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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 “Buffalo Isn’t Only Known For Its Wings.”

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No winner this week so here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is a “Panhandle Hook?”  Here is the correct answer. A Panhandle Hook forms when low pressure systems that originate in the panhandle region of Texas and Oklahoma initially move east and then “hook” or recurve more northeast toward the upper Midwest or Great Lakes region. In winter, these systems usually deposit heavy snows north of their surface track. Thunderstorms may be found south of the track. I’ll have a new weekly weather quiz question for you starting Monday. 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 air low pressure trough is sliding southward at us and will give us some more clouds, slightly cooler temperatures, coastal drizzle, and a chance of mountain thunderstorms. An upper level high pressure ridge will move out of the Gulf of Alaska to return warmer temperatures next week.

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Advisories:

• A HEALTH ADVISORY ISSUED FOR THE PRESENCE OF HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL FECAL BACTERIA AT MILL BEACH IN CURRY COUNTY HAS BEEN LIFTED.
• 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 42 in the Good category measuring Ozone at Delight Valley School, Saginaw. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 20 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:

• Clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny and cooler Sunday, partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Monday night,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Tuesday, then mostly clear at night.
• lows 52-55 highs 83-94.
• Mostly sunny Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon through Friday evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday AM, then a (30%) chance of showers in the afternoon.
• highs 92-80 lows near 58. (seasonal averages high 82 low 51)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Sunny and warmer Sunday and Monday, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Tuesday, then mostly clear at night.
• lows 60-57 warming to 62 Tuesday night highs 85-99.
• Partly cloudy and cooler Wednesday through Friday, partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers  Friday night and Saturday.
• highs 98-88 lows 62-60. (seasonal averages high 84 low 55)

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

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Areas of AM coastal fog, sunny Sunday afternoon, mostly clear inland Sunday night while mostly clear in the evening at the shore and mostly cloudy late,
• Mostly cloudy with patchy AM coastal fog Monday and sunny and warmer in the afternoon while sunny inland, mostly clear Monday night,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday AM, sunny and warmer in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Tuesday night.
• lows 57-55 highs 66-72.
• Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, mostly cloudy Wednesday, partly cloudy at night,
• Partly cloudy Thursday through Friday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night and Saturday.
• highs 66-64 warming back to 66 Saturday lows 55-57. (seasonal averages high 66 low 53)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Sunday and Monday, mostly clear both nights,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Tuesday, then mostly clear at night.
• free air freezing level 12,000 ft. tonight through Monday, 13,000 ft. Monday night, 15,000 ft. Tuesday, then 16,000 ft. Tuesday night.
• lows 44-50 highs 70-82.
• Mostly sunny Wednesday, mostly clear at night, mostly sunny Thursday AM, partly cloudy and cooler in the afternoon and Thursday night,
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday afternoon and at night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, then a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon.
• free air freezing level 16,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, 15,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, snow level above 8,000 ft. Friday through Saturday.
• highs 84-70 lows 52-45.

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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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