Here is my weekly weather quiz question. “What is “Smog?”
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An Upper Level High Pressure Ridge (“Arch” shape) is moving closer to the coast to warm us up. The graphics for days 1-3 show no frontal systems pushing through Oregon. The graphics for days 3-7 Sunday through Thursday show no frontal systems moving through the Pacific Northwest through the period.
ADVISORIES:
- A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 11 PM TODAY FOR THE LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER, THE TUALATIN VALLEY, PORTLAND WEST HILLS AND CHEHALEM MOUNTAIN, INNER PORTLAND METRO, EAST PORTLAND METRO, OUTER SOUTHEAST PORTLAND METRO, THE WEST CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE EAST CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE BENTON COUNTY LOWLANDS, THE LINN COUNTY LOWLANDS, THE LANE COUNTY LOWLANDS, THE WEST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE I-84 CORRIDOR, THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY, THE CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE I-84 CORRIDOR.
- AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER OF OREGON, WALLOWA COUNTY, THE JOHN DAY BASIN, THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.
- AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR BAKER COUNTY, MALHEUR COUNTY, AND THE OREGON LOWER TREASURE VALLEY.
- A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TODAY UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM FRIDAY FOR HARNEY, AND MALHEUR COUNTIES.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR EASTERN LANE COUNTY INCLUDING OAKRIDGE, VIDA, BLUE RIVER, AND THE HIGH PRAIRIE.
HEALTH ADVISORIES:
- A PERMANENT HEALTH ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER BAR. POOLS IN THE BEDROCK ALONG THE RIVERS EDGE ARE KNOWN TO DEVELOP BLUE-GREEN ALGAE (CYANOBACTERIAL) BLOOMS THAT CAN BE HARMFUL TO PETS AND PEOPLE IF ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OCCURS. SIGNS HAVE BEEN POSTED ALONG SEVERAL ACCESS AREAS ALONG THE RIVER.
Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:
- Sunny and warmer today, HOT, partly cloudy this evening, mostly clear late tonight,
- Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday, partly cloudy at night,
- A mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler Saturday, partly cloudy in the evening, then clear late Saturday night.
- highs 100-92 lows near 60.
- Sunny and a bit warmer Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night,
- Sunny and a bit cooler Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
- Then sunny Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly clear Tuesday night,
- highs 96-94 lows 58-56. (seasonal averages high 86 low 52)
Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:
- Hazy with patchy AM smoke, sunny and hazy with patchy smoke and warmer (HOT) this afternoon, mostly clear and hazy with areas of fog late tonight,
- Partly cloudy and hazy with patchy AM fog, sunny and hazy and a bit cooler Friday afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog at night,
- AM clouds with patchy fog, partly cloudy and a bit cooler Saturday, then partly cloudy at night.
- highs 101-93 lows near 65.
- Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night,
- Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Monday, mostly clear at night,
- Then mostly sunny Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly clear Tuesday night.
- highs 97-95 lows 63-62 (seasonal averages high 88 low 58)
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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Some AM clouds and hazy with patchy coastal fog and hazy with patchy coastal fog and a bit warmer this afternoon while partly cloudy with inland haze and areas of fog and a bit warmer today, partly cloudy and hazy with patchy evening fog, mostly cloudy and hazy with areas of fog late tonight,
- Mostly cloudy and hazy with areas of AM fog, partly cloudy and hazy and a bit cooler Friday afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy evening coastal fog and areas of coastal fog late at night while mostly cloudy with patchy inland fog at night,
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, partly cloudy and a bit cooler with areas of fog Saturday afternoon, then partly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday night.
- highs 76-73 lows near 56.
- Patchy AM and late night fog, partly cloudy and a bit warmer Sunday and Sunday night,
- Partly cloudy with patchy AM and late night fog, sunny Monday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
- Partly cloudy and a bit warmer with patchy fog Tuesday, partly cloudy Tuesday night,
- Then partly cloudy and a bit warmer Wednesday.
- highs 74-76 lows near 55. (seasonal average high 67 low 54)
Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County:
- Sunny and hazy and a bit warmer today with areas of afternoon smoke, evening haze, partly cloudy late tonight,
- Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM thunderstorms, partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Saturday afternoon, mostly cloudy in the evening, partly cloudy Saturday night.
- free air freezing level 16,000 ft. today, above 16,000 ft. tonight, 16,000 ft. Friday afternoon and Friday night, 15,000 ft. Saturday, then 16,000 ft. Saturday night.
- highs near 89-80 lows near 57.
- Sunny and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Sunday, mostly clear with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Sunday night,
- Sunny and a bit cooler Monday and Tuesday, mostly clear Monday night,
- Then sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday.
- free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Sunday, 16,000 ft. Sunday night through Wednesday.
- highs 85-82 warming to 84 Wednesday lows 56-53.