Aug
24.
Here is my weekly weather quiz question. What is “The National Hurricane Center”?
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Upper Level High Pressure will take over from low pressure and slowly raise our temperatures. Meanwhile wildfire smoke can still push into the Pacific Northwest from various areas depending on the wind direction. The graphics for days 1-3 show a cold front off the Oregon coast Saturday The graphics for days 3-7 Sunday through Thursday show a frontal system will be moving southward along the California coast then sliding through Oregon next Monday and Tuesday.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 116 in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category measuring Particulate Matter.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 163 in the Unhealthy category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 161 in the Unhealthy category measuring Particulate Matter.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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ADVISORIES:
- A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM FRIDAY FOR DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES FOOTHILLS AND THE MT. HOOD NATIONAL FOREST WEST OF CASCADE CREST.
- A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 8 AM FRIDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE UMPQUA BASIN.
- A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM FRIDAY FOR DRY AN UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS AND THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST.
- A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FRIDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST, THE WESTERN SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST, AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS.
- A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM FRIDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR THE WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY.
- AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM SUNDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY, JACKSON COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND KLAMATH COUNTY.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM SUNDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR DESCHUTES COUNTY.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LANE COUNTY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SMOKE IMPACTS POSSIBLE IN EUGENE AND SPRINGFIELD.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR SMOKE IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM SUNDAY FOR THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
HEALTH ADVISORIES:
- A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED FOR THE AREA FROM THE ROSS ISLAND LAGOON TO RIVERPLACE MARINA IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A CYANOBACTERIA BLOOM. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID SWIMMING AND HIGH SPEED WATER ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS WATER SKIING OR POWER BOATING, IN AREAS OF THE LAKE AND SLOUGH WHERE BLOOMS ARE, AS THE MAJOR ROUTE OF EXPOSURE IS INGESTION OF WATER. TOXINS ARE NOT ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN, HOWEVER, THOSE WITH SKIN SENSITIVITIES MAY GET A PUFFY RED RASH. THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO VISIT THE AREA AND ENJOY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS CATCH AND RELEASE FISHING, CAMPING, HIKING, BILKING, PICNICKING, BIRD WATCHING, CANOEING, AND KAYAKING. BOATING IS SAFE AS LONG AS SPEEDS DO NOT CREATE EXCESSIVE WATER SPRAY. SPRAYS COULD LEAD TO THE RISK OF INHALING CYANOTOXINS. DRINKING WATER FROM THE LAKE IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS.
- A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WILLAMETTE RIVER FROM ROSS ISLAND DOWNSTREAM (NORTH) TO THE AREA NEAR CATHEDRAL PARK IN PORTLAND, IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A CYANOBACTERIA BLOOM. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID SWIMMING AND HIGH SPEED WATER ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS WATER SKIING OR POWER BOATING, IN AREAS OF THE LAKE AND SLOUGH WHERE BLOOMS ARE, AS THE MAJOR ROUTE OF EXPOSURE IS INGESTION OF WATER. TOXINS ARE NOT ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN, HOWEVER, THOSE WITH SKIN SENSITIVITIES MAY GET A PUFFY RED RASH. THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO VISIT THE AREA AND ENJOY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FISHING, CAMPING, HIKING, BILKING, PICNICKING, BIRD WATCHING, CANOEING, AND KAYAKING. BOATING IS SAFE AS LONG AS SPEEDS DO NOT CREATE EXCESSIVE WATER SPRAY. SPRAYS COULD LEAD TO THE RISK OF INHALING CYANOTOXINS.DO NOT DRINK THE WATER.
- A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ARRONS LAKE, PETE’S SLOUGH, AND STURGEON LAKE ON SAUVIE ISLAND DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A CYANOBACTERIA BLOOM. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID SWIMMING AND HIGH SPEED WATER ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS WATER SKIING OR POWER BOATING, IN AREAS OF THE LAKE AND SLOUGH WHERE BLOOMS ARE, AS THE MAJOR ROUTE OF EXPOSURE IS INGESTION OF WATER. TOXINS ARE NOT ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN, HOWEVER, THOSE WITH SKIN SENSITIVITIES MAY GET A PUFFY RED RASH. THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO VISIT THE AREA AND ENJOY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FISHING, CAMPING, HIKING, BILKING, PICNICKING, BIRD WATCHING, CANOEING, AND KAYAKING. BOATING IS SAFE AS LONG AS SPEEDS DO NOT CREATE EXCESSIVE WATER SPRAY. SPRAYS COULD LEAD TO THE RISK OF INHALING CYANOTOXINS.
