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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 rest of the Lane County Fair that runs through Sunday. A frontal system will drop down on Wednesday bringing clouds and cooling the temperatures a bit.
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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 today, mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny and warmer Saturday, mostly sunny and not as warm Sunday with mostly clear nights highs 85-90 cooling to 86 Sunday lows 50-55. Partly cloudy Monday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy Monday night through Wednesday evening, mostly cloudy Wednesday night, then a mix of clouds and sun Thursday highs 85-90 cooling to near 85 Thursday lows 56-52. (seasonal averages high 83 low 51)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, sunny Saturday, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy Saturday night, then partly cloudy Sunday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Sunday night highs 83-92 lows 54-57. Partly cloudy Monday through Wednesday evening, mostly clear late Wednesday night, sunny Thursday AM, then partly cloudy Thursday afternoon highs 82-92 lows near 58. (seasonal averages high 84 low 55)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and early Saturday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday night and Sunday AM, then mostly cloudy Sunday afternoon and Sunday night highs near 66 lows 50-54. Mostly cloudy Monday, mostly cloudy with areas of patchy fog Monday night and Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Tuesday night, partly cloudy Wednesday through Thursday AM, then mostly cloudy Thursday afternoon highs 66-62 lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 66 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Sunny today, mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear at night, mostly sunny Sunday AM, then partly cloudy Sunday afternoon and Sunday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today through Sunday night highs 73-80 cooling to 75 Sunday lows 45-49. Partly cloudy Monday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Monday night through Tuesday night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening, partly cloudy at night, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Thursday afternoon free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Monday, then 14,000 ft. Monday night through Thursday highs 73-82 cooling to 75 Thursday lows near 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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