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19.
08.20.23 Haze and smoke return, mostly sunny and a bit warmer today for your Sunday.
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Here is my weekly weather quiz question for the last time. What are “Nacreous clouds”? Here is the correct answer.  Nacreous Clouds are clouds of unknown composition that have a soft, pearly luster and that form at altitudes about 25 to 30 km above the Earth’s surface. They are also called “mother-of-the-pearl clouds.”

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Upper Level Low Pressure off the California coast will help move moisture from Pacific Hurricane Hilary from the south across the eastern sections of Oregon. Meanwhile Canadian wildfire smoke is pushing into the Pacific Northwest. The graphics for days 1-3  show a stationary front stuck to our east. The graphics for days 3-7   Wednesday through Sunday show a frontal system moving through the Pacific Northwest Wednesday. A frontal system will be along the California coast Saturday and next Sunday.

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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 34 in the Good category measuring Ozone.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 118 in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 27 in the Good category measuring Ozone.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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ADVISORIES:
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT FOR SIGNIFICANTLY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE MT. HOOD NATIONAL FOREST WEST OF CASCADES CREST AND THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR EASTERN LANE COUNTY, NOT INCLUDING THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD AREA.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR KLAMATH COUNTY AND LAKE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR JACKSON COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR CROOK COUNTY AND DESCHUTES COUNTY.
  • A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY, THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, AND THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.
  • A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR HARNEY COUNTY, BAKER COUNTY, MALHEUR COUNTY, AND THE OREGON LOWER TREASURE VALLEY.

HEALTH ADVISORIES:

  • A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CULLABY LAKE IN CLATSOP  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 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:

  • AM haze and smoke, mostly sunny and a bit warmer and smoky this afternoon, partly cloudy with evening smoke, hazy late tonight,
  • Clouds and sun with AM haze, a mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler Monday afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
  • Some AM clouds, mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon, then mostly clear Tuesday night.
  • highs 89-83 lows near 53.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear Wednesday night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, partly cloudy at night,
  • Mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear Friday night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Saturday.
  • highs 87-93 cooling to 89 Saturday lows 56-59.  (seasonal averages high 84 low 51)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:

  • Sunny and warmer today, mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy late tonight,
  • Mostly cloudy and cooler Monday, partly cloudy at night,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon, then clear Tuesday night.
  • highs 93-80 lows 62-55.
  • Sunny warmer Wednesday, clear Wednesday night,
  • Sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday, mostly clear Friday night,
  • Then sunny and a bit cooler Saturday.
  • highs 90-96 cooling to 92 Saturday lows 59-62. (seasonal averages high 86 low 57)

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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:

  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer this afternoon, partly cloudy this evening, cloudy late tonight,
  • Mostly cloudy start, partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday, then mostly clear Tuesday night.
  • highs near 70 lows 57-54.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday, mostly clear Tuesday night,
  • Sunny Wednesday, mostly clear Wednesday night,
  • Mostly sunny Thursday, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday, partly cloudy Friday night,
  • Then partly cloudy Saturday.
  •  highs near 79-77 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 67 low 54)

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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County

  • Mostly sunny with AM smoke and haze, partly cloudy and a bit warmer this afternoon with smoke and haze, partly cloudy with evening smoke, mostly cloudy and hazy with areas of smoke late tonight,
  • Mostly cloudy with AM smoke and haze, mostly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday afternoon,  mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance evening showers, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, then mostly clear Tuesday night.
  • free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today through Monday, snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday night and Tuesday, then free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Tuesday night,
  • highs 77-66 lows 52-42.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear Wednesday night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just partly cloudy at night,
  • Then mostly sunny Friday and Saturday, mostly clear Friday night.
  • free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Wednesday through Thursday, snow level above 8,000 ft. Thursday night, free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Friday, then 14,000 ft. Friday night and Saturday.
  • highs 74-78 lows 44-48.

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For all of your Eugene-Springfield and Lane County News, Weather, and Sports go to: EugeneDailyNews.com

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Aug
19.
8.19.23 Mostly clear and hazy overnight tonight.
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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. for the last time. What are “Nacreous clouds”? Here is the correct answer.  Nacreous Clouds are clouds of unknown composition that have a soft, pearly luster and that form at altitudes about 25 to 30 km above the Earth’s surface. They are also called “mother-of-the-pearl clouds.”

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Upper Level Low Pressure off the California coast will help move moisture from Pacific Hurricane Hilary from the south across the eastern sections of Oregon. Meanwhile Canadian wildfire smoke is pushing into the Pacific Northwest. The graphics for days 1-3  show a stationary front stuck to our east. The graphics for days 3-7   Tuesday through Saturday show a frontal system moving into the Pacific Northwest Tuesday.

