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October 3, 2022

Note: Weather is a constantly changing phenomenon and weather forecasting is a combination of science, experience, and intuition. The accuracy of any given forecast can chance due to unexpected changes in atmospheric conditions, so there are no guarantees the the actual weather will conform to the projected forecast.

ADVISORIES

  • AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TUESDAY FOR THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY AND THE LANE COUNTY CASCADES.

HEALTH ADVISORIES

  • PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORIES THAT WERE ISSUED FOR UNSAFE LEVELS OF FECAL BACTERIA IN OCEAN WATERS AT ROCKAWAY BEACH IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY AND IN OCEAN WATERS AT SHORT SAND BEACH IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY HAVE BEEN LIFTED.
  • A RECREATIONAL HEALTH ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF UPPER KLAMATH LAKE IN KLAMATH COUNTY INCLUDING SHOALWATER BAY DUE THE PRESENCE OF A CYANOBACTERIA (BLUE-GREEN ALGAE) BLOOM AND CYANOTOXINS ABOVE RECREATIONAL USE VALUES FOR HUMAN EXPOSURE. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID SWIMMING AND HIGH-SPEED WATER ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS WATER SKIING OR POWER BOATING, IN AREAS OF THE LAKE WHERE BLOOMS ARE, AS THE MAJOR RISK OF EXPOSURE IS FROM INGESTING WATER. THESE TOXINS ARE NOT ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN. HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVE SKIN SENSITIVITIES  YOU MAY GET A PUFFY RED RASH. IT CAN BE HARMFUL TO PETS AND PEOPLE IF ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OCCURS. SPECIAL CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER ONES, WHEN THEY ARE NEAR THE WATER.
  • NOTE: THE RECREATIONAL HEALTH ADVISORY ISSUED FOR THE WILLAMETTE RIVER NEAR CATHEDRAL PARK IN NORTH PORTLAND  AND UPSTREAM (SOUTH) TO THE WILLAMETTE COVE AREA NEAR THE SP&S RAILROAD BRIDGE DUE THE PRESENCE OF A CYANOBACTERIA (BLUE-GREEN ALGAE) BLOOM AND CYANOTOXINS HAS BEEN LIFTED. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH SIGNS OF BLOOM, EXPOSURES, AND SYMPTOMS BY VISITING OHA’S CYANOBACTERIA HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOM WEBSITE AT:  http://www.healthoregon.org/hab.
  • A PERMANENT RECREATIONAL HEALTH ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER AND MAINSTEM UMPQUA RIVER. THE ADVISORY COVERS THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER FROM CANYONVILLE DOWNSTREAM TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE MAINSTEM UMPQUA RIVER, AND THE MAINSTEM UMPQUA RIVER DOWNSTREAM PAST ELKTON TO LAWSON BAR. PEOPLE IN THE BEDROCK ALONG THE RIVERS EDGE ARE ARE KNOWN TO DEVELOP CYANOBACTERIA (BLUE-GREEN ALGAE) BLOOMS THAT CAN BE HARMFUL TO PETS AND PEOPLE IF ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OCCURS. SIGNS HAVE BEEN POSTED AT SEVERAL ACCESS AREAS ALONG THE RIVER.

THE WEATHER PATTERN

  • An Upper Level High Pressure Ridge (“Arch” shape) has taken over giving us above normal temperatures. The graphics for days 1-3 show no frontal activity in Oregon through the period. The graphics for days 3-7  Wednesday through Sunday show no frontal systems approaching the Pacific Northwest through the period.

Forecast for the South Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield:

  • Becoming partly cloudy late tonight,
  • AM clouds, a mix of clouds and sun and a bit cooler Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog late Tuesday night,
  • Some AM clouds with patchy fog, sunny Wednesday afternoon, partly cloudy at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Thursday, mostly cloudy in the evening, then partly cloudy late Thursday night.
  • lows 52-50 warming back to 52 Wednesday night and Thursday night highs 77-79.
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer Friday afternoon, mostly clear Friday night,
  • Some AM clouds, mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear at night,
  • Some AM clouds, mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night,
  • Then partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday (Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day).
  • highs near 80-82 cooling to 79 Monday lows near 52. (Seasonal Averages high 71 low 44)

Forecast for the Umpqua Valley including Roseburg:

  • Becoming mostly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight,
  • Mostly cloudy with areas of AM fog, sunny and a bit cooler Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear with patchy fog late Tuesday night,
  • Some AM clouds with patchy fog, sunny and a bit cooler Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
  • Some AM clouds, mostly cloudy and a bit warmer Thursday afternoon, then partly cloudy Thursday night.
  • lows near 55 highs 79-82.
  • Some AM clouds with patchy fog, sunny and a bit warmer Friday afternoon, mostly clear Friday night,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear both nights,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Monday (Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day).
  • highs 83-85 cooling to 82 Monday lows near 56. (Seasonal Averages high 73 low 48).

