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An Upper Level Low Pressure Trough (Shaded “U”shape with blue arrows) will soon (late in the week) be replacing the high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) that has started heating us up a bit again. The graphics for days 1-3 show a frontal system approaching the coast from the northwest on Friday through Saturday. The graphics for days 3-7 show a frontal system moving through between Wednesday and  Thursday next week.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 20 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 18 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 21 in the Good category measuring Ozone.

Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

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Advisories:

• AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNYY, THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, JACKSON COUNTY, THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES, THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS.
• The Oregon Health Authority issued a Health Advisory for Willow Creek Reservoir, located just east of the town of Heppner in Morrow County. Water monitoring has confirmed the presence of blue-green algae and the toxins they produce in the reservoir. These toxin concentrations can be harmful to humans and animals. People should always avoid areas with visible scum that looks foamy, scummy, thick like paint, pea-green, blue-green or brownish-red. Swimming and high-speed water activities such as water skiing or power boating where ingestion and inhalation exposure can occur is discouraged. Swallowing or inhaling water droplets as a result of these water activities in areas where a bloom has been identified, or an advisory issued, can expose people to the toxins being produced. Although toxins are not absorbed through the skin, people who have skin sensitivities that come into contact with a bloom may experience a puffy, red rash at the affected area. Drinking water directly from Willow Creek Reservoir at this time is especially dangerous. OHA Public Health Division officials advise campers and other recreational visitors that toxins cannot be removed by boiling, filtering or treating water with camping-style filters.
• The Oregon Health Authority has updated the Health Advisory issued July 28 for Howard Bay (also known locally as Howards Bay or Howard’s Bay), located in the southwest corner of Upper Klamath Lake, to include Shoalwater Bay to the north. These areas of Upper Klamath Lake are located off Oregon Route 140, 15 miles west of Klamath Falls in Klamath County. Water monitoring has confirmed the presence of blue-green algae and the toxins they produce in Howard Bay. These toxin concentrations can be harmful to humans and animals. People should always avoid areas with visible scum that looks foamy, scummy, thick like paint, pea-green, blue green or brownish red. Swimming and high-speed water activities such as water skiing or power boating where ingestion and inhalation exposure can occur is discouraged. Swallowing or inhaling water droplets as a result of these water activities in areas where a bloom has been identified, or an advisory issued, can expose people to the toxins being produced. Although toxins are not absorbed through the skin, people who have skin sensitivities that come into contact with a bloom may experience a puffy, red rash at the affected area. Drinking water directly from Howard Bay and Shoalwater Bay at this time is especially dangerous. OHA Public Health Division officials advise campers and other recreational visitors that toxins cannot be removed by boiling, filtering or treating water with camping-style filters.
• The Oregon Health Authority issued Health Advisory for Agency Lake, located just north of Klamath Falls along U.S. Highway 97 in Klamath County. Water monitoring has confirmed the presence of blue-green algae and the toxins they produce in the lake. These toxin concentrations can be harmful to humans and animals. People should always avoid areas with visible scum that looks foamy, scummy, thick like paint, pea-green, blue green or brownish red. Swimming and high-speed water activities such as water skiing or power boating where ingestion and inhalation exposure can occur is discouraged. Swallowing or inhaling water droplets as a result of these water activities in areas where a bloom has been identified, or an advisory issued, can expose people to the toxins being produced. Although toxins are not absorbed through the skin, people who have skin sensitivities that come into contact with a bloom may experience a puffy, red rash at the affected area. Drinking water directly from Agency Lake at this time is especially dangerous. OHA Public Health Division officials advise campers and other recreational visitors that toxins cannot be removed by boiling, filtering or treating water with camping-style filters.
• The Oregon Health Authority issued a Health Advisory today for Willow Creek Reservoir, located just east of the town of Heppner in Morrow County. Water monitoring has confirmed the presence of blue-green algae and the toxins they produce in the reservoir. These toxin concentrations can be harmful to humans and animals. People should always avoid areas with visible scum that looks foamy, scummy, thick like paint, pea-green, blue green or brownish red. Swimming and high-speed water activities such as water skiing or power boating where ingestion and inhalation exposure can occur is discouraged. Swallowing or inhaling water droplets as a result of these water activities in areas where a bloom has been identified, or an advisory issued, can expose people to the toxins being produced. Although toxins are not absorbed through the skin, people who have skin sensitivities that come into contact with a bloom may experience a puffy, red rash at the affected area. Drinking water directly from Willow Creek Reservoir at this time is especially dangerous. OHA Public Health Division officials advise campers and other recreational visitors that toxins cannot be removed by boiling, filtering or treating water with camping-style filters.
• The Oregon Health Authority issued a Health Advisory for Coffenbury Lake, located at Fort Stevens State Park about five miles northwest of US-101 ALT, Northwest Ridgefield Road near Warrenton in Clatsop County. Water monitoring has confirmed the presence of blue-green algae that can produce toxins in Coffenbury Lake. These blue-green algae levels are likely to be associated with dangerous cyanotoxin concentrations in the water that can be harmful to humans and animals.  People should always avoid areas with visible scum that looks foamy, scummy, thick like paint, pea-green, blue-green or brownish-red. Swimming and high-speed water activities such as water skiing or power boating where ingestion and inhalation exposure can occur are discouraged. Swallowing or inhaling water droplets as a result of these water activities in areas where a bloom has been identified or an advisory issued, can expose people to the toxins that can be produced. Although toxins are not absorbed through the skin, people with skin sensitivities who come into contact with a bloom may experience a puffy, red rash at the affected area. Drinking water directly from Coffenbury Lake at this time is especially dangerous. OHA Public Health Division officials advise campers and other recreational visitors that toxins cannot be removed by boiling, filtering or treating water with camping-style filters.
• The Oregon Health Authority has updated the Health Advisory issued June 30 for Lake Billy Chinook, located about 12 miles west of Madras in Jefferson County. The update lifts the advisory on those areas of the Deschutes and Crooked River of Lake Billy Chinook arms affected by the advisory, and confines the advisory on the Metolius Arm to Perry South Cove. Water monitoring has confirmed that the level of blue-green algae toxins are below guideline values for human exposure. However, OHA recommends that people remain cautious when using the lake, particularly with pets because toxins are still well above the very low exposure levels established for dogs.
• A Permanent Health Advisory remains in effect for the South Umpqua River and Lawson Bar. Pools in the bedrock along the rivers edge are known to develop Blue-green Algae (cyanobacterial) blooms that can be harmful to pets and people if accidental ingestion occurs. Signs have been posted along several access areas along the river.

