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12.
Here is my new weekly weather quiz question “What is “Snotel?”
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The Jet Stream gives us Zonal airflow (West to East) continuing the slow cooling trend over the Pacific Northwest. The graphics for days 1-3 show a complex frontal system to our northwest Tuesday moving into Oregon Wednesday. The graphics for days 3-7 Thursday through Monday show a frontal system pushing through the Pacific Northwest between Thursday and Friday
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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 31 in the Good category measuring Ozone.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 23 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 17 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 ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM WEDNESDAY DUE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR DOUGLAS, KLAMATH, AND LAKE COUNTIES.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM WEDNESDAY DUE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR DESCHUTES COUNTY.
- AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING DUE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
- AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM WEDNESDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR HARNEY COUNTY.
- A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT UNTIL 9 PM TUESDAY FOR LIGHTNING FOR THE BAKER VALLEY.
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:
- Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of light drizzle late tonight,
- A slight (20%) chance of AM drizzle, sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night,
- Sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
- A mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler Thursday, then partly cloudy Thursday night.
- lows 52-54 highs 80-84 cooling to 82 Thursday.
- A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday, just partly cloudy at night,
- Mostly sunny Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night,
- Then sunny Monday.
- highs 78-83 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 85 low 52)
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EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD POLLEN COUNT:
GRASS: LOW (3)
TREES: ABSENT (0)
WEEDS: LOW (6)
Last Measured 8.6.24
Data courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:
- Partly cloudy with evening haze, mostly cloudy and hazy late tonight,
- Sunny and hazy and a bit warmer with patchy smoke Tuesday, mostly clear and hazy Tuesday night,
- Sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
- Then partly cloudy and a bit cooler Thursday and Thursday night.
- lows 54-48 highs 83-85 cooling to 80 Thursday.
- Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Friday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Friday night,
- Partly cloudy and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday and in the evening, just partly cloudy late at night,
- Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer with Sunday afternoon, mostly clear Sunday night,
- Then mostly sunny Monday.
- highs near 82 lows 57-55. (seasonal averages high 86 low 58)
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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:
- Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy late tonight,
- Some AM cloudy, sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Tuesday night,
- Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit cooler Wednesday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late at night,
- Mostly cloudy start, partly cloudy and a bit cooler Thursday afternoon, then partly cloudy Thursday night.
- lows 52-56 cooling to 54 Thursday night highs 72-68.
- Partly cloudy Friday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Friday night,
- Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a (30%) chance of showers Saturday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
- Then partly cloudy and a bit warmer Sunday and Monday, partly cloudy Sunday night,
- highs 68-70 lows 55-53. (seasonal average high 67 low 54)
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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County:
- Partly cloudy and hazy this evening, mostly cloudy late tonight,
- Sunny and a bit cooler Tuesday, mostly clear Tuesday night,
- Sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night,
- Mostly sunny and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday, partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy late Thursday night.
- free air freezing level 13,000 ft. tonight through Tuesday night, 13,000 ft. rising to 14,000 ft. Wednesday afternoon, snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday night, then free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night.
- lows 39-45 highs 64-69 cooling to 65 Thursday.
- Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Friday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Friday night,
- A mix of clouds and sun and a bit warmer with a (40%) chance of showers Saturday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Saturday night,
- Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Sunday night,
- Then mostly sunny Monday.
- free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Friday, snow level above 8,000 ft. Friday through Saturday night, free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Sunday, 13,000 ft. Sunday night, then 12,000 ft. Monday.
- highs 62-67 lows near 42.
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