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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A high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) is moving into the Pacific Northwest to warm us up to hot over the weekend.  There will be cooling for the beginning of the workweek.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 31 in the Good category measuring Ozone.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 10 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:

• A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND ADJACENT COAST RANGE AND FOOTHILLS, THE MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST WEST OF THE CASCADE CREST, AND THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST.

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

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny Friday, Saturday (warmer) and Sunday (cooler), mostly clear Friday night and Saturday night, partly cloudy Sunday night,
• lows 49-57 highs 84-95 cooling to near 90 Sunday.
• Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Monday, partly cloudy Monday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler Tuesday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late Tuesday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun and cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday afternoon and Thursday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night.
• highs 85-78 lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 83 low 52)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Partly cloudy Friday AM, sunny Friday afternoon, Saturday (warmer) and Sunday (a bit cooler), clear each night,
• lows 54-63 highs 89-98 cooling to 95 Sunday.
• Mostly sunny and cooler Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
• Sunny and cooler Tuesday, mostly clear at night,
• Sunny Wednesday AM, partly cloudy and cooler in the afternoon, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night and Thursday AM, just partly cloudy Thursday afternoon.
• highs 94-85 lows near 60. (seasonal averages high 85 low 57)

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

• Mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight with patchy coastal fog and breezy (Wind: N 15-25 mph decreasing to N 10-15 mph at the shore late tonight while N 10-15 mph tonight inland),
• AM coastal clouds and patchy fog, sunny and a bit cooler Friday afternoon, partly cloudy at night with patchy coastal fog,
• Patchy AM coastal fog, sunny and a bit warmer Saturday afternoon, clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late Saturday night,
• Partly cloudy Sunday with patchy AM fog, then partly cloudy and cooler in the afternoon and Sunday night with patchy coastal fog late at night.
• lows 55-60 cooling to 57 Sunday night highs 64-72 cooling back to 64 Sunday.
• Partly cloudy Monday with patchy AM fog, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly clear late Monday night,
• Sunny Tuesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy late Tuesday night and Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night and Thursday.
• highs near 64 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 65 low 53)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Sunny and a bit warmer Friday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear both nights.
• free air freezing level 14,000 ft. tonight and Friday, 13,000 ft. Friday night and Saturday, 14,000 Saturday night and Sunday, then 15,000 ft. Sunday night.
• lows 43-55 cooling to near 50 Sunday night highs 72-80.
• Mostly sunny but cooler Monday, partly cloudy at night,
• Partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday through Wednesday, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night and Thursday.
• free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, 14,000 ft. Tuesday, 12,000 ft. Tuesday night, 13,000 ft. Wednesday, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday.
• highs 74-69 lows near 47.

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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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