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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 Monday for another round of clouds and cooling. Another cold front will come through by mid week. 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: Mostly clear tonight, partly Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Saturday night through Monday AM, then mostly clear Monday night lows near 50 highs 86-82 warming to 85 Monday. Mostly sunny Tuesday AM, then partly cloudy Tuesday through Friday highs 83-78 lows 50-54. (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 Absent, 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, partly cloudy Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Saturday evening, partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Sunday evening, partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday AM, sunny Monday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy Monday night lows 58-55 highs 90-86. Partly cloudy Tuesday through Friday highs near 85 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 with patchy fog late tonight, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday AM, mostly sunny Saturday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy Saturday night with patchy coastal fog late at night and Sunday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy at night with patchy coastal fog late Sunday night, partly cloudy with AM and late night fog Monday and Monday night lows 55-52 highs near 65. Partly cloudy with patchy early AM and late night fog Tuesday and Tuesday night, mostly cloudy Wednesday AM with patchy fog, partly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday, then mostly cloudy Thursday night and Friday highs 65-68 cooling to 65 by Friday lows near 53. (seasonal averages high 67 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night, mostly sunny Sunday and Monday with mostly clear nights free air freezing level 14,000 ft. tonight 15,000 ft. Saturday, 14,000 ft. Saturday night, 15,000 ft. Sunday, 14,000 ft. Sunday night and Monday, then 13,000 ft. Monday night lows 44-47 highs 78-73 warming to near 77 Monday. Mostly sunny days Tuesday through Friday with mostly clear skies at night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Tuesday, 15,000 ft. Tuesday night, then 13,000 ft. Wednesday through Friday highs 76-68 lows near 46.
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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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