Here is my new weekly weather quiz question. “What is “Smog?”
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An Upper Level High Pressure Ridge (“Arch” shape) still controls weather in the Pacific Northwest. The graphics for days 1-3 show no frontal systems moving into our area. The graphics for days 3-7 Wednesday through Sunday show no frontal systems moving through the Pacific Northwest through the period.
ADVISORIES:
- A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TODAY FOR LIGHTNING FOR THE BURNS BLM, THE VALE BLM AND THE BAKER VALLEY.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT DUE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FOR ALL OF LANE COUNTY.
- AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MONDAY FOR DOUGLAS, KLAMATH, AND LAKE COUNTIES.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR DESCHUTES AND GRANT COUNTIES.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MONDAY DUE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR HARNER AND MALHEUR COUNTIES.
HEALTH ADVISORIES:
- 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.
Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:
- Sunny and warmer today, mostly clear tonight,
- Sunny and a bit cooler Monday and Tuesday, mostly clear both nights,
- highs 95-88 lows 56-52.
- Sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear Wednesday night,
- Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly clear late at night,
- Then sunny and a bit cooler Friday and Saturday, mostly clear Friday night,
- highs 92-95 cooling 92 Saturday lows near 58. (seasonal averages high 86 low 52)
Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:
- Mostly sunny and hazy and warmer today, clear tonight,
- Sunny and a bit cooler Monday, mostly clear at night,
- Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Tuesday, then mostly clear Tuesday night.
- highs 95-90 lows 60-58.
- Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, partly cloudy Wednesday night,
- Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Thursday, mostly clear at night,
- Then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday and Saturday, mostly clear Friday night,
- highs 94-95 cooling to 92 Saturday lows near 62 (seasonal averages high 87 low 58)
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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Mostly cloudy with patchy AM coastal fog while areas of inland AM fog, sunny and a bit warmer this afternoon, mostly clear with patchy evening coastal fog and areas of fog late while patchy inland fog tonight,
- Mostly cloudy with areas of AM coastal fog while patchy inland patchy AM fog, sunny Monday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy late at night,
- Partly cloudy Tuesday, then partly cloudy Tuesday night.
- highs near 73 lows near 54.
- Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Wednesday and in the evening, mostly cloudy Wednesday night,
- AM clouds, sunny and a bit cooler Thursday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late at night,
- AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer Friday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late Friday night,
- AM clouds, then sunny Saturday afternoon.
- highs 76-74 warming 75 Friday and Saturday lows 56-58. (seasonal average high 67 low 54)
Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County:
- Sunny and hazy with areas of smoke and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this afternoon, mostly clear with areas of evening smoke, mostly clear and hazy tonight,
- AM haze, sunny Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
- Sunny and a bit cooler Tuesday, then mostly clear Tuesday night.
- free air freezing level 15,000 ft. today through Tuesday night,
- highs near 82-77 lows 56-48.
- Sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
- Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, partly cloudy Thursday night,
- Sunny and a bit cooler Friday and Saturday, mostly clear Friday night,
- Then sunny Saturday.
- free air freezing level 16,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, then 15,000 ft. Thursday through Saturday.
- highs 80-82-cooling to 77 Saturday lows 52-50.