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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column They Have Been Getting Harder To Find These Days

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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 new weekly weather quiz question. What is a “theodolite?”  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) has been controlling our allowing temperatures to rise to well above normal. The ridge will move to the east allowing a increased marine flow of air to cool us down.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 35 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 30 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 38 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

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

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Advisories:

• A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TODAY FOR THE UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST, WESTERN ROUGE RIVER AND THE SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, CURRY COUNTY, COOS COUNTY AND LANE COUNTY. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND OTHER WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHTNING STRIKE FIRES.
• A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, COOS COUNTY, JACKSON COUNTY AND KLAMATH COUNTY.ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WHICH SERIOUSLY ELEVATES THE FIRE DANGER.
• A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY, WHEELER COUNTY, CROOK COUNTY, LAKE COUNTY, DESCHUTES COUNTY, KLAMATH COUNTY, GRANT COUNTY, WASCO COUNTY, HARNER COUNTY, AND JEFFERSON COUNTY. WINDY AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL SERIOUSLY INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER.

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

• Mostly sunny, still hot,  today, mostly clear tonight,
• Partly cloudy Wednesday AM, mostly sunny and a bit cooler in the afternoon, mostly clear Wednesday night,
• Sunny Thursday, then clear Thursday night.
• highs 90-82 warming to 84 Thursday lows 50-45 warming back to 50 Thursday night.
• Sunny Friday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Saturday, then partly cloudy Saturday night through Monday.
• highs 78-72 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 71 low 47)

Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count:

Trees: Moderate- 29

Grass: Very High- 786

Reading as of: 6/8/15

Data courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of isolated thunderstorms this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight,
• Sunny Wednesday and Thursday, clear at night.
• highs 97-84 warming to 86 Thursday lows 55-53 warming back to 55 Thursday night.
• Sunny Friday and Saturday, mostly clear both nights,
• Sunny Sunday AM, then partly cloudy in the afternoon through Monday.
• highs 83-85 cooling to 76 Monday lows 52-54. (seasonal averages high 74 low 51)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:

• A slight (20%) chance of isolated AM thunderstorms otherwise partly cloudy today and tonight,
• Mostly cloudy Wednesday AM, sunny and a bit cooler Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Thursday night.
• highs 60-62 lows near 52.
• Partly cloudy Friday, clear in the evening, then partly cloudy Friday night through Monday.
• highs 60-64 cooling to 62 Monday lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 61 low 50)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy this AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening, just partly cloudy and cooler late tonight,
• Mostly sunny and cooler Wednesday, then clear at night,
  Sunny Thursday, then clear at night.
• snow level above 8,000 ft. today and tonight, free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, 15,000 ft. Thursday, then 15,000 ft. falling to 14,000 ft. Thursday night.
• highs 79-74 lows 52-45 warming to 47 Thursday night.
  Sunny Friday and Saturday, clear Friday night, clear in the evening and partly cloudy late Saturday night,
• Partly cloudy in the AM, mostly sunny Sunday afternoon, then partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday.
• free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, 14,000 ft. falling to 13,000 ft. Saturday night, 13,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, then 12,000 ft. falling to 11,000 ft. Monday.
• highs 70-65 lows 44-42 warming back to 44 Sunday night.

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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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