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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 “acid precipitation?” 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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A high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape in blue arrows) is strengthening and we warm up again for a few days with a bit of a cool-down for the 4th of July.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 38 in the Good category measuring Ozone.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 18 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 39 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 FROM 1 PM TODAY UNTIL 9 PM FRIDAY FOR THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF OREGON, THE LOWER COLUMBIA, THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA, THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY, AND THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE.
• A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TODAY UNTIL 11 PM FRIDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
• A HEALTH ADVISORY  FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE TOXINS IN LAKE BILLY CHINOOK RESERVIOR IN JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS BEEN LIFTED. TOXINS ARE NOW WELL BELOW THE DANGEROUS LEVEL FOR HUMANS, BUT THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY RECOMMENDS THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE CAUTIOUS WITH THEIR PETS BECAUSE THE TOXINS ARE STILL ABOVE THE VERY LOW EXPOSURE LEVELS ESTABLISHED FOR DOGS.

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

• Sunny and warmer today and Thursday, clear at night,
• Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday, then partly cloudy Friday night.
• highs 96-98 cooling to 95 Friday lows 60-62 cooling back to 58 Friday night.
• Partly cloudy in the AM, mostly sunny and very warm Saturday afternoon (Independence Day), then partly cloudy Saturday night.
• Mostly sunny and very warm Sunday, partly cloudy at night and Monday AM, mostly sunny and a bit cooler Monday afternoon and Tuesday, then partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday.
• highs 95-87 lows near 58. (seasonal averages high 78 low 50)

Eugene/Springfield Pollen Count:

Trees: Moderate- 21

Grass: High- 73

Reading as of: 6/30/15

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Sunny and warmer today and Thursday, and Friday mostly clear each night,
• highs 100-102 dropping to 100 Friday lows 66-63.
• Mostly sunny and hot Saturday (Independence Day), partly cloudy  Saturday night,
• Mostly sunny and cooler with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Sunday afternoon, mostly clear with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms at night,
• Partly cloudy Monday AM, sunny and a bit cooler Monday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
• Then mostly sunny Tuesday.
• highs 100-90 lows 60-63 cooling back to 60 Monday night. (seasonal averages high 81 low 55)

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

• Partly cloudy with patchy coastal fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday AM, mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy Thursday night through Friday night,
• highs 65-68 cooling back to 65 Friday lows 53-55 cooling back to 53 Friday.
• Partly cloudy Saturday (Independence Day) through Tuesday.
• highs 68-60 lows near 53. (seasonal averages high 63 low 52)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Sunny today, Thursday, and Friday (a bit cooler), clear tonight and Thursday night,then partly cloudy Friday night.
• free air freezing level 16,000 ft. today through Friday night.
• highs 88-85 lows 57-55.
• Mostly sunny in the AM, partly cloudy and a bit cooler Saturday afternoon (Independence Day), just partly cloudy Saturday night,
• Then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Sunday through Monday AM, partly cloudy and a bit cooler in the afternoon and Monday night,
• Mostly sunny Tuesday AM, then partly cloudy in the afternoon.
• free air freezing level 16,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday through Monday, free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Monday night, then 14,000 ft. Tuesday.
• highs 84-78 lows 55-52.

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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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