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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column See, It Can Happen Here, Just Not Very Often.

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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 for the last time. What is the “Hague Line?” Here is the correct answer. The Hague Line is the North Atlantic boundary between the U.S. and Canada fishing waters as determined by the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands. 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 high (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) will take over for a short time, Sunday and Monday, as the upper low (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) moves away. Look for low pressure to return setting up a frontal system to be positioned offshore Tuesday increasing our rain chances.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 8 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 7 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:

• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of isolated evening showers (0.25 in. of rain possible), just partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight,
• Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Sunday and in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late at night and Monday AM, mostly sunny and warmer in the afternoon, partly cloudy Monday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM rain, a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night.
• lows 40-48 cooling back to near 40 Tuesday night highs 63-78 cooling to 65 Tuesday.
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, mostly cloudy Wednesday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a (30%) chance of showers Thursday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
• A (30%) chance of showers Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night,
• Then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday.
• highs 64-60 warming to 64 Saturday lows near 42. (seasonal averages high 63 low 41)
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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count

Trees: Moderate- 43

Grass: Low- 0

Reading as of: 4/24/15

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 (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), just mostly cloudy late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with patchy fog Sunday AM, just mostly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late at night,
• Patchy AM fog, sunny and warmer Monday, mostly clear to partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Monday night,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy and cooler with a (30%) chance of rain in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of evening showers, then partly cloudy and cooler with a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday night.
• lows 40-45 cooling back to 40 Tuesday night highs 60-80 cooling back to 60 Tuesday.
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday and Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday, partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday.
• highs 65-70 lows near 42. (seasonal averages high 65 low 44)

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

• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of inland showers this evening (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), just mostly cloudy tonight,
• Mostly cloudy Sunday with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon coastal rain, mostly cloudy in the evening, partly cloudy at night,
• Sunny Monday, mostly cloudy in the evening, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Monday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night.
• lows 44-48 cooling back to 44 Tuesday night highs 59-62 cooling back to 59 Tuesday.
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday,just  partly cloudy at night,
• Partly cloudy Thursday through Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night,
• Then just partly cloudy Saturday.
• highs 56-58 cooling back to 56 Friday warming back to 58 Saturday lows near 45. (seasonal averages high 57 low 44)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of scattered rain and snow showers this evening (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), just partly cloudy late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer Sunday and in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain, a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers at night.
• snow level 4,000 ft. tonight, free air freezing level 4,500 ft. rising to 7,000 ft. Sunday afternoon, 9,000 ft. rising to 10,000 ft. Sunday night, 11,000 ft. rising to 12,000 ft. Monday afternoon and Monday night, snow level 8,000 ft. Tuesday, then 7,500 ft. Tuesday night.
• lows 30-38 cooling to 32 Tuesday night highs 52-70 cooling to 58 Tuesday.
• A mix of clouds and sun with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday, mostly cloudy at night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Thursday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday, a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
• Then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday.
• snow level 5,500 ft. Wednesday, free air freezing level 8,000 ft. Wednesday night, snow level 7,000 ft.Thursday, 6,500 ft. Thursday night, 5,000 ft. Friday, then 6,500 ft. Friday night and Saturday.
• highs 55-47 warming to 53 Saturday lows near 30.

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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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