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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 slid southward  cooler temperatures. An upper level high pressure ridge will move out of the Gulf of Alaska to return warmer temperatures through the middle of the 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 75 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter at HWY 99, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 42 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:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Mostly sunny Monday, clear at night,
• Mostly sunny and warmer Tuesday, clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Wednesday, then mostly clear Wednesday night.
• lows 55-58 cooling back to 55 Wednesday night highs 89-95 cooling to 92 Wednesday.
• Mostly sunny Thursday, mostly clear Thursday night,
• Partly cloudy Friday and at night,
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers at night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday.
• highs 89-79 lows 54-52. (seasonal averages high 82 low 51)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Sunny and warmer Monday and Tuesday, clear both nights,
• Mostly sunny Wednesday, then mostly clear Wednesday night.
• lows 60-62 highs 93-98.
• Mostly sunny Thursday, mostly clear at night,
•  Partly cloudy Friday and Friday night,
• Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Saturday and Saturday night,
• Partly cloudy Sunday AM, then sunny in the afternoon.
• highs 92-85 lows near 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 this evening, partly cloudy tonight,
• Cloudy with patchy AM coastal fog Monday and sunny and warmer in the afternoon while sunny inland, mostly clear Monday night,
• Sunny and warmer Tuesday, mostly clear this evening, cloudy with areas of coastal fog late Tuesday night,
• Cloudy with areas of AM fog, sunny Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear at night.
• lows near 60 highs near 66.
• Mostly sunny Thursday,  mostly clear at night,
• Then partly cloudy Friday through Sunday.
• highs near 64 lows 55-57. (seasonal averages high 66 low 53)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly clear tonight,
• Sunny and warmer Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, clear to mostly clear at night,
• free air freezing level 11,000 ft. tonight, 12,000 ft. Monday, 13,000 ft. Monday night, 15,000 ft. Tuesday, then 16,000 ft. Tuesday night through Wednesday night.
• lows 46-50 highs 75-84.
•  Mostly sunny Thursday and Friday, mostly clear Thursday night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday  night,
• Mostly sunny in the morning, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night through Saturday night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday.
• free air freezing level 16,000 ft. Thursday, 15,000 ft. Thursday night, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Friday through Sunday.
• highs 80-68 lows 47-43.

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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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