Forecast for the Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:

  • Partly cloudy with patchy evening coastal fog, mostly cloudy with widespread dense fog late tonight,
  • Mostly cloudy with AM widespread dense fog, partly cloudy and warmer Tuesday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Tuesday night,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer Wednes10day afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy late Wednesday night.
  • lows 53-55 highs 70-75 cooling to 73 Wednesday.
  • Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler Thursday, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Thursday night,
  • AM clouds, sunny Friday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late at night,
  • Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Saturday through Sunday night,
  • Then partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday (Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day).
  • highs near 74 lows near 55. (Seasonal Averages high 65 low 49)

Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including Willamette Pass:

  • Clear and hazy with areas of smoke tonight,
  • Mostly sunny with AM haze and smoke, partly cloudy and hazy with areas of smoke Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear and hazy with areas of smoke Tuesday night,
  • Mostly sunny and hazy with areas of smoke and a bit warmer Wednesday, mostly clear and hazy with areas of smoke at night,
  • Mostly sunny with AM haze and areas of smoke, then partly cloudy and hazy with areas of smoke and a bit warmer Thursday and Thursday night.
  • free air freezing level 15,000 ft. tonight, 15,000 ft. falling to 14,000 ft. Tuesday afternoon, 14,000 ft. rising to 15,000 ft. Tuesday night, 15,000 ft. Wednesday, then 14,000 ft. Wednesday night through Thursday night.
  • lows 45-47 highs 72-74.
  • Some AM clouds with haze and areas of smoke, mostly sunny and hazy with areas of smoke and a bit cooler Friday afternoon, mostly clear and hazy with patchy smoke Friday night,
  • Mostly sunny with AM haze and areas of smoke, mostly sunny and a bit cooler Saturday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny and hazy with areas of smoke Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night,
  • Mostly sunny start, then partly cloudy and a bit cooler Monday afternoon (Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day).
  • free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, then 13,000 ft. Saturday through Monday.
  • highs 73-67 lows near 46.
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8/ 22 Plenty of sunshine, but cooler to start your workweek today.

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Mostly clear again tonight, then sunshine and slightly cooler for your Friday.

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Forecast for the Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:

  • Becoming mostly cloudy late tonight,
  • Some AM clouds, sunny and a bit warmer Friday afternoon, clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Friday night,
  • Mostly cloudy start, partly cloudy and slightly cooler Saturday afternoon, mostly clear at night,
  • Mostly sunny Sunday, then mostly clear Sunday night.
  • lows 54-56 cooling back to 54 Sunday night highs 70-69.
  • Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Monday, mostly clear Monday night,
  • Partly cloudy and slightly cooler Tuesday, partly cloudy at night,
  • Then partly cloudy Wednesday through Thursday.
  • highs 73-72 lows 54-56 cooling back to 54 Wednesday night. (Seasonal Averages high 66 low 54)

Forecast for the Northern Oregon Cascades including Willamette Pass:

  • Mostly clear tonight,
  • Mostly sunny and a bit cooler Friday, clear Friday night,
  • Sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, mostly clear at night,
  • Some AM clouds, mostly sunny and a bit cooler Sunday, then clear Sunday night.
  • free air freezing level 15,000 ft. falling to 14,000 ft. late tonight, 14,000 ft. rising to 15,000 ft. Friday afternoon, 15,000 ft. Friday night through Sunday, then 16,000 ft. Sunday night.
  • lows 49-47 highs 74-72 warming back to 74 Sunday.
  • Sunny and a bit warmer Monday, clear Monday night,
  • Sunny Tuesday, mostly clear at night,
  • Then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear Wednesday night.
  • free air freezing level 16,000 ft. Monday through Thursday.
  • highs 80-75 lows 53-50.