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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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A high pressure ridge has brought back the sunshine and warms us up again. Another low pressure trough and a weak cold front will move down by the end of the the weekend for another round of clouds and cooling Sunday and Monday.
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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 tonight and Friday AM, mostly sunny and a bit warmer in the afternoon, mostly clear Friday night, partly cloudy Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Saturday night through Sunday night lows 53-48 warming to 53 Monday highs 85-82. Partly cloudy Tuesday through Thursday highs 83-80 lows 48-54. (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: Mostly clear tonight, sunny and warmer Friday, mostly clear Friday night, partly cloudy Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Saturday evening, partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Sunday night lows 55-60 cooling to 54 Saturday and warming to 57 Sunday night highs 90-88. Partly cloudy Monday through Thursday highs 89-80 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 87 low 56)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy and breezy (wind: N 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph, decreasing to N 5-10 mph late at night) with patchy fog late tonight and Friday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog Friday night and Saturday AM, mostly sunny Saturday afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Saturday night and Sunday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Sunday night lows 53-58 cooling to 53 Sunday night highs 68-62. Partly cloudy with patchy early AM and late night fog Monday through Tuesday, mostly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday, then just partly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday highs 63-66 lows near 54. (seasonal averages high 67 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Friday through Sunday with mostly clear nights free air freezing level 14,000 ft. tonight and. Friday, 14,000 ft. Friday night, 15,000 ft. Saturday, 14,000 ft. Saturday night, 15,000 ft. Sunday, then 14,000 ft. Sunday night lows 43-47 highs 72-78 cooling to near 72. Mostly sunny Monday through Thursday with mostly clear skies at night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Monday, 13,000 ft. Monday night, 14,000 ft. Tuesday, 15,000 ft. Tuesday night, then 13,000 ft. Wednesday through Thursday 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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