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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 the middle of next week. Weak waves will move onshore only to bring the chance of coastal drizzle mainly early Friday as a weak frontal system moves in. There will be some warming again by 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: Mostly clear his evening, partly cloudy tonight, AM clouds, mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy Tuesday night, cloudy Wednesday AM, mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday AM, sunny Thursday afternoon, then clear Thursday night lows 48-52 highs 75-80. Sunny Friday, clear Friday night, mostly sunny Saturday through Monday with mostly clear nights highs near 85 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 84 low 52)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy Tuesday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly clear Tuesday night, sunny Wednesday through Thursday with clear nights lows 52-55 highs 80-85. Patchy AM fog, sunny Friday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Friday night and Saturday AM, mostly sunny Saturday afternoon and Sunday with mostly clear nights, then sunny Monday highs 86-80 lows 56-53. (seasonal averages high 86 low 56)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Tuesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late at night and early AM Wednesday, mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy with patchy late night and early AM fog Wednesday night through Thursday night lows 50-53 highs 64-68. Mostly cloudy with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of rain and drizzle Friday AM, partly cloudy with patchy lingering fog Friday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Friday night, then just partly cloudy Saturday through Monday highs near 65 lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 65 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly clear tonight, a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms near Willamette Pass this evening, a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday AM, mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon, clear Tuesday night, partly cloudy Wednesday through Thursday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then clear Thursday night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. tonight through Thursday, then 14,000 ft. Thursday night lows 44-48 highs 68-72. Sunny Friday, clear at night, then mostly sunny Saturday through Monday with mostly clear nights free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Friday, 15,000 ft. Friday night through Sunday, then 14,000 ft. Sunday night and Monday highs 74-78 cooling to near 74 Sunday and Monday lows 48-44.
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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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