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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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A high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape shaded in grey with blue arrows) is over the Pacific Northwest continuing the warm temperatures. A weak cold front slid through just bringing some clouds and a few showers (thunderstorms in the Cascades, foothills, and Central Oregon). Look for a chance of thunderstorms for your Thursday mainly in the Cascades and still quite warm. Temperatures will dip a bit today, then they will start to warm back up again for the weekend. The weather will pretty much perfect for the Eugene Celebration Friday through Sunday. A new frontal system will be approaching the Pacific Northwest early next week returning some clouds and cooler temperatures.
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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 cloudy this AM, mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late tonight and Friday AM, partly cloudy Friday night, a mix of clouds and sun Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Saturday night highs 87-90 lows 56-50. Mostly sunny Sunday and Monday, mostly clear Sunday night and Monday evening, mostly cloudy late Monday night, a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday and Wednesday and partly cloudy at night highs 80-77 lows 53-47. (seasonal averages high 82 low 50)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy this AM, mostly sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight and Friday AM, mostly sunny Friday afternoon, mostly clear Friday night, sunny Saturday, then mostly clear Saturday night highs near 90 lows 60-55. Mostly sunny Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night, then partly cloudy Monday through Wednesday highs 89-80 lows 57-53. (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 coastal fog with a slight (20%) chance of isolated showers early this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon, mostly cloudy tonight with patchy coastal fog late at night and Friday AM, partly cloudy Friday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Friday night and Saturday AM, then mostly cloudy sunny Saturday afternoon and partly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday night lows 55-50 highs near 66. Partly cloudy Sunday through Tuesday, then mostly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 66-60 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 66 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with isolated showers this AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening, a slight (20%) chance of showers late tonight, partly cloudy Friday with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, partly cloudy with a (30%) chance of thunderstorms in the evening, a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms late Friday night, partly cloudy Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, then mostly clear Saturday night snow level above 8,000 ft. today through Friday, free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Friday night and Saturday, then 15,000 ft. Saturday night highs 78-82 cooling to near 80 Saturday lows 52-50. Mostly sunny Sunday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the evening, mostly clear late Sunday night, mostly sunny Monday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday AM, mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Tuesday night, a mix of clouds and sun in the AM, then mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon free air freezing level 15,000 ft. Sunday, 14,000 ft. Sunday night, 14,000 ft. Monday, 13,000 ft. Monday night, 12,000 ft. Tuesday, 13,000 ft. Tuesday night, then falling to 11,000 ft. Wednesday highs 72-67 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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