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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) to the Northwest will help cool us off just a bit. Behind it we are in for lots of sunshine to return, as high pressure (“Arch” shape on orange line) slowly takes over. The weather will be great for the beginning of the Lane County Fair that starts today when another warming trend will begin.
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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 pleasantly warm today, mostly clear tonight, partly cloudy Thursday AM, a mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday, then mostly clear Friday night highs 85-82 lows 50-55. Mostly sunny Saturday AM, then partly cloudy and a bit warmer again Saturday afternoon through Tuesday highs 88-82 lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 83 low 51)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny today and Thursday with mostly clear nights, then sunny Friday and mostly clear Friday night highs 89-84 lows 55-58. Partly cloudy Saturday through Sunday, mostly cloudy Sunday night and Monday, mostly clear Monday night, sunny Tuesday AM, then clouds increasing to partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon highs 88-92 cooling to 83 Monday and warming to 88 Tuesday lows near 58. (seasonal averages high 85 low 56)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, mostly cloudy Thursday AM with patchy coastal fog, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Thursday evening, partly cloudy Thursday night through Friday night highs 70-65 lows 52-55. Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Saturday, mostly cloudy Saturday night through Monday, then mostly cloudy with areas of patchy fog Monday night and Tuesday highs 67-64 lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 65 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Sunny today, mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Thursday and Friday with mostly clear nights free air freezing level of 13,000 ft. today, 14,000 ft. tonight through Friday, then 15,000 ft. Friday night highs 75-69 lows near 46. Mostly sunny Saturday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly clear late Saturday night, mostly sunny Sunday AM, a mix of clouds and sun Sunday afternoon with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Sunday night and Monday, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday AM, then mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Saturday through Monday, then 14,000 ft. Monday night and Tuesday highs 75-78 cooling to 73 by Tuesday 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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