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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 37 in the Good category measuring Ozone.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 238 in the Very Unhealthy category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 33 in the Good category measuring Ozone.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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ADVISORIES:
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY FOR SIGNIFICANTLY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE MT. HOOD NATIONAL FOREST WEST OF CASCADES CREST AND THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR EASTERN LANE COUNTY, NOT INCLUDING THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD AREA.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR KLAMATH COUNTY AND LAKE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR JACKSON COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR CROOK COUNTY AND DESCHUTES COUNTY.
  • A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY, THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, AND THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.
  • A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR HARNEY COUNTY, BAKER COUNTY, MALHEUR COUNTY, AND THE OREGON LOWER TREASURE VALLEY.

HEALTH ADVISORIES:

  • A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CULLABY LAKE IN CLATSOP  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 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:

  • Mostly clear and hazy tonight,
  • AM haze and smoke, mostly sunny and a bit warmer and smoky Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy with evening smoke, hazy late Sunday night,
  • Clouds and sun with AM haze, a mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler Monday afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
  • Some AM clouds, mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon, then mostly clear Tuesday night.
  • lows 54-52 highs 89-83.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear Wednesday night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, partly cloudy at night,
  • Mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear Friday night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Saturday.
  • highs 87-93 cooling to 89 Saturday lows 56-59.  (seasonal averages high 84 low 51)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:

  • Clear tonight,
  • Sunny and warmer Sunday, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy late Sunday night,
  • Mostly cloudy and cooler Monday, partly cloudy at night,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon, then clear Tuesday night.
  • lows 62-55 highs 93-80.
  • Sunny warmer Wednesday, clear Wednesday night,
  • Sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday, mostly clear Friday night,
  • Then sunny and a bit cooler Saturday.
  • highs 90-96 cooling to 92 Saturday lows 59-62. (seasonal averages high 86 low 57)

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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:

  • Mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, cloudy late Sunday night,
  • Mostly cloudy start, partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday, then mostly clear Tuesday night.
  • lows 57-54 highs near 70.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday, mostly clear Tuesday night,
  • Sunny Wednesday, mostly clear Wednesday night,
  • Mostly sunny Thursday, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday, partly cloudy Friday night,
  • Then partly cloudy Saturday.
  •  highs near 79-77 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 67 low 54)

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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County

  • Partly cloudy hazy and smoky tonight,
  • Mostly sunny with AM smoke and haze, partly cloudy and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon with smoke and haze, partly cloudy with evening smoke, mostly cloudy and hazy with areas of smoke late Sunday night,
  • Mostly cloudy with AM smoke and haze, mostly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday afternoon,  mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance evening showers, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, then mostly clear Tuesday night.
  • free air freezing level 14,000 ft. tonight through Monday, snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday night and Tuesday, then free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Tuesday night,
  • lows 54-42 highs 77-66.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear Wednesday night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just partly cloudy at night,
  • Then mostly sunny Friday and Saturday, mostly clear Friday night.
  • free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Wednesday through Thursday, snow level above 8,000 ft. Thursday night, free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Friday, then 14,000 ft. Friday night and Saturday.
  • highs 74-78 lows 44-48.

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For all of your Eugene-Springfield and Lane County News, Weather, and Sports go to: EugeneDailyNews.com

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Aug
18.
8.19.23 Plenty of sunshine and a bit warmer today for your Saturday.
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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. for the last time. What are “Nacreous clouds”? Here is the correct answer.  Nacreous Clouds are clouds of unknown composition that have a soft, pearly luster and that form at altitudes about 25 to 30 km above the Earth’s surface. They are also called “mother-of-the-pearl clouds.”

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Upper Level Low Pressure off the California coast will help cool our Hot temperatures below the three digit range. The graphics for days 1-3  show a cold front moving into the Pacific Northwest. The graphics for days 3-7   Tuesday through Saturday show a frontal system moving into the Pacific Northwest Tuesday.

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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 39 in the Good category measuring Ozone.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 44 in the Good measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 43 in the Good category measuring Ozone.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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ADVISORIES:
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TODAY UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY FOR SIGNIFICANTLY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE MT. HOOD NATIONAL FOREST WEST OF CASCADES CREST AND THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR EASTERN LANE COUNTY, NOT INCLUDING THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD AREA.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR KLAMATH COUNTY AND LAKE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR JACKSON COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY.

