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The National Weather Service has designated this week as “Severe Weather Awareness Week” and has instructions to tell you what to do during various types of severe weather. Just follow this link for the whole week of information. Severe Weather Awareness Week.

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An upper level high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape approaching the Pacific Northwest) will bring much warmer and brighter weather for the rest of the weekend.  A weak frontal system will be moving in early next week, but it shouldn’t push us all the way back to colder than normal and very wet.

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Advisories:  NONE AT THIS TIME.

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Here are your detailed forecasts. **

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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Areas of frost and patchy fog early this AM, mostly sunny and warmer today, partly cloudy this evening, then mostly cloudy late at night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain, a (40%) chance of afternoon showers and cooler Monday, mostly cloudy in the evening with a slight (20%) chance of showers, partly cloudy Monday night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, then just partly cloudy Tuesday night highs 72-59 lows 44-35.  Mostly sunny and warmer Wednesday, mostly clear Wednesday night,  partly cloudy Thursday,  partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night, a (40%) chance of showers Friday,  then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night and Saturday highs 73-58 lows 37-45. (seasonal  averages high  64 low 41)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny and warmer this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Monday, partly cloudy Monday night, mostly sunny Tuesday, then mostly clear Tuesday night highs 75-60-65 lows 45-38.  Mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night, a (30%) chance of showers Friday, a (40%) chance of showers Friday night, then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday highs 76-59 lows  39-47. (seasonal averages high 68 low 43)

[If you live in Douglas County here is a great garden tip for you. The Douglas County OSU Extension Service Master Gardeners will be holding their annual Plant & Garden Expo on Saturday, May 7th, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Douglas County Fairgrounds (Exit 123 off I-5). Don’t miss it.]

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Patchy frost along the shore early this AM, sunny and warmer this afternoon, partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy at night, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Monday, partly cloudy Monday night, mostly sunny Tuesday, then mostly clear Tuesday night highs 55-53-59 lows 46-40. Mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night, a (30%) chance of showers Friday, a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night, then cloudy with rain likely (60%) Saturday highs 60-53 lows 45-48. (seasonal averages high 59 low 45).

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny and warmer today, partly cloudy tonight, cloudy with a (30%) of rain Monday AM, a (30%) chance of afternoon rain and snow showers (0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: SW 5-10 mph shifting W 15-25 mph in the afternoon,  mostly cloudy Monday night with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers and colder, partly cloudy Tuesday with a slight (20%) chance of showers, and just partly cloudy Tuesday night free air freezing level 6,000 ft. rising to 9,000 ft. today and tonight, snow level 5,500 ft. Monday, 4,500 ft. Monday night, 3,500 ft. Tuesday, free air freezing level 6,500 ft. Tuesday night highs 59-48 lows 34-23 rising to 32 Tuesday night. Mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday, mostly clear Wednesday night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night, a (30%) chance of showers Friday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Friday night, then a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday free air freezing level 8,000 ft. Wednesday, 9,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday, snow level 8,000 ft. Thursday night, 7,000 ft. Friday, falling to 6,000 ft Friday night and Saturday highs 63-50 lows 34-30.

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**Because weather forecasting is a combination of science, intuition, and timing there can be no absolute guarantees that individual forecasts will be 100% accurate. Nature is in a constant state of flux and sudden unexpected weather events can happen.