Chamber forum looks at new workplace laws

by Bennett Hall

February 8, 2018

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Changes in employment law will be the focus of a Corvallis Chamber of Commerce luncheon forum next week.

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Forecast For 07/24/2021

Today's High: 93

Today's Low: 55

Tomorrows High: 92

Sunshine and getting hot to begin your weekend today.

ADVISORIES

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FROM 2 PM UNTIL 8 PM TODAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST. AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MONDAY FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR HARNEY COUNTY, BAKER COUNTY, AND MALHEUR COUNTY. HEALTH ADVISORIES: A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MALHEUR RESERVOIR IN MALHEUR COUNTY DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF AS CYANOBACTERIAL (HARMFUL ALGAE) BLOOM AND CYANOTOXINS (HARMFUL ALGAE TOXINS) ABOVE RECREATIONAL GUIDELINE VALUES FOR HUMAN EXPOSURE. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID SWIMMING AND HIGH-SPEED WATER SKIING OR POWER BOATING, IN AREAS OF THE LAKE WHERE BLOOMS ARE IDENTIFIED. BOATING IS SAFE AS LONG AS SPEEDS DO NOT CREATE EXCESSIVE WATER SPRAY, WHICH COULD LEAD TO INHALATION RISK. ALTHOUGH TOXINS ARE NOT ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SKIN SENSITIVITIES MAY EXPERIENCE A PUFFY RED RASH. A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR FERN RIDGE LAKE IN LANE COUNTY DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF AS CYANOBACTERIAL (HARMFUL ALGAE) BLOOM AND CYANOTOXINS (HARMFUL ALGAE TOXINS) ABOVE RECREATIONAL GUIDELINE VALUES FOR HUMAN EXPOSURE. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID SWIMMING AND HIGH-SPEED WATER SKIING OR POWER BOATING, IN AREAS OF THE LAKE WHERE BLOOMS ARE IDENTIFIED. BOATING IS SAFE AS LONG AS SPEEDS DO NOT CREATE EXCESSIVE WATER SPRAY, WHICH COULD LEAD TO INHALATION RISK. ALTHOUGH TOXINS ARE NOT ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SKIN SENSITIVITIES MAY EXPERIENCE A PUFFY RED RASH.

Weather Pattern

Upper Level High Pressure (“Arch” shape) is strengthening over the Pacific Northwest. The graphics for days 1-3 show no frontal systems through Oregon. The graphics for days 3-7 Tuesday through next Saturday show frontal activity moving into the Pacific Northwest Wednesday.

Eugene Area Forecast

Sunny and a bit warmer, hot, today, clear tonight,
Sunny and hot Sunday, mostly clear at night,
Partly cloudy and hot Monday, then partly cloudy Monday night.
highs 93-92 lows 55-57.
Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Tuesday, partly cloudy Tuesday night,
Some AM clouds, mostly sunny and a bit warmer, hot, Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
Mostly sunny and a bit warmer, hot, Thursday and Friday, mostly clear Thursday night,
highs 89-96 lows near 58. (Seasonal Averages high 86 low 52)

_____ EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD POLLEN COUNT: Grass Pollen – 5- MODERATE Tree Pollen – 3 – LOW Last measured 7/20/21 Data Courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates. The grass and tree pollen season has just about come to an end.

Umpqua Forecast

Sunny and hazy and a bit warmer, hot, today, clear and hazy tonight,
AM haze, sunny and slightly cooler, but still hot, Sunday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday, then partly cloudy Monday night.
highs 96-92 lows 62-60 warming back to 62 Monday night.
Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening thunderstorms, partly cloudy late Tuesday night,
Mostly sunny and a bit warmer, hot, Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear both nights,
Then mostly sunny and hot Friday.
highs 88-97 lows near 63. (Seasonal Averages high 88 low 58)

Coos Bay Forecast

AM inland haze, sunny and a bit warmer today, mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight,
Sunny Sunday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late at night,
Partly cloudy in the AM, then mostly cloudy Monday afternoon and Monday night.
highs near 72 lows 56-54.
Mostly cloudy Tuesday, mostly cloudy Tuesday night,
Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Wednesday through Thursday night,
Then sunny and a bit cooler Friday.
highs 72-74 cooling back to 72 Friday lows near 55. (Seasonal Averages high 67 low 54)

Cascades Forecast

Sunny and a bit warmer today, clear tonight,
Sunny and a bit cooler Sunday, partly cloudy at night,
Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday, then partly cloudy Monday night.
free air freezing level 16,000 ft. tonight through Monday night.
highs 85-82 lows near 52.
Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Tuesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night,
Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday and Friday, mostly clear Thursday night,
free air freezing level 16,000 ft. falling to 15,000 ft. Tuesday afternoon, snow level above 8,000 ft. Tuesday night, free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Wednesday, 16,000 ft. falling to 15,000 ft. late Wednesday night, then 15,000 ft. Thursday through Friday.
highs 77-84 lows 52-55.

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