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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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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. What is a “Geosynchronous Satellite?” 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)  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 6 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:

• Partly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with areas of frost and patchy fog Thursday AM, sunny and warmer in the afternoon, clear with patchy fog Thursday night and Friday AM, mostly sunny and warmer in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday, then clear Saturday night.
• lows 35-42 highs 69-73 cooling back to 69 Saturday night.
• Mostly sunny Sunday, clear at night,
• Sunny Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday, cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers at night,
• Then cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday.
• highs 74-62 lows 43-46. (seasonal averages high 61 low 39)
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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count:

Trees: High- 171

Grass: High- 0

Reading as of: 4/14/15

Data courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly clear with patchy fog late tonight and Thursday AM, sunny in the afternoon and Friday, clear Thursday night, mostly clear Friday night,
• Partly cloudy Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then clear at night.
• lows 39-45 cooling 42 Saturday night highs 73-76.
• Sunny Sunday, clear Sunday night,
• Mostly sunny Monday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, then cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday.
• highs 78-60 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 late tonight,
• Sunny tomorrow and Friday, clear Thursday night and Friday evening, partly cloudy late Friday night,
• Mostly cloudy Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then clear Saturday night.
• lows 42-48 cooling to 46 Friday night warming to 48 Saturday night highs near 62.
• Sunny Sunday, clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, then cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday.
• highs 66-55 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Thursday and Friday, clear Thursday night, partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday AM,
• Partly cloudy Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then clear Saturday night.
• free air freezing level 8,000 ft. tonight, 9,000 ft. Thursday, then 10,000 ft. Thursday night through Saturday night.
• lows 29-35 cooling back to 29 Saturday night highs 60-63 cooling back to 60 Saturday.
• Mostly sunny Sunday and Monday, clear Sunday night, mostly clear Monday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers at night,
• Then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday.
• free air freezing level 10,000 ft. Sunday, 11,000 ft. Sunday night, 10,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, snow level above 8,000 ft. Tuesday, 8,000 ft. Tuesday  night, then 7,500 ft. Wednesday.
• highs 67-65 lows 33-36.
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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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