HEALTH ADVISORIES:

  • A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CULLABY LAKE IN CLATSOP  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 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:

  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer today, mostly clear and hazy tonight,
  • AM haze, mostly sunny Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday, then partly cloudy Monday night.
  • highs 92-84 lows 57-53.
  • Some AM clouds, sunny Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear both nights,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday.
  • highs 84-92 cooling to 88 Friday lows near 57.  (seasonal averages high 84 low 51)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:

  • Sunny and hazy and a bit warmer today, mostly clear and hazy tonight,
  • Sunny with AM haze, partly cloudy and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, then just partly cloudy late Monday night.
  • highs 92-94 cooling to 85 Monday lows 60-58.
  • Some AM clouds, sunny Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
  • Sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, mostly clear Thursday night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday.
  • highs 85-92 lows 57-60. (seasonal averages high 86 low 57)

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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:

  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer this afternoon, mostly clear and hazy tonight,
  • AM haze, sunny and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday, then partly cloudy Monday night.
  • highs 76-78 cooling to 75 Monday lows 55-57 cooling to 55 Monday night.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly clear both nights,
  • Mostly sunny Thursday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Thursday night,
  • Then sunny and a bit cooler Friday.
  •  highs near 76-78 cooling back to 76 Friday lows 54-56. (seasonal averages high 67 low 54)

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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County

  • Mostly sunny and hazy and a bit warmer today, partly cloudy and hazy with areas of smoke late tonight,
  • Hazy with areas of AM smoke, partly cloudy and a bit cooler Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
  • A mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance evening showers, then just partly cloudy late Monday night.
  • free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today through Sunday night, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday and Monday night.
  • highs 82-72 lows 53-48.
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy Tuesday night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear both nights
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday.
  • snow level above 8,000 ft. Tuesday, free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Tuesday night, 13,000 ft. Wednesday, then 14,000 ft. Wednesday night through Friday.
  • highs 77-77 cooling 73 Friday lows 44-48.

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For all of your Eugene-Springfield and Lane County News, Weather, and Sports go to: EugeneDailyNews.com


Aug
18.
8.18.23 Clear overnight, plenty of sunshine and a bit warmer Saturday.
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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. What are “Nacreous clouds”?

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Upper Level Low Pressure off the California coast will help to slowly cool our Hot temperatures. The graphics for days 1-3  show a cold front moving into the Pacific Northwest today. The graphics for days 3-7   Monday through Friday show a frontal system moving into the Pacific Northwest Monday and Tuesday.

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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 37 in the Good category measuring Ozone.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 172 in the Unhealthy category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 34 in the Good category measuring Ozone.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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ADVISORIES:
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES, AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY FOR SIGNIFICANTLY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE MT. HOOD NATIONAL FOREST WEST OF CASCADES CREST AND THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR EASTERN LANE COUNTY, NOT INCLUDING THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD AREA.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR KLAMATH COUNTY AND LAKE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR CROOK COUNTY AND DESCHUTES COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR JACKSON COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY.

HEALTH ADVISORIES:

  • A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CULLABY LAKE IN CLATSOP  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 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:

  • Clear tonight,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, mostly clear and hazy Saturday night,
  • AM haze, mostly sunny Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday, then partly cloudy Monday night.
  • lows 52-57 cooling to 55 Sunday night cooling to 53 Monday night highs 92-84.
  • Some AM clouds, sunny Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear both nights,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday.
  • highs 84-92 cooling to 88 Friday lows near 57.  (seasonal averages high 84 low 51)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:

  • Mostly clear and hazy late tonight,
  • Sunny and hazy and a bit warmer Saturday, mostly clear and hazy Saturday night,
  • Sunny with AM haze, partly cloudy and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, then just partly cloudy late Monday night.
  • lows 57-62 highs 89-94.
  • Some AM clouds, sunny Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
  • Sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, mostly clear Thursday night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday.
  • highs 86-92 lows 62-58. (seasonal averages high 86 low 57)

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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:

  • Mostly clear tonight,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer Saturday afternoon, mostly clear and hazy Saturday night,
  • AM haze, sunny and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday, then partly cloudy Monday night.
  • lows 54-57 cooling to 55 Monday night highs 76-78 cooling to 75 Monday.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly clear both nights,
  • Mostly sunny Thursday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Thursday night,
  • Then sunny and a bit cooler Friday.
  •  highs near 76-78 cooling back to 76 Friday lows 54-56. (seasonal averages high 67 low 54)

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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County

  • Evening haze, mostly clear late tonight,
  • Mostly sunny and hazy and a bit warmer Saturday, partly cloudy and hazy with areas of smoke late Saturday night,
  • Hazy with areas of AM smoke, partly cloudy and a bit cooler Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
  • A mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance evening showers, then just partly cloudy late Monday night.
  • free air freezing level 15,000 ft. falling to 14,000 ft. late tonight, 14,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday night, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday and Monday night.
  • lows 50-53 cooling to 48 Monday night highs 82-72.
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy Tuesday night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear both nights
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday.
  • snow level above 8,000 ft. Tuesday, free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Tuesday night, 13,000 ft. Wednesday, then 14,000 ft. Wednesday night through Friday.
  • highs 77-77 cooling 73 Friday lows 44-48.

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For all of your Eugene-Springfield and Lane County News, Weather, and Sports go to: EugeneDailyNews.com


Aug
17.
8.18.23 After AM clouds and possible dissipating smoky haze, sunshine and hopefully much less smoky haze today for your Friday.
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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. What are “Nacreous clouds”?

