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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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The upper air flow continues to be onshore and that means don’t look for any serous changes in the weather through most of next 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: Mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy tonight, a mix of clouds and sun Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Saturday night, mostly sunny Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night, partly cloudy in the AM Monday, then mostly clear Monday night lows 53-48 highs near 82. Mostly sunny Tuesday through Thursday with mostly clear nights, partly cloudy Thursday night, then a min of clouds and sun Friday AM and mostly sunny Friday afternoon highs 80-85 cooling to near 80 Friday lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 84 low 52)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Saturday AM with a slight (20%) chance of light rain and drizzle in the AM, sunny Saturday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly clear Saturday night, sunny Sunday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly clear Sunday night, mostly sunny Monday, then mostly clear Monday night lows 57-53 highs near 85. Partly cloudy Monday and Monday night, mostly sunny Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with mostly clear nights, patchy AM fog then sunny Friday afternoon highs near 85 lows 53-56. (seasonal averages high 86 low 57)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday AM with patchy coastal fog, a slight (20%) chance of AM rain and drizzle inland, sunny Saturday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday AM, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon and evening, then mostly cloudy Sunday night through Monday night lows 55-50 highs 63-66. Mostly cloudy Tuesday AM, mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy with late night and early AM fog Tuesday night through Thursday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and drizzle Friday AM, then partly cloudy with patchy lingering fog Friday afternoon highs 64-66 lows near 53. (seasonal averages high 65 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Saturday, Sunday, and Monday with mostly clear nights free air freezing level 14,000 ft. tonight through Sunday night, then 13,000 ft. Monday and Monday night lows 46-44 highs 72-75. Mostly sunny Tuesday through Friday free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Tuesday through Thursday night, then 15,000 ft. Friday highs 75-70 lows 44-48.
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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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