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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:

• AM clouds and sun, mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear tonight,
• Partly cloudy Friday AM, sunny and a bit warmer in the afternoon, clear in the evening, mostly cloudy late Friday night,
• AM clouds Saturday, mostly sunny and a bit cooler in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Saturday night.
• highs 85-82 lows 53-55 cooling to 50 Saturday night.
• AM clouds and sun, mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon, clear at night,
• Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Monday, partly cloudy Monday night,
• AM sun Tuesday, partly cloudy and a bit warmer in the afternoon and at night,
• Then partly cloudy and a bit cooler Wednesday.
• highs 82-87 cooling to 84 Wednesday lows 53-56. (seasonal averages high 83 low 51)

 

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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count

Grass………. Low (2)
Trees………. Low (6)
Last Counted: 8/12/17
Data Courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.
Note: It would seem the pollen season is over.

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Forecast for Roseburg:

• AM clouds and patchy smoke, sunny and a bit warmer with patchy smoke this afternoon, clear with patchy smoke late tonight,
• Mostly sunny with patchy smoke Friday, mostly clear with patchy smoke at night,
• Mostly sunny with patchy smoke and a bit cooler Saturday, mostly clear with patchy smoke Saturday night.
• highs 92-89 lows 58-56.
• Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Sunday and Monday, mostly clear both nights,
• Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Monday through Tuesday, partly cloudy and a bit cooler Wednesday.
• highs 88-92 cooling to 88 Wednesday lows 56-60. (seasonal averages high 85 low 56)

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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:

• Mostly cloudy with patchy AM coastal fog and sunny this afternoon while sunny inland today, mostly clear tonight,
• Sunny and a bit warmer Friday, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy late Friday night with patch coastal fog,
• Mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, mostly sunny and a bit cooler Saturday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Saturday night.
• highs 68-66 lows near 55.
• Then partly cloudy Sunday through Wednesday.
• highs 67-65 lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 65 low 53)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Sunny with patchy smoke and a bit warmer this afternoon, clear with patchy smoke late tonight,
• Patchy AM smoke, sunny and a bit warmer Friday afternoon, clear at night,
• Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Saturday, mostly clear at night.
• free air freezing level above 12,000 ft. tonight through Saturday night,
• highs 76-72 lows 49-46.
• AM clouds, mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday, clear  Sunday night,
• Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Monday, partly cloudy at night,
• AM sun, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms and a bit cooler Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Wednesday.
• free air freezing level above 12,000 ft. Sunday through Tuesday AM, snow level above 8,000 ft. Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday.
• highs 73-78 cooling back to 73 Wednesday lows 48-52.

 

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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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