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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 28 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 25 in the Good category measuring Ozone.

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 clear tonight,
• Mostly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Tuesday night through Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Thursday night.
• lows 49-52 cooling back to 49 Thursday night highs near 77.
• Partly cloudy Friday and Friday night,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Saturday and Sunday, partly cloudy both nights,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun Monday.
• highs 74-84 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:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with patchy fog Tuesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night,
• Then partly cloudy Wednesday through Thursday night,
• lows 53-55 cooling back to 53 Thursday night highs near 82.
• Partly cloudy Friday through Monday.
• highs 82-88 cooling to 86 Monday lows 53-56. (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 coastal fog late tonight,
• Cloudy with patchy fog Tuesday AM, sunny in the afternoon ,partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and Thursday night.
• lows 52-49 highs near 60.
• Partly cloudy Friday through Monday.
• highs 60-63 cooling back to 60 Monday lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 62 low 51)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Partly cloudy tonight,
• Mostly sunny Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly clear Tuesday night, partly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Thursday night.
• free air freezing level 13,000 ft. tonight through Wednesday night, 12,000 ft. Thursday, then 11,000 ft. Thursday night.
• lows 45-47 cooling to 42 Thursday night highs 67-64.
• Partly cloudy Friday through Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, Sunday and Monday, partly cloudy Friday night, mostly clear Saturday night, then partly cloudy Sunday night.
• free air freezing level 11,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, 12,000 ft. Saturday, 13,000 ft. Saturday night through Sunday night, then 12,000 ft. Monday.
• highs 62-72 lows 42-48.

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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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