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Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What is “The National Hurricane Center”? Here is the correct answer. National Hurricane Center is one of three branches of the Tropical Prediction Center (TPC). This center maintains a continuous watch on tropical cyclones over the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and the Eastern Pacific from 15 May through November 30. The Center prepares and distributes hurricane watches and warnings for the general public, and also prepares and distributes marine and military advisories for other users. During the “off-season” NHC provides training for U.S. emergency managers and representatives from many other countries that are affected by tropical cyclones. NHC also conducts applied research to evaluate and improve hurricane forecasting techniques, and is involved in public awareness programs.
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An Upper Level Low Pressure Trough still sits off the West Coast. 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 that fell apart. The graphics for days 3-7 Wednesday through Sunday show a frontal system that moved into Oregon Tuesday.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 102 in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category measuring Particulate Matter.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 134 in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 75 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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ADVISORIES:
- AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY, JACKSON COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, KLAMATH COUNTY, AND LAKE COUNTY.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR DESCHUTES COUNTY.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WILDFIRE FOR SMOKE ALL OF LANE COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM SUNDAY. THIS INCLUDES EUGENE AND SPRINGFIELD.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR SMOKE IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY 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 ICONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ARRONS LAKE, BUT HAS BEEN LIFTED FOR 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:
- Mostly sunny and hazy and slightly cooler today, evening haze, mostly clear late tonight,
- Clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, a mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler Monday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night,
- Partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM showers, mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with showers likely (70%) Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening showers, then partly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers late Tuesday night.
- highs 87-78 lows 56-58.
- Clouds and sun with a (40%) chance of AM showers, a mix of clouds and sun a bit warmer Wednesday afternoon, partly cloudy Wednesday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun with a slight chance of showers Thursday afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
- Some AM clouds, mostly sunny and warmer Friday, partly cloudy Friday night,
- Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Saturday.
- highs 80-87 lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 83 low 51)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:
- Partly cloudy and hazy with areas of AM smoke, sunny and hazy and a bit cooler with patchy smoke this afternoon, mostly clear and hazy with patchy smoke tonight,
- Some AM clouds with haze and patchy smoke, sunny and a bit cooler Monday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear with a (20%) chance of evening showers, then partly cloudy late Tuesday night.
- highs 86-80 lows 60-58.
- Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear Wednesday night,
- Partly cloudy Thursday, partly cloudy at night,
- Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Friday and Friday night,
- Some AM clouds, then sunny and a bit warmer Saturday afternoon.
- highs 83-89 lows 57-59. (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 AM coastal haze while AM haze and patchy smoke inland, partly cloudy with coastal haze while inland haze and patchy smoke and a bit warmer this afternoon, mostly cloudy and hazy tonight,
- AM haze, mostly cloudy Monday afternoon, mostly cloudy Monday night with a slight (20%) chance of coastal showers late at night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, then just mostly cloudy late Tuesday night.
- highs near 75 lows near 57.
- Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Wednesday, partly cloudy Wednesday night,
- Then partly cloudy Thursday through Saturday.
- highs near 76 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 68 low 53)
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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County:
- Hazy with areas of AM smoke, sunny and hazy and a bit warmer this afternoon, mostly clear and hazy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers and thunderstorms, mostly clear and hazy late tonight,
- Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Monday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers and thunderstorms, a good (50%) chance of showers late at night,
- A mix of clouds and sun and cooler with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday, partly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening showers, then a slight (20%) chance of showers late Tuesday night.
- free air freezing level 14,000 ft. rising to 15,000 ft. this afternoon, 14,000 ft. late tonight, 14,000 ft. rising to 15,000 ft. Monday afternoon, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday night through Tuesday night.
- highs 82-63 lows 50-42.
- Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday afternoon, partly cloudy Wednesday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun Thursday, partly cloudy late at night,
- Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Friday, partly cloudy Friday night,
- Then sunny and a bit warmer Saturday.
- snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday, free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Wednesday night, 12,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, 13,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, then 14,000 ft. Saturday.
- highs 65-73 lows 42-46.
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