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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column “When It Rains It Pours®”

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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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No winner this week. Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What does the acronym “SLOSH” represent? And here is the correct answer. SLOSH (Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes) – A computer model run by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to estimate storm surge heights resulting from historical, hypothetical, or predicted hurricanes by taking into account pressure, size, forward speed, track, and winds. 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 low pressure trough has been controlling our weather cycling one low and now another low through Oregon keeping at least a slight chance of showers with us for a while.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 19 in the Good category measuring Ozone.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 14 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 18 in the Good category measuring Ozone.

Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA).

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Advisories:

• A HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR DETROIT LAKE LOCATED 46 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALEM ON THE NORTH SANTIAM RIVER IN LINN AND MARION COUNTIES. WATER MONITORING HAS CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE AND THE TOXINS THEY PRODUCE. THESE TOXIN CONCENTRATIONS CAN BE HARMFUL TO HUMANS AND ANIMALS. SWALLOWING OR INHALING WATER DROPLETS, AS WELL AS SKIN CONTACT WITH WATER, SHOULD BE AVOIDED. DRINKING WATER DIRECTLY FROM DETROIT RESERVOIR IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AS THESE TOXINS CANNOT BE REMOVED BY BOILING, FILTERING, OR TREATING THE WATER WITH CAMPING-STYLE FILTERS. AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE WHEN IT BECOMES SAFE TO USE THE WATER AGAIN.

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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:

• AM clouds, a mix of clouds and sun and warmer this afternoon, becoming partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers tonight,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers Monday, a (40%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms, a good (50%) chance of showers late Monday night,
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday, then a (30%) chance of showers at night.
• highs 70-64 lows near 50.
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday and Thursday with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night and Thursday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday,   partly cloudy Friday night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun Saturday.
• highs 66-70 cooling to 68 Saturday lows 50-47. (seasonal averages high 67 low 44)
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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count

Trees: Moderate- 21

Grass: Moderate- 10

Reading as of: 5/15/15

Data courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy today with a slight (20%) chance of isolated afternoon thunderstorms, a (30%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this evening, a (30%) chance of showers late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of AM showers, a (40%) chance of showers with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Monday afternoon, showers likely (70%) with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the evening, showers likely (70%) late at night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday and Tuesday night.
• highs 75-65 lows near 50.
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday through Thursday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night,
• Then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday through Saturday.
• highs 70-72 lows 50-47. (seasonal averages high 70 low 48)

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

• Mostly cloudy today with a slight (20%) chance of inland thunderstorms this afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of isolated showers tonight and Monday, a (30%) chance of showers Monday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday and Tuesday night.
• highs near 58 lows 50-52.
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday through Thursday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night,
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday, then just partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday.
• highs 62-59 lows 52-49. (seasonal averages high 59 low 47)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with a (40%) chance of AM showers, a (40%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, more in storms), a good (50%) chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible, more in storms),
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM showers, showers and thunderstorms  likely (70%) Monday afternoon and evening, then a good (50%) chance of showers late Monday night,
• Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Tuesday, then a (40%) chance of showers at night.
• snow level 8,000 ft. today, then above 8,000 ft. tonight through Tuesday  night.
• highs 56-58 cooling to 50 Tuesday lows near 38.
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday and Thursday, a (40%) chance of showers both nights,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a (40%) chance of showers Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday.
• snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday through Saturday.
• highs 54-57 lows near 38.

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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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