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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 ridge of high pressure (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) is returning the sunshine for your Sunday. A frontal system (position shown is Tuesday) will move in Monday to bring back the rain.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 11 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 10 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:

• Partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers with small hail possible this evening, patchy fog and colder with a slight (20%) chance of showers late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Patchy AM and late night fog, partly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun Monday AM, rain in the afternoon and evening (0.15 in. of rain possible), showers likely (70%) at night (0.30 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday, then partly Tuesday night.
• lows 36-40 cooling to 36 Tuesday night highs 63-56.
• Just partly cloudy Wednesday and at night,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Thursday, partly cloudy Thursday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun Friday, partly cloudy at night,
• The mostly sunny Saturday.
• highs 64-67 cooling back to 64 Saturday lows 40-44 cooling back to 40 Friday night. (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:

• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers (snow level 3,500 ft.), patchy fog and colder late tonight,
• AM fog and clouds, sunny and warmer Sunday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday morning, becoming mostly cloudy with rain in the afternoon and evening (0.10 in. of rain possible), showers likely (70%) late Monday night (0.25 in. of rain possible, snow level 3,500 ft. falling to 2,500 ft.),
• Mostly cloudy with AM rain and snow showers likely (60%) Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of afternoon showers, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, then just partly cloudy late Tuesday night.
• lows 38-42 cooling to 35 Tuesday night highs 66-56.
• Partly cloudy and warmer Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
• Partly cloudy Friday, mostly clear Friday night,
• Then mostly sunny Saturday.
• highs 68-75 cooling to near 70 Saturday lows 40-43 cooling back to 40 Friday night. (seasonal averages high 61 low 41)

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

• Mostly cloudy tonight,
• Partly cloudy Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy at night,
• Becoming mostly cloudy Monday with rain in the afternoon and evening (0.20 in. of rain possible), showers likely (70%) late Monday night (0.30 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with AM showers likely (60%), a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, then partly cloudy at night.
• lows near 43 highs 59-54.
• Partly cloudy Wednesday,mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Thursday, partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday, mostly clear Friday night,
• Then mostly sunny Saturday.
• highs 59-64 cooling to 62 Saturday lows 44-48 cooling to 42 Friday night. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy this evening with showers and small hail, colder with a slight (20%) showers late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible),
• Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Sunday, partly cloudy Sunday night,
• A mix of clouds and  sun Monday AM, increasing clouds to cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain in the afternoon, rain and snow in the evening, snow showers late at night,
• Mostly cloudy with snow showers likely (70%) Tuesday, then  a (30%) chance of snow showers Tuesday night.
• snow level 3,500 ft. tonight, free air freezing level 4,500 ft. rising to 5,500 ft. Sunday, 6,500 ft. Sunday night, snow level 6,000 ft. Monday, 5,000 ft. falling to 3,000 ft. late Monday night, 2,500 ft. Tuesday, then 3,500 ft. Tuesday night.
• lows 25-30 cooling back to 25 Tuesday night highs 50-38.
• Partly cloudy Wednesday and at night,
• Mostly sunny Thursday, just partly cloudy Thursday night through Friday night,
• Then mostly sunny Saturday.
• snow level 2,500 ft. Tuesday, 3,500 ft. Tuesday night, free air freezing level 5,500 ft. Wednesday, 8,000 ft Wednesday night, 9,000 ft. Thursday through Friday, 7,500 ft. Friday night, then free air freezing level at the surface Saturday.
• highs 52-58 cooling to 54 Saturday lows 32-35.
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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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