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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 Tail Cloud?” Here is the correct answer. A Tail Cloud is a horizontal, tail-shaped cloud (not a funnel cloud) at low levels extending from the precipitation cascade region of a supercell toward the wall cloud (i.e., it usually is observed extending from the wall cloud toward the north or northeast). The base of the tail cloud is about the same as that of the wall cloud. Cloud motion in the tail cloud is away from the precipitation and toward the wall cloud, with rapid upward motion often observed near the junction of the tail and wall clouds. Compare with beaver tail, which is a form of inflow band that normally attaches to the storm’s main updraft (not to the wall cloud) and has a base at about the same level as the updraft base (not the wall cloud). 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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An upper level trough of low pressure (“U” shape) is just offshore and will keep us cooler with plenty of clouds as it spins small disturbances at us into next week.

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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 17 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 20 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:

• Partly cloudy increasing to mostly cloudy tonight with a slight (20%) chance of showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday AM (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), clearing to a mix of clouds and sun in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late Monday night and Tuesday AM, mostly sunny and a bit warmer in the afternoon, partly cloudy Tuesday night,
• Partly cloudy Wednesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, clear in the evening, then partly cloudy late Wednesday night.
• lows 57-52 warming to 54 Wednesday highs 80-82.
• Partly cloudy Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Thursday night through Saturday night,
• Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday.
• highs 82-80 warming to 88 Sunday lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 82 low 51)

Eugene/Springfield Pollen Count:

Trees: Low- 0

Grass: High- 30

Reading as of: 7/9/15

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of isolated showers this evening,  just mostly cloudy late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Monday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late Monday night  and Tuesday AM, sunny and a bit warmer in the afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night,
• Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, then mostly clear at night.
• lows 58-55 highs 80-83.
• Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, mostly clear at night,
• Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Friday and Friday night,
• Then mostly sunny and just a bit warmer Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear Saturday night.
• highs 87-83 warming to 87 Saturday cooling to 85 Sunday lows near 60. (seasonal averages high 84 low 56)

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

• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of isolated showers this evening, just mostly cloudy late tonight and Monday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late Monday night and Tuesday AM, mostly sunny and a bit cooler in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy late Tuesday night,
• Partly cloudy Wednesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Wednesday night.
• lows 57-55 highs 69-67.
• Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Thursday, mostly clear at night,
• Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Friday and Friday night,
• Mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear at night,
• Then partly cloudy and a bit cooler Sunday.
• highs 66-64 cooling to 62 Sunday lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 64 low 53)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening, a slight (20%) chance of showers late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible, more in storms),
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers in the AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Monday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, a slight (20%) chance of showers late Monday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday AM, partly cloudy and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night,
• Mostly sunny Wednesday, then mostly clear Wednesday night.
• snow level above 8,000 ft. tonight through Tuesday, free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Tuesday night, 13,000 ft. Wednesday, then 14,000 ft. Wednesday night.
• lows 49-47 highs 65-68.
• Mostly sunny Thursday, mostly clear Thursday night,
• Partly cloudy in the AM, mostly sunny and a bit cooler in the afternoon, partly cloudy at night both Friday and Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night,
• Then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Sunday.
• free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, 13,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, then 14,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday.
• highs 68-64 warming back to 68 Saturday lows near 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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