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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 for the weekend. The weather will be great for the Lane County Fair that runs through Sunday.
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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, mostly sunny Thursday through Saturday with mostly clear nights lows 47-55 highs 82-88. Mostly sunny and warmer Sunday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday AM, mostly sunny and a bit cooler Monday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy Monday night through Wednesday highs 89-84 lows 56-52. (seasonal averages high 83 low 51)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Clear tonight, sunny Thursday and Friday, mostly clear both nights, mostly sunny Saturday, then mostly clear Saturday night lows 52-56 highs 86-89. Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms and warmer Sunday and Sunday night, partly cloudy Monday AM, mostly sunny and a bit cooler Monday afternoon, mostly clear at night, mostly sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday, then partly cloudy and a bit warmer Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 90-83 warming back to 92 by Wednesday 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: Clear tonight inland and becoming mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight and Thursday AM, mostly sunny Thursday afternoon, mostly clear Thursday evening then partly cloudy at night inland, partly cloudy Thursday evening then mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late Thursday night and Friday AM, mostly sunny Friday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Friday night and Saturday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy Saturday night lows near 53 highs 68-65. Mostly cloudy Sunday through Monday AM, partly cloudy with areas of patchy fog Monday night and Tuesday (a bit warmer Tuesday), partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday AM, then mostly sunny and a bit cooler Wednesday highs 67-64 lows near 54. (seasonal averages high 66-62 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Clear tonight, sunny Thursday, mostly clear Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear Friday night, mostly sunny and warmer Saturday, then mostly clear Saturday night, except for some clouds near Willamette Pass in the evening ,free air freezing level 14,000 ft. tonight through Friday night, then 15,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night lows 45-49 highs 73-80. Mostly sunny Sunday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Sunday afternoon through Monday, then partly cloudy Monday night through Wednesday free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Sunday through Monday, then 14,000 ft. Monday night through Wednesday highs 80-73 lows 50-45.
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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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