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Please be careful for this holiday weekend. Don’t drink and drive or drink and boat. Drink plenty of water and get to a cool location if you get overheated.
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Advisories:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT TODAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 608. THIS INCLUDES THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST...AS WELL AS ADJACENT BLM AND STATE PROTECTED LANDS.* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 607 AND 660. THIS INCLUDES THE GIFFORD PINCHOT AND MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FORESTS...AS WELL AS ADJACENT BLM AND STATE PROTECTED LANDS.________________
A high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) moved in and it will stay hot for the weekend, some serious cooling for Labor Day itself as a little onshore flow develops, then it’s back to offshore flow and hot for the rest of the week.
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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 hot today with some patchy smoke this AM (from Central Oregon wildfires), clear tonight, mostly sunny but a bit cooler Monday (Labor Day), mostly clear at night, sunny and still very warm Tuesday, then clear Tuesday night highs 95-90 lows 47-50. Sunny and warmer Wednesday and Thursday with clear nights, then mostly sunny Friday and Saturday and mostly clear Friday night highs 96-92 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 80 low 49)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny and hot today, clear tonight, sunny and not quite as warm Monday (Labor Day), mostly clear Monday night, sunny Tuesday, then clear Tuesday night highs 95-92 lows 57-54. Sunny and warmer Wednesday and Thursday, clear at night, mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear at night, sunny Saturday AM, then partly cloudy Saturday afternoon highs 95-90 warming to near 98 Saturday lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 82 low 53)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Patchy coastal fog and low clouds early this AM, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight, mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, mostly sunny Monday afternoon (Labor Day), mostly clear with patchy coastal fog late Monday night and early Tuesday AM, sunny Tuesday afternoon, then clear Tuesday night highs 68-65 lows 50-52. Mostly sunny Wednesday through Friday with mostly clear nights, sunny Saturday AM, then partly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday afternoon highs 72-68 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 66 low 52).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny and warmer today with areas of smoke this AM and patchy smoke this afternoon (from Central Oregon wildfires), mostly clear tonight with patchy evening smoke, mostly sunny Monday AM (Labor Day), partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly sunny Tuesday, mostly clear at night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today through Tuesday night highs 82-78 lows 47-50. Mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday with clear nights, sunny Friday AM, partly cloudy Friday afternoon and evening, clear Friday night, then mostly sunny Saturday free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Wednesday, 15,000 ft. Wednesday night through Thursday night, then 14,000 ft. Friday through Saturday highs 83-80 lows near 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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