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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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An upper level high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape) has moved away from the Pacific Northwest taking away the Summer heat with it. 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: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday AM, a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday afternoon, mostly cloudy Tuesday night, a mix of clouds and sun Wednesday, then partly cloudy Wednesday night through Thursday night lows 54-48 highs 75-80. Partly cloudy Friday through Monday highs 82-77 lows 50-54. (seasonal averages high 83 low 51)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy this evening, cloudy tonight and Tuesday AM, partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon and night, mostly cloudy Wednesday AM, mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear Wednesday evening, partly cloudy Wednesday night, mostly sunny Thursday afternoon, then mostly clear Thursday night lows 56-52 warming to 57 Thursday night highs 78-85. Mostly sunny Friday through Monday with mostly clear nights highs 87-90 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 and a slight (20%) chance of rain and patchy drizzle late tonight and Tuesday AM, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon, then partly cloudy Wednesday night through Thursday night lows 56-50 warming to 54 Thursday night highs 67-64. Partly cloudy Friday through Sunday AM, mostly sunny Sunday afternoon, then just partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday highs 66-63 lows 54-50. (seasonal averages high 67 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday AM, partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday night, mostly sunny Thursday AM, then partly cloudy Thursday afternoon and Thursday night snow level above 8,000 ft. tonight through Tuesday, free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Tuesday night, snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday, then free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday lows near 42 highs 66-74. Partly cloudy Friday AM, mostly sunny Friday afternoon and Saturday, mostly clear Friday night and Saturday night, partly cloudy in the AM, then mostly sunny Saturday afternoon, Sunday afternoon, and Monday afternoon with mostly clear skies at night free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Friday through Sunday, then 16,000 ft. Sunday night and Monday highs 76-68 lows near 44.
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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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