- A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AGENCY LAKE AND EXTENDED THE ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF UPPER KLAMATH LAKE, FROM HOWARD’S BAY SOUTH TO THE LINK RIVER DAM IN KLAMATH COUNTY DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A CYANOBACTERIA BLOOM. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID SWIMMING AND HIGH SPEED WATER ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS WATER SKIING OR POWER BOATING, IN AREAS OF THE RESERVOIR WHERE BLOOMS ARE, AS THE MAJOR ROUTE OF EXPOSURE IS INGESTION OF WATER. TOXINS ARE NOT ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN, HOWEVER, THOSE WITH SKIN SENSITIVITIES MAY GET A PUFFY RED RASH. THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO VISIT AND ENJOY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FISHING, CAMPING, HIKING, BILKING, PICNICKING, BIRD WATCHING, CANOEING, AND KAYAKING. BOATING IS SAFE AS LONG AS SPEEDS DO NOT CREATE EXCESSIVE WATER SPRAY. SPRAYS COULD LEAD TO THE RISK OF INHALING CYANOTOXINS.
- A PERMANENT HEALTH ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER 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:
- Partly cloudy and hazy with (40%) chance of showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, more in storms),
- Partly cloudy and hazy with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, mostly sunny and hazy and a bit warmer Friday afternoon, mostly clear and hazy Friday night,
- AM haze, sunny Saturday, mostly clear at night,
- Mostly sunny Sunday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday night.
- lows 58-56 warming back to 58 Sunday highs near 89.
- Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler with a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
- Partly cloudy and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, partly cloudy Wednesday night,
- Then partly cloudy and a bit warmer Thursday.
- highs 84-80 warming to 83 Thursday lows 57-53. (seasonal averages high 83 low 51)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:
- Partly cloudy with patchy smoke and a (30%) chance of scattered evening showers and isolated thunderstorms, mostly cloudy with patchy smoke and a (30%) chance of thunderstorms late tonight,
- Patchy AM smoke with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms, sunny and a bit cooler with patchy smoke Friday afternoon, clear and hazy with patchy smoke Friday night,
- Sunny and hazy with patchy smoke and a bit cooler Saturday, mostly clear at night,
- Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Sunday, then mostly clear Sunday night.
- lows 63-59 highs 94-89.
- Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit cooler Monday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Monday night,
- Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday and at night,
- Some AM clouds, sunny Wednesday, mostly clear Wednesday night,
- Some AM clouds, then sunny and a bit warmer Thursday.
- highs 86-82 warming to 85 Thursday lows 58-56. (seasonal averages high 85 low 57)
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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly cloudy with a (30%) of scattered evening showers and isolated evening thunderstorms, hazy tonight patchy inland smoke tonight,
- A slight (20%) chance of AM isolated thunderstorms, hazy and a bit warmer Friday afternoon with patchy inland smoke, partly cloudy and hazy Friday night,
- Hazy with some AM patchy inland smoke, sunny and hazy Saturday afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
- Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Sunday, then partly cloudy Sunday night.
- lows 56-58 highs near 75.
- Partly cloudy Monday and in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night,
- Partly cloudy and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night,
- Partly cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night,
- Then partly cloudy and a bit warmer Thursday.
- highs 75-77 lows 58-55. (seasonal averages high 67 low 54)
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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County:
- Partly cloudy and hazy with areas of smoke and a good (50%) chance of evening showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms, partly cloudy and hazy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms late tonight,
- Mostly sunny and hazy and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday, partly cloudy and hazy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, clear and hazy late Friday night,
- AM haze, mostly sunny and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon, mostly clear with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers and thunderstorms, just mostly clear late at night,
- Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday, mostly clear with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, then just mostly clear late Sunday night.
- snow level above 8,000 ft. tonight and Friday, free air freezing level 14,000 ft. late Friday night, snow level above 8,000 ft. Saturday afternoon and Saturday night, free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Sunday, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday night.
- lows 50-52 highs 76-82.
- Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Monday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just partly cloudy late at night,
- Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday, partly cloudy Wednesday night,
- Then partly cloudy and a bit warmer Thursday.
- free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Monday, snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday night through Wednesday, free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Wednesday night, then 14,000 ft. Thursday.
- highs 79-63 warming to 70 Thursday lows 52-42.
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