A trough of Low Pressure ( the “U” shaped shaded area now offshore) will slide eastward sending rain and wind ahead of a new storm system which will give us even more rain. The front itself will move in between tonight and Tuesday.
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Advisories: A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR THE NORTH AND THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM TUESDAY FOR THE SOUTH OREGON COAST. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 4 AM TUESDAY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT IUNTIL 4 AM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH OREGON COAST. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTH OREGON COAST. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY FOR THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY AND THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES (AROUND AND TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF MT. HOOD). A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR JACKSON COUNTY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM TUESDAY FOR THE SOUTH OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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Forecast for the Central and Southern Willamette Valley: Mostly cloudy rain increasing tonight low 45. Rain Tuesday increasing Tuesday night high 52 low 45 . Morning rain Wednesday turning to showers in the afternoon high near 50. A (40%) chance of showers Wednesday night low 38. Patchy AM fog with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday and mostly cloudy with patchy fog Thursday night high near 48 low 36. Mostly cloudy Friday with a slight (20%) chance of rain high 47 . Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night through Saturday night lows 35 high 49. Mostly cloudy rain likely (60%) Sunday through Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) highs in the upper 40s low Sunday night 38.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with rain tonight through Tuesday night lows 45 tonight and 43 Tuesday night high Tuesday 55 . Showers likely (60%) Wednesday morning changing to showers in the afternoon and a (30%) chance at night with patchy fog late high 52 low near 35. Mostly cloudy, AM fog and clouds Thursday then partly cloudy in the afternoon high 50. Cloudy with patchy fog Thursday night low 39. AM clouds and fog with a (40%) chance rain Friday and Friday night high 52 low 36. Mostly cloudy a (40%) chance of rain Saturday and likely (60%) Saturday night high 50 low 37. Rain likely (60%) Sunday through Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) highs 52 low near 40 Sunday night .
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast: Rain tonight through Tuesday night, windy along the coast tonight, lows near 49 tonight and Tuesday night high 54 Tuesday . Mostly cloudy Wednesday with rain in the morning changing to showers in the afternoon high 54 and a (40%) chance of showers at night low 42. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday after AM fog and cloudy with fog late Thursday night high 54 low 42. Areas of AM and late night fog with a good (50%) chance of rain and breezy Friday through Saturday night low near 44 highs 52-55. Cloudy, rain likely (60%) and breezy Sunday through Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr Day) highs 54 low 42-45 .
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Rain and breezy tonight snow level 7,000′ . Rain Tuesday snow level 5,500′ 3-8″ of snow. Rain Tuesday night snow level 5,000′ 3-7″ of snow. Rain Wednesday morning then afternoon showers snow level 5,000′. Showers likely (60%) Wednesday night snow level 4,500′ t0 3,500′. Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday and partly cloudy Thursday night snow level 4,000′ Thursday rising to a free air freezing level 4,500′ rising to 6,500′ Thursday night. Mostly cloudy a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday snow level holding at 5,500′. A (60%) chance of rain Friday night snow level 4,000′. A (30%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday and Saturday night snow level 3,500′ rising to 4,000′ at night . Rain or snow likely (60%) Sunday through Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day snow level steady at 4,000′.
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