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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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An upper level trough of low pressure (“U” shape on orange line) pushed across the Pacific Northwest brought more clouds with only a slight chance of showers on Monday. Look for lots of sunshine to return. The weather will be good for the beginning of the Lane County Fair that starts Wednesday when another warming trend will begin as high pressure (“Arch” shape on orange line) slowly takes over.
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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: Sunny and warmer today, mostly clear tonight, partly cloudy Wednesday AM, mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear Wednesday evening, partly cloudy late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Thursday night highs 86-84 lows 50-54. Mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear Friday night, mostly sunny Saturday AM, then partly cloudy and a bit warmer again Saturday afternoon through Monday highs 83-88 cooling to 84 Monday lows near 54. (seasonal averages high 83 low 51)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny and warmer today and Wednesday, mostly clear at night, sunny Thursday, then mostly clear Thursday night highs near 90 today and Wednesday cooling to 87 Thursday lows near 55. Mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear Friday night, then just partly cloudy Saturday through Monday highs 86 to near 90 cooling to 84 Monday lows 55-59. (seasonal averages high 85 low 56)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Patchy AM coastal fog, sunny today, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight and Wednesday AM, sunny Wednesday afternoon, clear in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Thursday night highs 72-67 lows near 54. Partly cloudy Friday and Friday night, just mostly cloudy and a bit cooler Saturday through Monday highs 65-70 cooling to 63 Monday lows near 54. (seasonal averages high 65 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny and warmer today through Thursday with mostly clear nights free air freezing level of 13,000 ft. today, 14,000 ft. tonight through Thursday night highs 74-77 cooling to near 74 Thursday lows 45-49. Mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear at night, mostly sunny Saturday AM, partly cloudy and warmer Saturday afternoon and evening, mostly clear late Saturday night, mostly sunny Sunday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Sunday afternoon through Monday mainly South of Sisters free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Friday, then 15,000 ft. Friday night through Monday highs 72-79 cooling to 74 Monday lows 47-50.
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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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