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Upper Level Low Pressure off the California coast will help to slowly cool our Hot temperatures. The graphics for days 1-3  show a cold front moving into the Pacific Northwest today. The graphics for days 3-7   Sunday through Thursday show a frontal system moving into the Pacific Northwest Monday and Tuesday.

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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 57 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 161 in the Unhealthy category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 28 in the Good 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 FROM 10 AM UNTIL 9 PM TODAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES, AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR SMOKE IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE CASCADES FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY, AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.

HEALTH ADVISORIES:

  • A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CULLABY LAKE IN CLATSOP  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 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:

  • Some AM clouds with possible dissipating smoky haze, sunny and a bit cooler today, clear tonight,
  • Sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday, then partly cloudy Sunday night.
  • highs 87-93 lows 52-58 Sunday night.
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit cooler Monday, partly cloudy Monday night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Tuesday, partly cloudy at night.
  • Some AM clouds, mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday.
  • highs 86-84 warming to 88 Thursday lows near 57.  (seasonal averages high 84 low 51)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:

  • Some AM clouds and hazy, sunny hazy and a bit cooler this afternoon, clear and hazy tonight,
  • Sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, mostly clear at night,
  • Sunny and a bit warmer Sunday, then partly cloudy Sunday night.
  • highs 89-94 lows 57-62.
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday, partly cloudy Monday night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Tuesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just partly cloudy late at night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear Wednesday night.
  • highs 86-92 lows 62-58. (seasonal averages high 86 low 57)

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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:

  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer this afternoon, clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny Saturday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy at night,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon, then partly cloudy Sunday night.
  • highs 76-79 lows 54-56.
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday, partly cloudy Monday night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Tuesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Wednesday, partly cloudy Wednesday night,
  • Then sunny Thursday.
  •  highs near 75-77 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 67 low 54)

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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County

  • A mix of clouds with AM haze, sunny and a bit cooler this afternoon, mostly clear tonight,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, partly cloudy at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday afternoon and Sunday night.
  • free air freezing level 14000 ft. today, 15,000 ft. falling to 14,000 ft. late tonight, 14,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night.
  • highs 77-80 cooling to 78 Sunday lows 50-52 cooling back to 50 Sunday night.
  • A mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance evening showers, partly cloudy late Monday night,
  • A mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy Tuesday night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday afternoon, partly cloudy Wednesday night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday.
  • snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday through Wednesday, free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday.
  • highs 70-68 warming 73 Thursday lows 52-48.

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Aug
17.
8.17.23 Partly cloudy overnight. Should be sunshine and a bit cooler for your Friday.
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Here is my weekly weather quiz question. What are “Nacreous clouds”?

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Upper Level Low Pressure off the California coast will help to slowly cool our Hot temperatures. The graphics for days 1-3  show a cold front moving into the Pacific Northwest tonight and Friday. The graphics for days 3-7   Sunday through Thursday show a frontal system moving into the Pacific Northwest Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 154 in the Unhealthy category measuring Particulate Matter.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 148 in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 70 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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ADVISORIES:
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON, THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON, THE JOHN DAY BASIN, THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, AND NORTH CENTRAL  OREGON.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT TONIGHT FOR THE OREGON LOWER TREASURE VALLEY.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TODAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR THE DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND THE MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM UNTIL 9 PM FRIDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES, AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR THE UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST, THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTY.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING  ON DRY FUELS FOR THE EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR SMOKE IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE CASCADES FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY, AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TODAY FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR KLAMATH COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR CROOK COUNTY AND DESCHUTES COUNTY.

HEALTH ADVISORIES:

  • A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CULLABY LAKE IN CLATSOP  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 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 tonight,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit cooler Friday, clear Friday night,
  • Sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday, then partly cloudy Sunday night.
  • lows 59-52 warming to 58 Sunday night highs 87-93.
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit cooler Monday, partly cloudy Monday night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Tuesday, partly cloudy at night.
  • Some AM clouds, mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear at night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday.
  • highs 86-84 warming to 88 Thursday lows near 57.  (seasonal averages high 84 low 51)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:

  • Partly cloudy and hazy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms tonight,
  • Some AM clouds and hazy, sunny hazy and a bit cooler Friday afternoon, clear and hazy Friday night,
  • Sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, mostly clear at night,
  • Sunny and a bit warmer Sunday, then partly cloudy Sunday night.
  • lows 63-57 warming to 56 Sunday night highs 89-94.
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday, partly cloudy Monday night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Tuesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just partly cloudy late at night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear Wednesday night.
  • highs 86-92 lows 62-58. (seasonal averages high 86 low 57)

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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:

