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Advisories: A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES AND FOOTHILLS. THAT MEANS THERE IS A HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE AREAS LISTED. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 11 PM TODAY FOR ALL OF THE I-5 CORRIDOR FROM PORTLAND SOUTH TO COTTAGE GROVE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO NEAR 100 IN THE VALLEYS AND 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS.
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We will be staying under a strengthening blocking high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape covering the Pacific Northwest) for the week assuring that we will stay from very warm to hot. It looks like a frontal system will move down from the northwest next Tuesday and that could break the back of this heat wave as long as the ridge weakens or moves to the East.
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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 through Friday with clear nights highs 98 today and near 94 Thursday and Friday lows near 53. Sunny Saturday, clear Saturday night, mostly sunny Sunday through Tuesday with mostly clear nights highs 95-85 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 80 low 49)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny today, clear tonight, sunny with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Thursday afternoon and evening, mostly clear Thursday night, sunny Friday, then mostly clear Friday night highs 96-93 lows near 58. Mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear at night, sunny Sunday AM, then partly cloudy Sunday afternoon through Tuesday highs 98-85 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: Patchy coastal fog early this AM, sunny this afternoon through Friday afternoon with mostly clear nights and early AM and late night patchy coastal fog highs 72-70 lows near 53. Mostly sunny Saturday, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Saturday night and Sunday, mostly cloudy with patchy late night and early AM fog Sunday night through Tuesday highs 70-63 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 66 low 51).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny this AM, patchy smoke from wildfires, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms near the crest in Lane County, mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Thursday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers or thunderstorms Thursday afternoon and evening, mostly clear at night, mostly sunny Friday, then mostly clear Friday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today through Friday night highs near 85 lows 53-55. Mostly sunny Saturday through Tuesday with mostly clear nights free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Saturday through Tuesday highs 82-73 lows 55-47.
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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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