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Have a safe 4th of July holiday weekend. Less sun Sunday and cooler, but at least it won’t be raining on your picnic. Don’t Drink and Drive or Boat and Drive. The least you could get is a ticket and the worst is a ticket to the last roundup for you and maybe someone else. Be safe.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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Here are your detailed forecasts.**
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A high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape) is moving through bringing us sunshine and much warmer temperatures. A frontal system along with a weak upper level disturbance ( “U” shape) will change our weather back to more clouds and cooler temperatures Sunday then back to more sunshine and warmer for the 4th.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy late at night and Sunday AM, a mix of clouds and sun Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog late at night and Monday AM, sunny and warmer Monday afternoon (Independence Day), clear Monday night, sunny Tuesday, then mostly clear at night lows 48-44 warming to near 50 Tuesday night highs 75-83. Mostly sunny days and mostly clear nights Wednesday through Saturday highs 80-76 warming to 80 Tuesday and Wednesday lows 52-47. (seasonal averages high 79 low 50)
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The Pollen forecast for the Eugene/Springfield Area is for trees to be absent, weeds to be low, and Grass to be moderate. (Provided by Allergy and Asthma Research Group)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly clear tonight, AM clouds, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of drizzle Sunday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon through Monday AM, mostly sunny Monday afternoon (Independence Day), clear Monday night, mostly sunny Tuesday then mostly clear Tuesday night lows 55-52 warming to 55 Monday night and Tuesday night highs 80-88. Mostly sunny days with mostly clear nights Wednesday through Saturday highs 88-82 lows 52-55. (seasonal averages high 83 low 53)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy tonight with a slight (20%) chance of coastal drizzle late tonight and early Sunday AM, mostly cloudy Sunday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog Sunday night and Monday AM, mostly sunny Monday afternoon (Independence Day), mostly clear Monday night, then mostly sunny Tuesday and mostly clear Tuesday night lows 54-50 warming to 53 Tuesday night highs 62-66. Sunny Wednesday, mostly clear with patchy fog late at night and Thursday AM, Mostly sunny days and mostly clear nights Thursday with patchy late night and early AM fog through Friday night, then partly cloudy after AM fog Saturday highs 66-60 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 66 low 52).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Sunday AM (possible drizzle near Mt. Hood), a mix of clouds and sun in the afternoon, partly cloudy Sunday night, mostly sunny and warmer Monday (Independence Day), clear Monday night, sunny and warmer Tuesday, mostly clear Tuesday night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. falling to 12,000 ft. late tonight, 12,000 ft. rising to 13,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, rising to 14,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, then rising to 15,000 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night lows 42-37 warming to 45 Tuesday night highs 65-76. Mostly sunny days and mostly clear nights Wednesday through Saturday free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Wednesday, 13,000 ft. Wednesday night, 13,000 ft. Thursday through Friday night, then rising to 14,000 ft. Saturday highs 74-68 lows 45-40.
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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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