloudy with rain in the afternoon and evening, then showers likely (70%) late Monday night.
• highs 56-59 cooling to 54 Monday lows 42-45.
• Mostly cloudy with AM showers likely (60%), a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the evening, just partly cloudy at night,
• Mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear Wednesday night,
• Sunny and warmer Thursday, then partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday.
• highs 55-62 lows 42-48. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers and cooler this afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible, 1-3 in. of snow possible), rain and snow  showers this evening, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of snow showers and colder late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible),
• Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Sunday, partly cloudy Sunday night,
• Increasing clouds to mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday afternoon, then rain and snow in the evening, snow showers late at night.
• snow level 4,500 ft. today, 3,500 ft. tonight, 4,500 ft. rising to 5,500 ft. Sunday, free air freezing level 6,500 ft. Sunday night, snow level 6,500 ft. Monday, then 5,000 ft. falling to 3,000 ft. Monday night.
• highs 38-50 cooling to near 46 Monday lows 25-30 cooling back to 25 Monday night.
• Mostly cloudy with snow showers likely (70%) Tuesday, partly cloudy with a (30%) chance of snow showers Tuesday night,
• Partly cloudy Wednesday and at night,
• Mostly sunny Thursday, then just partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday.
• snow level 2,500 ft. Tuesday, 3,000 ft. Tuesday night, free air freezing level 4,500 ft. Wednesday, 8,000 ft Wednesday night, 9,000 ft. Thursday, 10,000 ft. Thursday night, then 8,000 ft. Friday.
• highs 38-56 lows 24-37.
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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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