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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 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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An upper level low (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) is moving from off the British Columbia coast eastward and will cool things a bit today. High pressure (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows on previous graphic) returns to warm us up again for the weekend. The Summer Solstice takes place at 9:38 AM Sunday officially ushering in the season of Summer.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 30 in the Good category measuring Ozone.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 9 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 31 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:

• Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday AM, mostly sunny and a bit warmer Saturday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Sunday AM (Father’s Day), partly cloudy in the afternoon and Sunday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun Monday partly cloudy at night.
• lows 47-50 highs 82-77.
• Mostly sunny Tuesday,  mostly clear Tuesday night,
• Partly cloudy Wednesday AM, mostly sunny and warmer Wednesday afternoon, partly cloudy Wednesday night,
• Partly cloudy Thursday AM, mostly sunny and even warmer Thursday and Friday, mostly clear Thursday night.
• highs 80-90 lows 49-55. (seasonal averages high 74 low 48)

Eugene/Springfield Pollen Count:

Trees: Moderate- 15

Grass: High- 86

Reading as of: 6/19/15

Data courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Partly cloudy in the AM, sunny Saturday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Saturday night and Sunday (Father’s Day), mostly clear Sunday night,
• highs 87-82 lows 56-58 cooling back to 53 Sunday night.
• Partly cloudy in the AM, sunny Monday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Tuesday through Thursday, mostly clear Thursday night,
• Then sunny Friday.
• highs 85-94 lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 77 low 52)

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

• Clear this evening, partly cloudy tonight,
• Mostly cloudy Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, cloudy late Saturday night and Sunday AM (Father’s Day), partly cloudy and cooler in the afternoon mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy Sunday night,
• Mostly cloudy Monday, then partly cloudy late Monday night.
• lows near 52 highs near 60.
• Partly Tuesday through Thursday night,
• Then mostly cloudy Friday.
• highs 63-59 warming 64 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 62 low 51)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Partly cloudy and cooler tonight,
• Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny in the AM, partly cloudy Sunday (Father’s Day) through Monday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy and colder Monday night.
• free air freezing level 11,000 ft. tonight, 11,000 ft. rising to 12,000 ft. Saturday, 12,000 ft. Saturday night, 12,000 ft. falling to 11,000 ft. Saturday night, 12,000 ft. falling to 11,000 ft. Sunday, then 11,000 ft. falling to 10,000 ft. late Sunday night.
• lows 42-47 cooling back to 42 Monday night highs 72-65.
• Partly cloudy in the AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear at night Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mostly clear each night.
• free air freezing level 10,000 ft. Monday, 10,000 ft. rising to 11,000 ft. late Monday night, 11,000 ft. rising to 12,000 ft. Tuesday, 12,000 ft. Tuesday night, 12,000 ft. rising to 13,000 ft. Wednesday, 13,000 ft. Wednesday night, 13,000 ft. rising to 15,000 ft. Thursday afternoon, 15,000 ft. Thursday night, then 15,000 ft. rising to 16,000 ft. in the afternoon.
• highs 70-82 lows 44-52.

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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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