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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column “Water, Water, Every Where, Nor Any Drop To Drink.”

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And don’t forget my latest feature story in the continuing series on service club organizations called Who Are The Soroptimists And What Are They Doing?

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Here is my new weekly weather quiz question. What is an “Environmental Temperature Sounding?” 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 ridge of high pressure (“Arch” shape in blue arrows) is sitting over us and will keep the sunshine and warmer temperatures with us through the workweek. The Perseid Meteor shower has begun. It will continue and peak on the night of August 12.

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Advisories:

• THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A
  
  * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
    SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON...
    NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WESTERN OREGON...
  
  * UNTIL 200 PM PDT
  
  * AT 117 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
    CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
    EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCKENZIE PASS...AND
    MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
  
  * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
    TOMBSTONE SUMMIT...MCKENZIE PASS AND SANTIAM JUNCTION.
  
  THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS IN OREGON...
   U.S. HIGHWAY 20 EAST OF ALBANY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 80.
   STATE HIGHWAY 22 EAST OF SALEM BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 81.
   STATE HIGHWAY 126 FROM MCKENZIE BRIDGE TO THE SANTIAM HIGHWAY
  BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 13.
  
  PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
  
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
  DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
  AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
  RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
  COVERS THE ROAD.

• A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST, THE UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST, THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS, THE EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY, THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, THE KLAMATH BASIN, THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE COUNTY, AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTY.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 40 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 32 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Willamette Activity Center, Oakridge. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count:

Grass………. Moderate (5)

Trees………. Low (5)

Last Counted: 7/26/14

Data Courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates

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

• Mostly sunny today, Wednesday, and Thursday, mostly clear each night.
• highs 92-90 lows near 58.
• Mostly sunny Friday and Saturday, mostly clear Friday night, partly cloudy Saturday night,
• Mostly sunny Sunday, partly cloudy at night and Monday AM, then mostly sunny in the afternoon.
• highs 92-87 lows 57-55. (seasonal averages high 84 low 52)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy this AM, sunny with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the evening, partly cloudy  tonight,
• Sunny Wednesday, partly cloudy at night,
• Sunny Thursday, mostly clear with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then just mostly clear late Thursday night.
• highs 92-92 lows near 60.
• Then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon thunderstorms Friday through Monday.
• highs 92-87 lows near 60. (seasonal averages high 86 low 57)

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

• Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog Wednesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late at night,
• Partly cloudy Thursday and Thursday night.
• highs near 64 lows 56-53 warming back to 56 Thursday night.
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Friday and at night,
• Then just partly cloudy Saturday through Monday.
• highs near 64 lows near 56 (seasonal averages high 65 low 53)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly sunny this AM, partly cloudy with a slight (30%) chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms late tonight,
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, a (30%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening, then a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms late Wednesday night,
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday and Thursday night.
• snow level above 8,000 ft. today through Thursday night.
• highs 84-79 lows near 53.
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Friday and in the evening, just partly cloudy Friday night,
• Mostly sunny Saturday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and Saturday night,
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Sunday and in the evening, partly cloudy at night,
• Then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Monday afternoon.
• snow level above 8,000 ft. Friday through Monday.
• highs 80-78 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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