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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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A trough of low pressure (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) is swinging through the Pacific Northwest continuing the clouds and cooler temperatures. A high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) will move in behind the trough and warm us up for the holiday weekend. The Beavers will be home against Sacramento State Saturday at 1PM and the weather will be bright, sunny, dry and quite warm with the high temperature near 90. The Ducks will play against LSU in Arlington, Texas with game time at 5 PM and it will be sunny and hot with high temperature about 100 degrees then slowly cooling as the game progresses. Don’t know if the roof on the stadium there will be open or closed which would make a difference in the conditions on the field.
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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: Clear tonight, partly cloudy Friday AM, sunny and warmer Friday afternoon, clear Friday night, sunny and warmer Saturday, clear Saturday night, sunny and warmer Sunday, then clear Sunday night lows 48-54 highs 84-92. Sunny and very warm Monday (Labor Day), clear Monday night, then sunny and still very warm Tuesday through Thursday with clear nights highs 89-93 lows 50-55. (seasonal averages high 81 low 50)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Clear tonight, sunny and warmer Friday through Sunday (Hot Sunday) with clear nights lows 50-58 highs 93-90. Mostly sunny and quite warm Monday (Labor Day) through Wednesday with mostly clear nights, clear Wednesday night, then sunny and still warm Thursday highs 92-94 cooling to near 90 Thursday lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 82 low 54)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Clear tonight, sunny and warmer Friday and Saturday, clear Friday night, clear Saturday night with patchy coastal fog late Saturday night and Sunday AM, sunny and just a bit cooler Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy Sunday night lows near 52 highs 65-72 cooling to 67 Sunday. Mostly sunny Monday (Labor Day), mostly clear at night, mostly sunny Tuesday through Thursday with mostly clear nights highs 66-69 lows near 53. (seasonal averages high 66 low 52).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Clear tonight, then sunny and warmer Friday through Sunday free air freezing level of 15,000 ft. tonight through Saturday night, then 14,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night lows 45-56 cooling to near 50 Sunday night highs 72-82. Sunny Monday (Labor Day), mostly clear at night, then sunny Tuesday through Thursday with clear nights free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Monday through Tuesday, then rising to 15,000 ft. Tuesday night through Thursday highs 80-79 warming to 82 by Thursday lows 50-55.
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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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