A Tale of Two Coffee Farmers: How They Are Surviving the Pandemic in Honduras

July 20, 2020

I am a third-generation member of a farming family in Honduras. I fondly remember getting up before dawn every day and riding several miles on the back of a mule…

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Forecast For 08/02/2021

Today's High: 95

Today's Low: 59

Tomorrows High: 95

How do you like August so far? No different than July, too hot!

ADVISORIES

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM UNTIL 8 PM TODAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTY. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TUESDAY FOR EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON 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. A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EAGLE RIDGE PARK ON UPPER KLAMATH LAKE IN KLAMATH 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 remains over the Pacific Northwest. The graphics for days 1-3 show no frontal systems approaching the Oregon coast. The graphics for days 3-7 Thursday through next Monday show frontal activity offshore through the week and moving toward the Pacific Northwest through Thursday, then pushing through the Pacific Northwest Friday through next Sunday.

Eugene Area Forecast

Mostly sunny and hot again today, mostly clear tonight,
Mostly sunny and hot Tuesday, mostly clear at night,
Partly cloudy and a bit cooler but still hot Wednesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers and thunderstorms, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms late Wednesday night.
highs 95-92 lows near 59.
A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, a mix of clouds and sun and cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night,
A mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler with a (40%) chance of showers Friday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, a (40%) chance of showers late at night,
Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, just partly cloudy and a bit cooler Saturday afternoon and Saturday night,
Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday.
highs 84-78 warming to 84 Sunday lows 5,9-53 (Seasonal Averages high 86 low 52)

_____ EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD POLLEN COUNT: Grass Pollen – 5- MODERATE Tree Pollen – 2 – LOW Last measured 7/27/21 Data Courtesy of Oregon Allergy Associates. The grass and tree pollen season has just about come to an end. _____

Umpqua Forecast

AM haze, sunny and a bit cooler today, mostly clear and hazy tonight, Sunny and hazy Tuesday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy at night,
Sunny and a bit cooler Wednesday, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Wednesday night.
highs 96-92 lows near 62.
AM clouds and patchy fog, sunny and a bit cooler Thursday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Thursday night,
Patchy AM fog, partly cloudy and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday afternoon and at night,
AM clouds with patchy fog, sunny and a bit cooler Saturday afternoon, mostly clear Saturday night,
Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday.
highs 85-87Friday lows 62-58. (Seasonal Averages high 88 low 58)

Coos Bay Forecast

Hazy with some AM clouds, sunny and hazy and a bit warmer this afternoon, partly cloudy and hazy this evening, mostly cloudy and hazy late tonight,
Hazy with some AM clouds, sunny and hazy Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late at night,
Partly cloudy Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of showers late Wednesday night.
highs near 70 lows near 55.
Patchy AM and late night fog, otherwise mostly cloudy and a bit warmer in the afternoon, mostly cloudy Thursday night,
Patchy AM and late night fog, mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday and at night,
AM clouds with patchy fog, sunny and a bit cooler Saturday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Saturday night,
Then sunny Sunday.
highs 72-73 cooling back to 72 Saturday and Sunday lows 57-54. (Seasonal Averages high 67 low 54)

Cascades Forecast

Mostly sunny with AM haze, partly cloudy a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just partly cloudy late tonight,
AM sun, partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night.
snow level above 8,000 ft. tonight through Monday night, free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Tuesday, 16,000 ft. Tuesday night, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night.
highs 83-82 lows 55-52.
A mix of clouds and sun and much cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday, just partly cloudy Thursday night,
Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, a (40%) chance of showers Friday afternoon and at night,
Partly cloudy and a bit cooler with slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday, just partly cloudy Saturday night,
Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday.
snow level above 8,000 ft. Thursday, free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Thursday night, snow level above 8,000 ft. Friday, free air freeing level 14,000 ft. Friday evening, snow level above 8,000 ft. Friday through Saturday, then free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Saturday night and Sunday.
highs 68-66 warming to 72 Sunday lows 47-45.

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