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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 rest of the week. A frontal system looks like it is preparing to visit the Pacific Northwest by the end of next week. That is if it holds together. The Perseid Meteor shower has begun. It will continue and peak on the night of August 12.

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Advisories:

• A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST, THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTY.
• A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM SATURDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES, THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES, THE EAST SLOPES OF THE OF THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES, THE DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST, MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT, THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS, THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS, AND THE CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 55 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 24 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 (8)

Trees………. Low (2)

Last Counted: 7/31/14

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:

• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon, mostly clear tonight,
• Partly cloudy Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear at night,
• Partly cloudy Sunday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Sunday night.
• highs 92-87 warming to near 90 Sunday lows 56-53 warming to 57 Sunday.
• Partly cloudy in the AM, mostly sunny Monday and Tuesday, mostly clear to partly cloudy both nights,
• Then mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear at night.
• highs 90-88 lows near 57. (seasonal averages high 84 low 52)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Sunny today, mostly clear tonight,
• Partly cloudy in the AM, sunny Saturday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy in the AM, mostly sunny Sunday afternoon, then mostly clear at night.
• highs 92-88 warming back to 92 Sunday lows 60-57.
• Mostly cloudy Monday AM, sunny in the afternoon, clear at night,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday through Wednesday night,
• Sunny Thursday AM, then partly cloudy Thursday afternoon.
• highs 93-90 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:

• Partly cloudy with patchy lingering fog today, mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy evening fog mostly cloudy late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy Saturday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, back to mostly cloudy at night.
• highs 63-66 lows near 55.
• Just partly cloudy Monday through Thursday.
• highs 62-65 lows near 55 (seasonal averages high 65 low 53)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms today through Sunday evening, just clear late Sunday night.
• snow level above 8,000 ft. today through Sunday night.
• highs 80-77 warming back to 80 Sunday lows near 52.
• Mostly sunny with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Monday afternoon, mostly clear with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, just mostly clear late Monday night,
• Mostly sunny Tuesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, clear late at night,
• Mostly sunny  Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear Wednesday night.
• snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, then free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Tuesday through Thursday.
• highs 80-78 lows near 52.

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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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