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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 weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is a “theodolite?” Here is the correct answer. A Theodolite is an instrument used in surveying to measure horizontal and vertical angles with a small telescope that can move in the horizontal and vertical planes. It used to track the movements of either a ceiling balloon or a radiosonde. 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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Upper level low pressure is swinging away from the Pacific Northwest. Look for increased sunshine and slowly warning temperatures. It looks like the dry weather will continue as we get into the usually dry part of the season.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 21 in the Good category measuring Ozone.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 13 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 22 in the Good category measuring Ozone.

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

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Advisories:

• A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM TODAY FOR CURRY COUNTY.

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

• Sunny today, clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Sunday and Monday, clear Sunday night, then partly cloudy Monday night.
• highs 78-82 cooling to near 78 Monday lows 47-50.
• Patchy AM clouds, mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon, then partly cloudy Wednesday night through Friday.
• highs 76-78 lows near 48. (seasonal averages high 72 low 47)

Eugene/Springfield Pollen Count:

Trees: Low- 8

Grass: Very High- 377

Reading as of: 6/12/15

Data courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Sunny today and Sunday, clear Saturday night, mostly clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy Sunday night through Monday night.
• highs 82-86 cooling back to 82 Sunday lows 50-55.
• Partly cloudy Tuesday, mostly clear Tuesday night,
• Mostly sunny Wednesday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
• Partly cloudy Thursday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday AM, then sunny Friday afternoon.
• highs near 82 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 75 low 51)

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

• Sunny today and breezy (Wind: N 10-20 mph increasing to N 20-25 mph at the shore while N 10-15 mph inland), clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight and breezy (Wind: N 15-25 mph decreasing to N 10-15 mph late tonight),
• Partly cloudy Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy late Sunday night and Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, then mostly cloudy late Monday night night.
• highs 63-60 lows 50-52.
• Partly cloudy Tuesday through Friday.
• highs near 60 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 61 low 50)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Sunny and warmer today and Sunday, clear both nights,
• Sunny Monday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and at night.
• free air freezing level 12,000 ft. today through Sunday, 13,000 ft. Sunday night and Monday, then 12,000 ft. Monday night.
• highs 70-73 cooling back to 70 Monday lows 40-45 cooling to 42 Monday night.
• Mostly sunny Tuesday AM, partly cloudy and cooler in the afternoon through Thursday AM, mostly sunny Thursday afternoon and Friday, partly cloudy Thursday night.
• free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday, 11,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday, 10,000 ft. Thursday night, then 11,000 ft. Friday.
• highs 67-63 warming to 66 Thursday cooling to 63 Friday lows 43-40.

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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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