Aug
05.
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 Friday through Tuesday show no frontal systems moving through the Pacific Northwest through the period.
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 37 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 26 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 25 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA.org)
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ADVISORIES:
- 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 2 PM WEDNESDAY FOR DOUGLAS AND KLAMATH COUNTIES.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR DESCHUTES AND GRANT COUNTIES.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM WEDNESDAY FOR GRANT AND WHEELER COUNTIES.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY DUE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR HARNEY 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.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:
- Sunny and a bit cooler today, clear tonight,
- Sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, partly cloudy at night,
- Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, then mostly clear Thursday night.
- highs 87-93 lows 53-58.
- Sunny and a bit cooler Friday, mostly clear Friday night,
- Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Saturday, mostly clear at night,
- Sunny and a bit warmer Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night,
- Then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Monday.
- highs 90-89 warming to 93 Sunday cooling to 88 Monday lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 86 low 52)
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EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD POLLEN COUNT:
GRASS: MODERATE (6)
TREES: LOW (2)
WEEDS: LOW (3)
Last Measured 8.5.24
Data courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:
- Some AM clouds and haze, sunny and a bit cooler this afternoon, clear tonight, hazy late tonight,
- AM sun, partly cloudy and a bit warmer Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
- Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, then mostly clear Thursday night.
- highs 90-95 lows 57-62.
- Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday, mostly clear Friday night,
- Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, mostly clear at night,
- Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night,
- Some AM clouds, then sunny and a bit cooler Monday afternoon.
- highs 89-92 cooling to 86 Monday lows 62-60 warming back to 62 Sunday night. (seasonal averages high 87 low 58)
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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- AM clouds with patchy fog, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late at night while areas of inland fog late tonight,
- Some AM clouds with patchy AM coastal fog while areas of AM inland fog, partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
- Some AM clouds, sunny Thursday afternoon, then mostly cloudy Thursday night.
- highs near 68 lows 53-57.
- Mostly cloudy Friday and Friday night,
- Mostly cloudy Saturday, mostly cloudy at night,
- AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy Sunday night,
- Then mostly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday.
- highs 68 warming t0 70 Sunday cooling to 68 Monday lows near 57. (seasonal average high 67 low 54)
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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County:
- Sunny and a bit cooler today, mostly clear tonight,
- Sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late at night,
- Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Thursday, partly cloudy in the evening, partly cloudy in the evening, clear late Thursday night.
- free air freezing level 15,000 ft. today, 16,000 ft. tonight through Wednesday night, then 15,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night.
- highs 75-80 cooling to 78 Thursday lows 49-54 cooling to 52 Thursday night .
- Sunny and a bit cooler Friday and Saturday, mostly clear both nights,
- Sunny Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night,
- Then sunny and a bit cooler Monday.
- free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, then 14,000 ft. Saturday through Monday.
- highs 78-75 lows 52-49.
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