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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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An upper level high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape) is moving away from the Pacific Northwest taking away the Summer heat and sunshine. An upper level trough of low pressure is rolling in behind the ridge now and with a weak frontal system (shown offshore) will bring us more clouds and cooler temperatures. Will it bring just clouds or will we get showers too? So far it looks like mostly just the clouds. More disturbances will approach us by the end of the week.
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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: Mostly cloudy and cooler today with a slight (20%) chance of an early AM shower, partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday AM, a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday afternoon, mostly cloudy in the evening, partly cloudy Tuesday night, a mix of clouds and sun Wednesday, then partly cloudy Wednesday night highs 76-74 lows 53-48. Partly cloudy Thursday through Sunday highs 77-80 cooling to 76 Sunday lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 83 low 51)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy this AM with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms, partly cloudy this afternoon and evening, cloudy tonight, mostly cloudy Tuesday, partly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon, then mostly clear Wednesday night highs 79-75 warming to 80 Wednesday lows 55-50. Mostly sunny Thursday through Saturday with mostly clear nights highs 83-86 lows near 57. (seasonal averages high 87 low 55)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog early this AM and a slight (20%) chance of AM drizzle, just mostly cloudy in the afternoon and tonight with patchy coastal fog and a slight (20%) chance of light rain late or drizzle at night and Tuesday AM, just mostly cloudy Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Tuesday night, then partly cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night highs 64-68 cooling to 65 Wednesday lows 55-50. Partly cloudy Thursday AM, mostly sunny Thursday afternoon, partly cloudy Thursday night through Saturday AM, mostly sunny Saturday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Thursday night through Sunday AM, then mostly sunny Sunday afternoon highs 66-64 lows 50-54 cooling to 50 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 67 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of scattered showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this AM, mostly cloudy and cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers this afternoon and tonight, mostly cloudy Tuesday AM, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday, then just partly cloudy Wednesday night snow level above 8,000 ft. today through Wednesday, then a free air freezing level of 13,000 ft. Wednesday night highs 65-62-64 lows 44-40. Partly cloudy Thursday through Saturday AM, then mostly sunny Saturday afternoon and Sunday, mostly clear skies Saturday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, 15,000 ft. Friday, 14,000 ft. Friday night, 14,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, then 15,000 ft. Sunday highs 67-72 cooling to near 65 Sunday lows near 43.
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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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