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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column They Don’t Always Obey The Rules.
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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 low pressure trough has been controlling our weather and will continue to do so for the workweek. The chance of showers will continue even though it will be quite low.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 22 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 17 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 19 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.
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:
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers today (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- AM clouds, a mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of showers with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday night (0.15 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Thursday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night.
- highs 67-72 cooling back to 67 Thursday lows 52-50.
- Mostly cloudy Friday, then just partly cloudy Friday night through Monday (Memorial Day).
- highs near 70 lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 68 low 44)
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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count
Trees: Moderate- 40
Grass: Moderate- 9
Reading as of: 5/16/15
Data courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:
- Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of scattered showers today (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday night (0.10 in. of rain possible) and Thursday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night.
- highs 65-70 lows near 52.
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday, just partly cloudy Friday night through Sunday night,
- Then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday (Memorial Day).
- highs near 73 lows 47-44 warming back to 47 Sunday night. (seasonal averages high 71 low 48)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of mainly AM coastal showers today (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of inland showers tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Wednesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), slight (20%) chance of inland showers Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
- Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers afternoon coastal showers Thursday while a (%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of inland afternoon thunderstorms, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms Thursday night.
- highs 57-60 lows 50-52.
- Just mostly cloudy Friday, then just partly cloudy Friday night through Monday (Memorial Day).
- highs 59-62 lows 48. (seasonal averages high 59 low 48)
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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:
- Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM showers, showers likely (70%) with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening (0.10 in. of rain possible, more in storms), a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night today, Wednesday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and Thursday,
- snow level above 8,000 ft. today through Thursday night.
- highs 56-60 cooling back to 56 Thursday lows near 42.
- Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Friday, a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday, Sunday, and Monday (Memorial Day), partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers each night.
- snow level above 8,000 ft. Friday through Monday.
- highs near 56 lows 35-37.
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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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