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Due to the Labor Day Holiday today my weekly weather quiz question will be presented starting Tuesday.
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Advisories: None at this time.
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We will be staying under a strengthening high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape covering the Pacific Northwest) for the week assuring that we will stay from very warm to hot.
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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, sunny and still very warm Tuesday, hot Wednesday, and very warm Thursday with clear nights lows 47-55 highs 92-95 cooling to 92 Thursday night. Sunny Friday and Saturday with clear nights, mostly sunny Sunday, mostly clear at night, partly cloudy Monday AM, then mostly sunny and cooler Monday afternoon highs moving between 95-85 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 80 low 49)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly clear tonight, sunny Tuesday and Wednesday with clear nights, mostly sunny Thursday, then mostly clear Thursday night lows near 55 highs 93-96 cooling to 92 Thursday. Mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear at night, sunny Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night, then mostly sunny Sunday and Monday with mostly clear nights highs 94-97 then down to near 88 Monday lows near 55. (seasonal averages high 81 low 53)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly clear this evening inland, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight and early Tuesday AM, sunny Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night with patchy coastal fog late at night and early Wednesday AM, sunny Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear with patchy coastal fog late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, sunny Thursday afternoon, then mostly clear Thursday night lows 49-53 highs 66-73 cooling to 68 Thursday. Mostly sunny Friday, mostly clear Friday night, sunny Saturday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Saturday night and Sunday AM, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon, patchy fog late Sunday night, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog early Monday AM, then partly cloudy Monday afternoon highs 68-75 cooling to 65 by Monday lows 50-53. (seasonal averages high 66 low 51).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: A slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this evening, mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly clear at night, mostly sunny Thursday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Thursday afternoon and Thursday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. tonight through Wednesday, then 15,000 ft. Wednesday night through Thursday night lows 50-55 cooling to 52 Thursday night highs 82-85. Mostly sunny Friday through Monday with mostly clear nights free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Friday through Monday highs 80-75 lows 55-48.
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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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