  • Partly cloudy with evening coastal haze and mostly cloudy with coastal haze late tonight while becoming mostly cloudy with inland haze tonight,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer Friday afternoon, clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Friday night,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny Saturday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy at night,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon, then partly cloudy Sunday night.
  • lows 58-54 warming to 56 Sunday night highs 76-79.
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday, partly cloudy Monday night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Tuesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Wednesday, partly cloudy Wednesday night,
  • Then sunny Thursday.
  •  highs near 75-77 lows near 56. (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 a slight (20%) chance of evening thunderstorms, mostly cloudy and hazy late tonight,
  • A mix of clouds with AM haze, sunny and a bit cooler Friday afternoon, mostly clear Friday night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, partly cloudy at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday afternoon and Sunday night.
  • snow level above 8,000 ft. tonight, free air freezing level 14000 ft. Friday, 15,000 ft. falling to 14,000 ft. late Friday night, 14,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night.
  • lows 54-50 warming to 52 Saturday night cooling back to 50 Sunday night highs 77-80 cooling to 78 Sunday.
  • A mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance evening showers, partly cloudy late Monday night,
  • A mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy Tuesday night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday afternoon, partly cloudy Wednesday night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday.
  • snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday through Wednesday, free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday.
  • highs 70-68 warming 73 Thursday lows 52-48.

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For all of your Eugene-Springfield and Lane County News, Weather, and Sports go to: EugeneDailyNews.com


Aug
16.
8.17.23 A mix of clouds and sun, smoky and cooler today for your Thursday.
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Here is my weekly new weather quiz question. What are “Nacreous clouds”?

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Upper Level Low Pressure off the California coast will help to slowly cool our Hot temperatures. The graphics for days 1-3  show a cold front moving into the Pacific Northwest Friday. The graphics for days 3-7   Sunday through Thursday show a frontal system moving into the Pacific Northwest Monday and Tuesday.

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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 93 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 192 in the Unhealthy category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 97 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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ADVISORIES:
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TODAY  FOR  THE LOWER COLUMBIA, THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY, THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, AND THE CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM WEDNESDAY FOR SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE CURRY COUNTY COAST.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM TODAY CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY.   EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT  FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON, THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON, THE JOHN DAY BASIN, THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, AND NORTH CENTRAL  OREGON.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY, THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, THE OCHOCO, THE JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS, WALLOWA COUNTY, THE EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES, CENTRAL OREGON, AND THE NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM TODAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM UNTIL 11 PM TODAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR THE DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND THE MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT.
  • A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES AND AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TODAY UNTIL 9 PM FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES, AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM UNTIL 11 PM TODAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR THE UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST, THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR SMOKE IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE CASCADES FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY, AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR SMOG  IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE CASCADES FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY, AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM TODAY FOR SMOG FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA AND THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM TODAY FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR KLAMATH COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR CROOK COUNTY AND DESCHUTES COUNTY.

HEALTH ADVISORIES:

  • A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CULLABY LAKE IN CLATSOP  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 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:

  • A mix of clouds and sun, smoky and cooler, still hot today, partly cloudy tonight,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Friday, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny Saturday, then mostly clear Saturday night.
  • highs 92-85 lows 60-52 warming to 55 Saturday night.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday, partly cloudy Sunday night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday and at night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly clear Tuesday night.
  • highs 92-88 lows 59-57 warming back to 59 Tuesday night.  (seasonal averages high 84 low 52)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:

  • Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM thunderstorms, mostly cloudy and a bit cooler, still Hot with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms tonight,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit cooler Friday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Saturday, then mostly clear Saturday night.
  • highs 104-92 lows 63-57 warming to 59 Saturday night.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Sunday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday night,
  • Partly cloudy Monday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night,
  • Then sunny Wednesday.
  • highs 89-92 lows near 58. (seasonal averages high 86 low 57)

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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:

  • Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of inland AM thunderstorms, mostly cloudy and a bit cooler this afternoon, mostly cloudy tonight,
  • AM clouds, sunny Friday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny Saturday, then mostly clear Saturday night.
  • highs 79-77 lows 59-54.
  • Mostly sunny Sunday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late Sunday night,
  • Partly cloudy Monday, partly cloudy at night,
  • Partly cloudy Tuesday,partly cloudy Tuesday night,
  • Then sunny Wednesday.
  •  highs near 77 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 67 low 54)

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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County:

  • Mostly cloudy and hazy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms and a bit cooler this afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers and thunderstorms, just mostly cloudy late tonight,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Friday, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, then just partly cloudy late Saturday night.
  • free air freezing level 15,000 ft. today, snow level above 8,000 ft. tonight, 14000 ft. Friday through Saturday, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Saturday night.
  • highs 82-76 warming to 77 Saturday lows 56-50.
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday afternoon and evening, just partly cloudy late Sunday night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday afternoon and evening, partly cloudy Monday night,
  • Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy Tuesday night,
  • Then partly cloudy Wednesday.
  • snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday through Tuesday, then free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Wednesday.
  • highs 75-72 lows near 49.

