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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column “A Shooting Star Bonanza”

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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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A ridge of high pressure (“Arch” shape in blue arrows) is sitting east of us and will weaken and move eastward allowing for onshore airflow and as a result cooler high temperatures. A frontal system looks like it is preparing to visit the Pacific Northwest to keep cooling us off by the end of next week. The Perseid Meteor shower has begun. It will continue and peak on the night of August 12.

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Advisories:

• A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE FOR: THE WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST, THE UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST, THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS, THE EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY, THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, THE KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA FOREST, AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL  OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES.
• A HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE AT DEVILS LAKE IN LINCOLN COUNTY. HIGH LEVELS OF CYANOTOXIN HAVE ALSO BEEN FOUND IN ODEL LAKE IN KLAMATH COUNTY RESULTING IN A HEALTH ADVISORY BEING ISSUED THERE ALSO. THE TOXIC ALGAE BLOOM MEANS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE AFFECTED WATER AND THAT ALSO GOES FOR ANY PETS.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 38 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Springfield City Hall. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 38 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 (4)

Last Counted: 8/1/14

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 and hazy (due to smoke from wildfires) today, mostly clear tonight,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
• Partly cloudy Wednesday, then mostly clear at night.
• highs 90-84 lows 57-54.
• Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, mostly clear each night.
• highs 84-88 lows near 54. (seasonal averages high 84 low 52)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Partly cloudy this AM, sunny with a slight (20%) chance of isolated thunderstorms this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday AM, sunny and a bit cooler in the afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night,
• Partly cloudy in the AM, sunny Wednesday afternoon, then mostly clear at night.
• highs 90-86 warming to 88 Wednesday lows 58.
• Mostly sunny Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, mostly clear each night.
• highs 89-86 lows near 58. (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, partly cloudy cloudy this afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy at the shore Tuesday while mostly cloudy inland in the AM and sunny Tuesday afternoon, mostly cloudy at the shore at night while mostly cloudy inland in the evening and  late Tuesday night,
• Mostly cloudy in the AM, sunny Wednesday afternoon, then partly cloudy Wednesday night.
• highs near 64 lows near 55.
• Partly  cloudy Thursday through Sunday.
• highs 64 lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 65 low 53)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Partly cloudy and hazy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night,
• Partly cloudy Wednesday, then mostly clear at night
• snow level above 8,000 ft. today and tonight, free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday night.
• highs 80-75 lows near 52-49.
• Mostly sunny days with mostly clear nights Thursday through Sunday.
• free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Thursday through Friday night, 13,000 ft. Saturday, then 14,000 ft. Saturday night and Sunday.
• highs 74-77 lows near 49.

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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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