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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 to about 80 in the Umpqua Basin which puts us 10 degrees or more above normal. The ridge will weaken a bit allowing a frontal system to cool the temperatures just a bit tonight and Saturday. A frontal system will approach the coast Tuesday and bring back the chance of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 38 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 73 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 53 in the Moderate 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 fog this AM, sunny and warmer this afternoon, then mostly clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny Saturday, clear at night,
• Sunny Sunday, then clear Sunday night.
• highs 72-74 warming to 78 Sunday lows 38-40.
• Sunny Monday, mostly clear at night,
• Partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday, becoming cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers at night and Wednesday, a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday night,
• Then cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Thursday.
• highs 77-60 warming to 62 Thursday lows 45-47 cooling to 42 Tuesday night. (seasonal averages high 61 low 40)
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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:

• Sunny and warmer today, Saturday, and Sunday, clear each night.
• highs 74-80 lows 44-46.
• Mostly sunny Monday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Tuesday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday night through Wednesday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Thursday.
• highs 78-58 warming to 62 Thursday lows 47-43. (seasonal averages high 63 low 42)

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

• Mostly cloudy at the shore this AM and sunny this afternoon while just sunny inland, mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight,
• Partly cloudy Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon and Sunday, clear both nights.
• highs 58-64 lows 44-48.
• Mostly sunny Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday night through Wednesday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Thursday.
• highs 60-55 warming to 58 Thursday lows 50-47. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Sunny today, mostly clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny Saturday, clear at night,
• Sunny and warmer Sunday, then clear at night.
• free air freezing level 11,000 ft. today and tonight and Saturday, 11,000 ft. Saturday night and Sunday, then 12,000 ft. Sunday night.
• highs 63-68 lows 32-30 warming to 34 Sunday night.
• Mostly sunny Monday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers and cooler Tuesday, becoming cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday (cooler), a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers at night,
• Then cloudy and cooler with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday.
• free air freezing level 11,000 ft. Monday, snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday night through Tuesday night, 6,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, then 5,500 ft. Thursday.
• 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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