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For all of your Eugene-Springfield and Lane County News, Weather, and Sports go to: EugeneDailyNews.com


Aug
16.
8.16.23 Partly cloudy hazy and smoky tonight.
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Here is my weekly new weather quiz question. What are “Nacreous clouds”?

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Upper Level Low Pressure off the California coast will help to slowly cool our Hot temperatures. The graphics for days 1-3  show no fronts moving into the Pacific Northwest, but one to our northwest Thursday.  The graphics for days 3-7   Saturday through Wednesday show a frontal system moving into the Pacific Northwest Saturday. Then another cold front to our northwest next Tuesday.

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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 107 in the Unhealthy for Sensitive groups category measuring Particulate Matter.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 223 in the Very Unhealthy category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 110 in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category measuring Particulate Matter.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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ADVISORIES:
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA, THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS, AND THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THURSDAY  FOR  THE LOWER COLUMBIA, THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY, THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, AND THE CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM WEDNESDAY FOR SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE CURRY COUNTY COAST.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM THURSDAY CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY.   EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY  FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON, THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON, THE JOHN DAY BASIN, THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, AND NORTH CENTRAL  OREGON.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY, THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, THE OCHOCO, THE JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS, WALLOWA COUNTY, THE EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES, CENTRAL OREGON, AND THE NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN, WESTERN,  AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON, THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON, AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR BAKER COUNTY AND THE OREGON LOWER TREASURE VALLEY.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS AND THE MT. HOOD NATIONAL FOREST WEST OF CASCADE CREST.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, THE KLAMATH BASIN, AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR THE DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND THE MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT.
  • A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, THE KLAMATH BASIN, AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST.
  • A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE OF THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES AND AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 9 PM FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES, AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR THE UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST, THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR SMOKE IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE CASCADES FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY, AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR SMOG  IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE CASCADES FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY, AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR SMOG FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA AND THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM THURSDAY FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR KLAMATH COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR CROOK COUNTY AND DESCHUTES COUNTY.

HEALTH ADVISORIES:

  • A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CULLABY LAKE IN CLATSOP  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 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 tonight,
  • Partly cloudy and cooler, still warm Thursday, partly cloudy Thursday night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Friday, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny Saturday, then mostly clear Saturday night.
  • lows 63-52 warming to 55 Saturday night highs 92-85.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday, partly cloudy Sunday night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday and at night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly clear Tuesday night.
  • highs 92-88 lows 59-57 warming back to 59 Tuesday night.  (seasonal averages high 84 low 52)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:

  • Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening thunderstorms, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms late tonight,
  • Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM thunderstorms, mostly cloudy and a bit cooler, still Hot with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Thursday afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Thursday night,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit cooler Friday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Saturday, then mostly clear Saturday night.
  • lows 67-58 highs 104-92.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Sunday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday night,
  • Partly cloudy Monday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night,
  • Then sunny Wednesday.
  • highs 89-92 lows near 58. (seasonal averages high 86 low 57)

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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:

  • Becoming mostly cloudy late tonight,
  • Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of inland AM thunderstorms, mostly cloudy and a bit cooler Thursday afternoon, mostly cloudy Thursday night,
  • AM clouds, sunny Friday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny Saturday, then mostly clear Saturday night.
  • lows 59-55 highs 79-77.
  • Mostly sunny Sunday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late Sunday night,
  • Partly cloudy Monday, partly cloudy at night,
  • Partly cloudy Tuesday,partly cloudy Tuesday night,
  • Then sunny Wednesday.
  •  highs near 77 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 67 low 54)

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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County:

  • Mostly cloudy with areas of smoke and a slight (20%) chance of evening thunderstorms, mostly cloudy land hazy with areas of smoke late tonight,
  • Mostly cloudy and hazy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms and a bit cooler Thursday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers and thunderstorms, just mostly cloudy late Thursday night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Friday, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, then just partly cloudy late Saturday night.
  • free air freezing level 16,000 ft. tonight, 15,000 ft. Thursday, snow level above 8,000 ft. Thursday night, 14000 ft. Friday through Saturday, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Saturday night.
  • lows 62-50 highs 82-76 warming to 77 Saturday.
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday afternoon and evening, just partly cloudy late Sunday night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday afternoon and evening, partly cloudy Monday night,
  • Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy Tuesday night,
  • Then partly cloudy Wednesday.
  • snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday through Tuesday, then free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Wednesday.
  • highs 75-72 lows near 49.

