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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)  returned 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 12 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 7 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 patchy fog tonight,
• A mix of clouds and sun with patchy fog Monday AM, becoming mostly cloudy with rain in the afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), showers Monday night (0.25 in. of rain possible),
• Showers likely (70%) Tuesday (0.15 in. of rain possible), partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just partly cloudy late Tuesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) through Wednesday night,
• lows 38-35 highs 57-54 warming to 60 Wednesday.
• Mostly sunny and warmer Thursday, partly cloudy Thursday night through Friday night,
• Then mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday, with mostly clear skies Saturday night.
• highs near 70 lows near 40. (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 clear this evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Monday morning, becoming mostly cloudy with rain in the afternoon and evening (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain and snow showers likely (70%) late Monday night (0.30 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible, snow level 3,000 ft. falling to 2,000 ft. late at night),
• Mostly cloudy with AM rain and snow showers likely (60%) Tuesday (0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of afternoon showers (snow level 2,000 ft. rising to 3,000 ft. in the afternoon), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just partly cloudy late Tuesday night,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Wednesday, mostly clear at night.
• lows 40-36 warming back to 40 Wednesday night highs 62-53 warming to 65 Wednesday.
• Mostly sunny Friday, partly cloudy Friday night,
• Then sunny Saturday and Sunday, clear Saturday night.
• highs near 74 lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 62 low 42)

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

• Mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy tonight,
• Becoming mostly cloudy Monday with a slight (20%) chance of AM, rain in the afternoon and evening (0.30 in. of rain possible), coastal showers likely (70%) late Monday night while inland showers late at night (0.30 in. of rain possible, snow level 2,000 ft. late at night),
• Mostly cloudy with AM showers likely (70%), a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy in the evening with a slight (20%) chance of inland showers, partly cloudy at night,
• Mostly sunny Wednesday, then mostly clear at night.
• lows 44-40 warming back to 44 Wednesday night highs 59-54.
• Mostly sunny Thursday, mostly clear Thursday night,
• Partly cloudy Friday and at  night,
• Then sunny Saturday and Sunday with clear skies Saturday night.
• highs 59-64 lows 42-50 cooling to 47 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Partly cloudy tonight and Monday AM, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain in the afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain and snow in the evening, snow showers late at night (0.50 in. of rain possible, 3-6 in. of snow possible),
• Mostly cloudy with snow showers likely (70%) Tuesday AM, snow showers likely (70%) with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, a snow showers good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers in the evening, a slight (20%) chance of ran and snow showers late Tuesday night,
• Partly cloudy Wednesday, then mostly clear at night.
• free air freezing level 9,000 ft. tonight, snow level 6,000 ft. Monday, 4,500 ft. falling to 2,500 ft. late Monday night, 2,500 ft. Tuesday, 3,000 ft. Tuesday night, free air freezing level 4,000 ft. rising to 5,500 ft. Wednesday, then 8,000 ft. Wednesday night.
• lows 29-23 warming to 30 Wednesday night highs 50-36 warming back to 50 Wednesday.
• Mostly sunny Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and mostly clear each night.
• free air freezing level 9,000 ft. Thursday, then 10,000 ft. Thursday night  through Sunday.
• 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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