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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Some Anniversaries Aren’t To Be Cheerfully Celebrated.

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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 a “lysimeter?”  Here is the correct answer. A Lysimeter In hydrologic terms, a device to measure the quantity or rate of downward water movement through a block of soil usually undisturbed, or to collect such percolated water for analysis as to quality. 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 (“Arch” shape with blue arrows offshore) has taken over to keep us warmer than normal. An upper level low (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows of the same graphic) will swing in through northern California returning the clouds and the chance of showers and at the same time cooling us down.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 43 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 28 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 34 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:

• Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy late tonight,
• A mix of clouds and sun and a bit warmer Sunday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers and thunderstorms, increasing clouds to cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms late Sunday night (0.10 in. of rain possible, more in storms),
• Cloudy and cooler with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday, showers likely (60%) Monday night,
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of evening showers, then a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night.
• lows 53-49 highs 78-65.
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday and in the evening, just mostly cloudy late Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon through Friday morning, mostly sunny and warmer Friday afternoon and Saturday, partly cloudy Friday night.
• highs 68-78 lows 47-45 warming to 50. (seasonal averages high 70 low 46)
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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count

Trees: Moserate- 16

Grass: Very High- 245

Reading as of: 5/28/15

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 isolated thunderstorms this evening, mostly cloudy late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy Sunday with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening thunderstorms, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers late Sunday night,
• Cloudy with AM showers likely (60%) and much cooler Monday, a good (50%) chance of showers Monday night,
• Cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers and Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night.
• lows 55-49 highs 82-68.
•  Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon through Thursday, just partly cloudy Thursday night,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Friday, mostly clear at night,
• Then sunny and warmer Saturday.
• highs 70-80 lows 50-53. (seasonal averages high 72 low 49)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:

• Mostly cloudy tonight,
• Mostly cloudy Sunday with a slight (20%) chance of inland afternoon thunderstorms, partly cloudy with a (30%) chance of inland evening thunderstorms and mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of evening inland showers while a (40%) chance of coastal showers late Sunday night,
• Cloudy with AM showers likely (60%) Monday, a good (50%) chance of showers in the afternoon and Monday night.
• lows 50-53 highs 58-60
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday and in the evening, just mostly cloudy at night and Thursday, partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday, mostly clear Friday night,
• Then mostly sunny Saturday.
• highs 60-65 lows 50-52. (seasonal averages high 60 low 49)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms this evening, just partly cloudy late tonight,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Sunday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible, more in storms), becoming mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the evening, showers likely (60%) and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms late Sunday night through Monday afternoon, showers likely (60%) Monday night,
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday AM, showers likely (70%) and much cooler in the afternoon, a good (50%) chance of evening showers, then a slight (20%) chance of showers late Tuesday night.
• free air freezing level 13,000 ft. late tonight, snow level above 8,000 ft.   Saturday through Monday, then 8,000 ft. late Monday night, 7,500 ft. Tuesday, then 7,000 ft. Tuesday night.
• lows 48-38 highs 70-50.
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday,  partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon and evening showers,  just partly cloudy late Thursday night and Friday AM, mostly sunny and warmer Friday afternoon and Saturday, mostly clear Friday night.
• snow level 7,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, 7,500 ft. Thursday, 8,000 ft. through the evening, free air freezing level 10,000 ft. late Thursday night, 10,000 ft. rising to 11,000 ft. Friday afternoon, 11,000 ft. rising to 12,000 ft. late Friday night, then 12,000 ft. rising to 13,000 ft. Saturday afternoon.
• highs 54-63 lows 37-40.

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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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