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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Can Satellites Really Find Contaminated Water?

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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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An upper level ridge of high pressure (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows)  has taken over returning the sunshine and dry weather. Expect temperatures rising into the low 70s which puts us 10 degrees or more above normal.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 14 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 12 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 9 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:

• Patchy AM fog, a mix of clouds and sun today, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Thursday AM, sunny and warmer in the afternoon, mostly clear Thursday night,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Friday, then partly cloudy Friday night.
• highs 60-73 lows 35-40.
• Mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear both nights,
• Sunny Monday, mostly clear at night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday.
• highs 70-73 cooling to 67 Tuesday lows 40-45. (seasonal averages high 61 low 39)
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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count:

Trees: Very High- 667

Grass: High- 0

Reading as of: 4/11/15

Data courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Partly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy this evening, mostly clear with patchy fog late tonight,
• Patchy AM fog, sunny and warmer Thursday and Friday, clear Thursday night, mostly clear Friday night,
• highs 62-76 lows 40-45.
• Mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear at night,
• Sunny Sunday, clear Sunday night,
• Mostly sunny Monday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday.
• highs 70-78 cooling to 68 Tuesday lows 42-47. (seasonal averages high 62 low 42)

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

• Sunny today, partly cloudy this evening, mostly clear late tonight,
• Sunny and warmer Thursday and Friday, clear Thursday night, then partly cloudy Friday night.
• highs 57-62 cooling to 58 Friday lows 45-48 cooling to 46 Friday night.
• Sunny Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday.
• highs 60-63 cooling to 59 Tuesday lows 47-50. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Partly cloudy this AM, mostly sunny and warmer this afternoon, mostly clear tonight,
• Sunny and warmer Thursday, clear Thursday night,
• Mostly sunny Friday, then partly cloudy at night.
• free air freezing level at the surface rising to 5,000 ft. this afternoon, 8,000 ft. rising to 10,000 ft. tonight, 10,000 ft. Thursday through Friday, then 9,000 ft. Friday night.
• highs 46-63 lows 29-35.
• Mostly sunny Saturday, Sunday and Monday, mostly clear Saturday night and Sunday night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday.
• free air freezing level 9,000 ft. Saturday, 10,000 ft. Saturday night through Monday, snow level above 8,000 ft Monday night, then 8,000 ft. Tuesday.
• highs 62-64 cooling to 58 Tuesday lows 33-37.
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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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