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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Shouldn’t We Sing “Happy Birthday?”

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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 does the acronym “NCEP” represent? Here is the correct answer. NCEP stands for National Centers for Environmental Prediction. A part of the National Weather Service which provides nationwide computerized and manual guidance to Warning and Forecast Offices concerning the forecast of basic weather elements. 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 pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) took control of our weather for a few days. That means we saw much more sunshine and temperatures warming to well above normal. Next in line is an upper level low replacing the ridge and pushing a cold front through the Pacific Northwest producing another chance of showers with much cooler temperatures.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 24 in the Good category measuring Ozone.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 27 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 20 in the Good category measuring Ozone.

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:

• A mix of clouds and sun and cooler today (Mother’s Day), increasing clouds to mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Monday (0.15 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of showers Monday night (0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with AM showers likely (60%), a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday night.
• highs 70-58 lows 50-45.
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday, a (30%) chance of evening showers,  a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night,
• A mix of clouds and sun Thursday with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, a (40%) chance of showers in the afternoon and evening, a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers,  a (30%) chance of showers Friday afternoon and evening, a slight (20%) chance of showers at night and Saturday AM, then  mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon.
• highs 60-68 cooling to 65 Saturday lows 42-46. (seasonal averages high 66 low 43)
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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count

Trees: Moderate- 50

Grass: Moderate- 9

Reading as of: 5/7/15

Data courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Partly cloudy this AM (Mother’s Day), mostly cloudy this afternoon, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of isolated showers this evening, a (30%) chance of scattered showers late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy and cooler with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday (0.15 in. of rain possible), showers likely (70%) Monday night (0.15 in. of rain possible),
• Showers likely (60%) Tuesday AM, showers likely (60%) with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms  in the afternoon and evening, then a (30%) chance of showers late Tuesday night.
• highs 74-60 lows 50-43.
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening, a (40%) chance of showers late at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Thursday through Saturday.
• highs 63-68 lows 44-46. (seasonal averages high 69 low 46)

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

• Mostly cloudy and cooler with a slight (20%) chance of patchy AM coastal drizzle and a slight (20%) chance of rain or drizzle this afternoon (Mother’s Day), a (30%) chance of showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy and cooler with a (40%) chance of showers Monday (0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of showers at night (0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Tuesday, then a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday night.
• highs 58-55 lows 50-46.
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday through Saturday.
• highs 58-64 lows near 48. (seasonal averages high 58 low 46)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Partly cloudy and cooler today (Mother’s Day) with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, a good (50%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this evening, a good (50%) chance of showers late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with showers likely (70%) in the AM, rain and snow showers likely (70%) and cooler Monday afternoon and evening, rain and snow showers likely (70%) late Monday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers late Tuesday night.
• snow level 8,000 ft. today and tonight, 6,500 ft. falling to 5,500 ft. Monday afternoon, 4,500 ft. Monday night through Tuesday night.
• highs 62-45 lows 40-33.
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday night and Friday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night and Saturday.
• snow level 4,500 ft. Wednesday, 5,500 ft. Wednesday night, 6,000 ft. Thursday, 7,500 ft. Thursday night and Friday, then 7,000 ft. Friday night and Saturday.
• highs 50-60 cooling to 54 Saturday 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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