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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Hot Air Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Warm Water.

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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 “debris cloud?” 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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High pressure (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) is building offshore and will keep an airflow with just enough moisture to produce late night and early morning clouds and possible fog, but not enough to produce any rain.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 26 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 21 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 23 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:

• Mostly sunny today and Tuesday, mostly clear tonight and Tuesday Tuesday night,
• Partly cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night.
• highs 80-76 warming to 78 Wednesday lows 50-47 warming back to 50 Wednesday night.
• Partly cloudy Thursday through Saturday night,
• Then mostly sunny and warmer Sunday.
• highs 76-82 lows 49-52. (seasonal averages high 73 low 48)

Eugene/Springfield Pollen Count:

Trees: Low- 8

Grass: Very High- 299

Reading as of: 6/15/15

Data courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Sunny this afternoon, mostly clear tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with patchy fog  Tuesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night,
• Partly cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night,
• highs 82-80 warming to 83 Wednesday lows 53-55.
• Partly cloudy Thursday through Friday night,
• Then mostly sunny and warmer Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear Saturday night.
• highs 82-80 warming 88 Sunday lows 54-52 warming back to 54 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 76 low 52)

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

• Mostly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with patchy fog Tuesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy late Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy Wednesday night.
• highs 58-60 lows near 50.
•  Mostly cloudy Thursday, partly cloudy Thursday night through Sunday AM, then sunny and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon.
• highs 60-64 lows 52-50. (seasonal averages high 62 low 51)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly sunny today and Tuesday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Wednesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and Wednesday night.
• free air freezing level 13,000 ft. today, 12,000 ft. tonight, 13,000 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night, 12,000 ft. Wednesday, then 11,000 ft. Wednesday night.
• highs 73-66 lows 45-43.
• AM clouds, mostly sunny Thursday afternoon, partly cloudy Thursday night,
• Mostly sunny Friday morning, partly cloudy in the afternoon through Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon and Sunday, mostly Saturday night,
• free air freezing level 11,000 ft. Thursday, 10,000 ft. Thursday night, 11,000 ft. Friday through Saturday, 12,000 ft Saturday night, then 13,000 ft. Sunday.
• highs 62-72 lows 40-45.

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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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