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Upper level low pressure (“U” shape offshore) will slide along the coast from the Gulf of Alaska and move across Oregon. It will cloud up again tonight with a weak frontal system moving in. Another frontal system due in late in the week will be bringing better chances for rain. Looks like the wettest day of the Memorial Day Holiday weekend will be Saturday with lesser chances Sunday and Monday.
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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: Partly cloudy this evening, becoming mostly cloudy with rain developing late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain Wednesday (0.50 in. of rain possible), showers likely (60%) Wednesday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Thursday AM, showers likely (60%) in the afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain likely (60%) Thursday night (0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Friday and a slight (20%) chance of a thunderstorm, then a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night lows 48-40 highs 58-62. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Saturday, a (30%) chance of showers Saturday night, AM clouds then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday night, AM clouds, a mix of clouds and sun Monday (Memorial Day) afternoon with a (40%) chance of showers, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday night and Tuesday highs 58-63 lows 42-45. (seasonal averages high 68 low 44)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Cloudy with a (20%) chance of rain this evening, rain late tonight and Wednesday AM, showers Wednesday afternoon, a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Thursday through Friday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night lows 50-42 highs 57-62. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Saturday, a (40%) chance of showers Saturday night, slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday and Sunday night, cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Monday (Memorial Day), then showers likely (60%) Monday night and Tuesday highs 60-66 cooling to near 60 Monday warming to 64 Tuesday lows near 45. (seasonal averages high 72 low 47)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with coastal rain likely (60%) this evening and a good (50%) chance of inland rain, rain late tonight and Wednesday AM, scattered coastal afternoon showers with showers inland, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) of showers Wednesday night, showers likely (60%) Thursday and Thursday night breezy Thursday night (wind: S 15-25 mph), showers likely (60%) Friday, then a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night lows 49-45 highs 60-55. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Saturday, a (30%) chance of showers Saturday night, a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday, a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday (Memorial Day), mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Monday night and Tuesday highs 55-60 cooling to 54 Monday then up to 56 Tuesday lows 44-47. (seasonal averages high 62 low 48).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy this evening, becoming cloudy late tonight with rain late at night (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain Wednesday (1-3 in. of snow possible, (0.75 in. of rain possible), rain and snow showers likely (60%) late Wednesday night (2-5 in. of snow possible), then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday AM, showers likely (60%) Thursday afternoon (1-3 in. of snow possible), rain or snow likely (60%) Thursday night (1-4 in. of snow possible), showers with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Friday, then showers likely (60%) Friday night snow level 7,000 ft. tonight, 6,000 ft. Wednesday, 4,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday, then 4,500 ft. Friday, and 5,000 ft. Friday night lows 35-28 highs 45-53. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Saturday, a (30%) chance of showers Saturday night and Sunday, partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday night and Monday, then partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Monday (Memorial Day), then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of of showers Monday night and Tuesday snow level 5,000 ft. Saturday, 5,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, 5,500 ft. Monday, 6,000 ft. Monday night, then 5,500 ft. Tuesday highs 40-54 lows 29-35.
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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.
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