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Check out my latest Eugene Daily News Weather Or Not Column Can The Weather Really Be A “Pain In The Back?”

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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 a “Panhandle Hook?”  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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An Upper level high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows over the ocean) returned sunshine and warmer temperatures, but now our airflow will be coming more out of the northwest so temperatures will be cooling down today. We’ll see the cooling as weak disturbances move through too, but so far it doesn’t look like we’ll see any precipitation.

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Advisories:

• A HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PRESENCE OF HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL FECAL BACTERIA AT MILL BEACH IN CURRY COUNTY. DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE SURF OR WATER RUNNING INTO THE SURF IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE AVOIDED UNTIL THE ADVISORY IS LIFTED, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY, WHO MAY BE MORE VULNERABLE TO WATERBORNE BACTERIA.
• A HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE FOR WALTERVILLE POND IN LANE COUNTY AND AT DEVILS LAKE IN LINCOLN COUNTY. 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 10 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 11 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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The Grass Pollen Season is over.

Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count:

Grass………. Moderate (6)

Trees………. Absent (0)

Last Counted: 8/6/14

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:

• AM clouds with a slight chance of drizzle or sprinkles, mostly sunny and cooler this afternoon, clear this evening, partly cloudy tonight and Thursday AM, mostly sunny Thursday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Friday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and Friday night.
• highs 80-78 lows 53-57 cooling to near 50 Friday night.
• A mix of clouds and sun in the AM, mostly sunny Saturday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Sunday and Monday, mostly clear Sunday night, partly cloudy Monday night,
• Then partly cloudy Tuesday AM and sunny in the afternoon.
• highs 86-83 warming to 89 Tuesday lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 83 low 51)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of isolated showers this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly clear late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy Thursday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Thursday night,
• Partly cloudy Friday, then mostly clear Friday night.
• highs 79-82 lows 52-56.
• Mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear at night,
• Sunny Monday, then partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday.
• highs 87-90 lows near 58. (seasonal averages high 84 low 55)

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

• Cloudy with patchy coastal fog and a slight (20%) chance of isolated showers this AM and partly cloudy this afternoon, clear this evening, mostly cloudy late tonight with patchy coastal fog,
• Mostly cloudy with patchy AM coastal fog, sunny Thursday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy late Thursday night,
• Mostly cloudy in the AM, then partly cloudy Friday and Friday night.
• highs near 65 lows 53-55.
• Partly cloudy Saturday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night,
• Then partly cloudy Monday through Tuesday.
• highs 67-64 warming to 66 Tuesday lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 66 low 53)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Cloudy with occasional drizzle this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight,
• Mostly sunny Thursday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny in the AM, then partly cloudy Friday afternoon and Friday night.
• free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today through Thursday, 13,000 ft. Thursday night, 11,000 ft. Friday and Friday night.
• highs near 65 lows near 44.
• Partly cloudy Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon afternoon, mostly clear Saturday night,
• Mostly sunny Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, mostly clear Sunday night and Monday night,
• free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Saturday, 14,000 ft. Saturday night, 13,000 ft. Sunday,  14,000 ft. Sunday night and Monday, then 15,000 ft.Monday night and Tuesday.
• highs 70-76 cooling back to near 70 Tuesday lows near 46.

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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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