And don’t forget my final feature story in the 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 Wasatch Wind?” 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 (Shaded“U” shape with blue arrows) is just offshore and will keep us cooler with some clouds as it sends air at us from the Northwest keeping our temperatures pretty stable. The low will be replaced by high pressure (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) to warm us up over the weekend.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 20 in the Good category measuring Ozone.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 12 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 19 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 sunny and just a bit cooler today, mostly clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Friday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny and much warmer Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night.
• highs 82-94 lows 50-57.
• Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Sunday, partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday AM, mostly sunny and a bit cooler in the afternoon, partly cloudy Monday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler Tuesday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Tuesday night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun and cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday afternoon.
• highs 90-80 lows 57-54. (seasonal averages high 83 low 52)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Partly cloudy this AM, sunny and a bit cooler today, mostly clear tonight,
• Sunny and a bit warmer Friday, mostly clear Friday night,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Saturday, then mostly clear Saturday night.
• highs 87-84 warming back to 88 Friday lows 58-63.
• Sunny with patchy fog Sunday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny and cooler Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
• Then partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday through Wednesday.
• highs 94-97 cooling to 86 Tuesday lows 64-60. (seasonal averages high 85 low 57)

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

• Partly cloudy this AM, sunny this afternoon and breezy (Wind: N 15-25 mph), mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight and breezy (Wind: N 20-25 mph decreasing to N 10-20 mph at the shore tonight while N 15-20 mph decreasing to N 5-10 mph late at night inland),
• AM coastal clouds sunny and a bit cooler Friday, mostly clear at night,
• Sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, then clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late at night Saturday night.
• highs near 72-67 warming back to 72 Saturday lows near 56.
• Partly cloudy with patchy AM fog Sunday, partly cloudy and cooler in the afternoon and Sunday night,
• Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday AM, then mostly cloudy Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday (a bit warmer).
• highs 67-64 warming back to 67 Tuesday lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 65 low 53)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly sunny and a bit cooler today, mostly clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Friday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Saturday, then mostly clear at night.
• free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today through Friday, 13,000 ft. Friday night and Saturday, then 14,000 Saturday night.
• highs 69-77 lows 45-52.
• Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday and cooler Monday, mostly clear at night,
• Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Tuesday through Wednesday.
• free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Sunday 15,000 ft. Monday, 14,000 ft. Monday night and Tuesday, 13,000 ft. Tuesday night, then 12,000 ft. Wednesday.
• highs 74-67 lows near 50.

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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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