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For all of your Eugene-Springfield and Lane County News, Weather, and Sports go to: EugeneDailyNews.com


Aug
15.
8.16.23 Mostly sunny, still hot, still smoky today for your Wednesday.
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Here is my weekly new weather quiz question. What are “Nacreous clouds”?

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Upper Level Low Pressure off the California coast will help to slowly cool our Hot temperatures. The graphics for days 1-3  show no fronts moving into the Pacific Northwest, but one to our northwest Thursday.  The graphics for days 3-7   Saturday through Wednesday show a frontal system moving into the Pacific Northwest Saturday. Then another cold front to our northwest next Tuesday.

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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 81 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 100 in the Moderate category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 47in the Good category measuring Ozone.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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ADVISORIES:
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA, THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS, AND THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THURSDAY  FOR  THE LOWER COLUMBIA, THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY, THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, AND THE CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM WEDNESDAY FOR SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST, THE CURRY COUNTY COAST, CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY  THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PH THURSDAY FOR THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON, THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON, THE JOHN DAY BASIN, THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, AND NORTH CENTRAL  OREGON.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES, AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY, THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, THE OCHOCO, THE JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS, WALLOWA COUNTY, THE EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES, CENTRAL OREGON, AND THE NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS AND THE MT. HOOD NATIONAL FOREST WEST OF CASCADE CREST.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, THE KLAMATH BASIN, AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST.
  • A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, THE KLAMATH BASIN, AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST.
  • A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES, AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR SMOKE IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE CASCADES FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY, AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR SMOG  IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE CASCADES FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY, AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR SMOG FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA AND THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR KLAMATH COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR DESCHUTES COUNTY.

HEALTH ADVISORIES:

  • A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CULLABY LAKE IN CLATSOP  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 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:

  • Mostly sunny smoky and still hot, today, partly cloudy  and hazy tonight,
  • Partly cloudy and cooler, still very warm Thursday,  partly cloudy at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Friday, then mostly clear Friday night.
  • highs 103-89 lows 62-54.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Saturday, partly cloudy Saturday night,
  • Mostly sunny Sunday, partly cloudy at night,
  • Partly cloudy Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday.
  • highs 87-89 lows near56  (seasonal averages high 84 low 52)

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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count:

Grass Pollen: Absent (0)

Weeds: Moderate (10)

Tree Pollen: Low (2)
Last counted: 8.8.23
Data courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.
The pollen season is over.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:

  • Sunny and a bit cooler, still Hot, today and hazy with areas of smoke and a slight (20%) chance of afternoon thunderstorms, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening thunderstorms, just partly cloudy late tonight,
  • Some AM clouds with a slight (20%) chance of showers, mostly cloudy and a bit cooler, still Hot with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday afternoon, mostly cloudy in the evening, then partly cloudy late Thursday night,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit cooler Friday afternoon, then mostly clear Friday night.
  • highs 104-92 lows 67-58.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Sunday, mostly clear at night,
  • Then mostly sunny Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday.
  • highs 89-92 lows near 58. (seasonal averages high 86 low 57)

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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:

  • Patchy coastal fog, sunny and a bit warmer this afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight,
  • Patchy AM coastal fog, mostly cloudy and a bit cooler Thursday afternoon, mostly cloudy at night,
  • AM clouds, sunny Friday afternoon, then mostly clear Friday night.
  • highs 79-77 lows 59-55.
  • Mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Saturday night,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
  • Partly cloudy Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
  • Then mostly sunny Tuesday.
  •  highs near 77 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 67 low 54)

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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County:

  • Mostly cloudy with areas of smoke today and hazy this afternoon, areas of smoke with a  a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just mostly cloudy late tonight,
  • A mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just partly cloudy late at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Friday, then mostly clear Friday night.
  • free air freezing level 16,000 ft. late today and tonight, snow level above 8,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, then 14000 ft. Friday and Friday night.
  • highs 92-77 lows 62-50.
  • AM sun, partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and evening, just partly cloudy late Saturday night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday and a slight (20%) chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms, just partly cloudy late at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Monday afternoon, partly cloudy Monday night,
  • Then mostly sunny Tuesday.
  • snow level above 8,000 ft. Saturday through Monday, free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Monday night, then 14,000 ft. Tuesday.
  • highs 76-70 warming to 75 Tuesday lows 48-45 warming to 47 Monday night.

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8.15.23 Mostly clear, hazy and smoky overnight.
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Here is my weekly new weather quiz question. What are “Nacreous clouds”?

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Upper Level Low Pressure off the California coast will help to slowly cool our Hot temperatures. The graphics for days 1-3  show no fronts moving into the Pacific Northwest.  The graphics for days 3-7   Thursday through Monday show a frontal system to our north all of next week but it won’t be moving into the Pacific Northwest until next Friday through Monday. Then another cold front to our northwest next Tuesday.

