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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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A high pressure ridge has brought back the sunshine and is warming 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. It seems like this seesaw temperature pattern will last a little while longer.
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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 AM, mostly sunny and a bit warmer in the afternoon, mostly clear tonight, partly cloudy Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Saturday night through Sunday night highs 86-82 lows 48-53. Mostly sunny Monday AM, then partly cloudy Monday afternoon 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: Sunny and warmer today, mostly clear tonight, 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 highs 90-88 lows 60-54 warming to 57 Sunday night. Partly cloudy Monday through Thursday highs 87-80 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 cloudy with patchy fog this AM, mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight 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 highs 68-62 lows 58-54. Partly cloudy with patchy early AM and late night fog Monday through Tuesday, mostly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday, then partly cloudy with patchy late night and AM fog againWednesday 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 sunny today through Sunday with mostly clear nights free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today, 15,000 ft. tonight and Saturday, 14,000 ft. Saturday night, 15,000 ft. Sunday, then 14,000 ft. Sunday night highs 74-78 cooling to near 72 Sunday lows 43-47. Mostly sunny days Monday through Thursday with mostly clear skies at night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Monday through Tuesday, 15,000 ft. Tuesday night, then 13,000 ft. Wednesday through Thursday highs 76-68 lows 45-42.
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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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