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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 bringing us more clouds and cooler temperatures. A weak high pressure ridge will help bring back the sunshine and warm us up again. More frontal systems will approach us by the end of the the weekend.
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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 Wednesday AM, then partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon through Friday night lows 50-53 highs 75-82. Partly cloudy Saturday through Tuesday highs 83-76 lows near 53. (seasonal averages high 83 low 52)
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The Pollen forecast for the Eugene/Springfield Area is for weeds and trees to be Low, and Grass to be Moderate. Mold will be Moderate.The grass pollen season is pretty much over. (Provided by Allergy and Asthma Research Group)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday AM, mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear Wednesday night, sunny Thursday, then mostly clear Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday, then mostly clear Friday night lows 54-57 highs 79-88. Partly cloudy Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Saturday night, mostly sunny Sunday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Sunday night, then mostly sunny Monday and Tuesday with mostly clear nights highs 90-80 lows 57-60 cooling to 53 Monday night. (seasonal averages high 87 low 55)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday AM, mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Wednesday night through Thursday AM, sunny Thursday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy Thursday night through Friday night lows 55-50 warming to 55 Saturday night highs 65-67. Partly cloudy Saturday, partly cloudy with patchy late night and early AM fog Saturday night through Sunday night, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Monday AM, mostly sunny Monday afternoon, then partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday highs near 65 lows 54-55 cooling top 50 Monday night. (seasonal averages high 67 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy tonight through Thursday AM, mostly sunny Thursday afternoon, mostly clear Thursday evening, then partly cloudy Thursday night through Friday night snow level above 8,000 ft. tonight, free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Wednesday, 14,000 ft. Wednesday night, 15,000 ft. Thursday, 14,000 ft. Thursday night, 15,000 ft. Friday, then 14,000 ft. Friday night lows 42-46 highs 65-76. Partly cloudy Saturday AM, then mostly sunny Saturday afternoon through Tuesday with mostly clear skies at night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, 14,000 ft. Friday night through Saturday night, then 15,000 ft. Sunday through Tuesday highs 76-68 lows near 45.
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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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