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Air Quality Index:
Eugene/Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 155 in the Unhealthy category measuring Particulate Matter.
Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 130 in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category measuring Particulate Matter.
Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 76 in the Moderate category measuring Ozone.
Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)
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ADVISORIES:
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA, THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS, AND THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM  THURSDAY  FOR  THE LOWER COLUMBIA, THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY, THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, AND THE CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON, THE CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON, THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON, AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM WEDNESDAY FOR SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST, THE CURRY COUNTY COAST, CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY  THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PH THURSDAY FOR THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES.
  • AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON, THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON, THE JOHN DAY BASIN, THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, AND NORTH CENTRAL  OREGON.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES, AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY, THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, THE OCHOCO, THE JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS, WALLOWA COUNTY, THE EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES, CENTRAL OREGON, AND THE NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS.
  • A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS AND THE MT. HOOD NATIONAL FOREST WEST OF CASCADE CREST.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TODAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, THE KLAMATH BASIN, AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST.
  • A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, THE KLAMATH BASIN, AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST.
  • A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR THE DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND THE MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT.
  • A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES, AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR SMOKE IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE CASCADES FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY, AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR SMOG  IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY, THE CASCADES FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY, AND THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR SMOG FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA AND THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR KLAMATH COUNTY.
  • AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR DESCHUTES COUNTY.

HEALTH ADVISORIES:

  • A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CULLABY LAKE IN CLATSOP  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 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 NEAR WILLAMETTE COVE IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A CYANOBACTERIA BLOOM HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO EXTEND DOWNSTREAM (NORTH) TO THE AREA NEAR CATHEDRAL PARK IN PORTLAND. 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:

  • Mostly clear hazy and smoky tonight,
  • Mostly sunny smoky and still hot, Wednesday, partly cloudy  and hazy Wednesday night,
  • Partly cloudy and cooler, still very warm Thursday,  partly cloudy at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Friday, then mostly clear Friday night.
  • lows 63-54 highs 103-89.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Saturday, partly cloudy Saturday night,
  • Mostly sunny Sunday, partly cloudy at night,
  • Partly cloudy Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday.
  • highs 87-89 lows near56  (seasonal averages high 84 low 52)

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Eugene-Springfield Pollen Count:

Grass Pollen: Absent (0)

Weeds: Moderate (10)

Tree Pollen: Low (2)
Last counted: 8.8.23
Data courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates.
The pollen season is over.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:

  • Clear tonight,
  • Sunny and a bit cooler, still Hot, Wednesday and hazy with areas of smoke and a slight (20%) chance of afternoon thunderstorms, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening thunderstorms, just partly cloudy late Wednesday night,
  • Some AM clouds with a slight (20%) chance of showers, mostly cloudy and a bit cooler, still Hot with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday afternoon, mostly cloudy in the evening, then partly cloudy late Thursday night,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit cooler Friday afternoon, then mostly clear Friday night.
  • lows 69-58 highs 104-92.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Sunday, mostly clear at night,
  • Then mostly sunny Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday.
  • highs 89-92 lows near 58. (seasonal averages high 86 low 57)

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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:

  • Mostly clear with patchy dense evening coastal fog and partly cloudy with patchy dense coastal fog late tonight,
  • Patchy coastal fog, sunny and a bit warmer Wednesday afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late Wednesday night,
  • Patchy AM coastal fog, mostly cloudy and a bit cooler Thursday afternoon, mostly cloudy at night,
  • AM clouds, sunny Friday afternoon, then mostly clear Friday night.
  • lows 60-55 highs 79-77.
  • Mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Saturday night,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
  • Partly cloudy Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
  • Then mostly sunny Tuesday.
  •  highs near 77 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 67 low 54)

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Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including the Cascades in Lane County:

  • Mostly cloudy with areas of smoke and a slight (20%) chance of evening showers and thunderstorms, mostly cloudy with areas of smoke late tonight,
  • Mostly cloudy with areas of smoke Wednesday and hazy in the afternoon, areas of smoke with a  a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just mostly cloudy late Wednesday night,
  • A mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just partly cloudy late at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Friday, then mostly clear Friday night.
  • free air freezing level 16,000 ft. late tonight through Wednesday night, snow level above 8,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, then 14000 ft. Friday and Friday night.
  • lows 62-50 highs 92-77.
  • AM sun, partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and evening, just partly cloudy late Saturday night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday and a slight (20%) chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms, just partly cloudy late at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Monday afternoon, partly cloudy Monday night,
  • Then mostly sunny Tuesday.
  • snow level above 8,000 ft. Saturday through Monday, free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Monday night, then 14,000 ft. Tuesday.
  • highs 76-70 warming to 75 Tuesday lows 48-45 warming to 47 Monday night.

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For all of your Eugene-Springfield and Lane County News, Weather, and Sports go to: EugeneDailyNews.com


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