A new frontal system will ride down the jet stream and start our next wave of storms. We’ll see another parade of storms keeping us wet.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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Forecast for the Central and Southern Willamette Valley: Patchy fog this morning with increasing clouds and a slight (20%) chance of rain by late afternoon high near 53 . Mostly cloudy with evening rain likely (60%) and rain late tonight low near 40. Mostly cloudy Saturday with showers likely (60%) and rain likely (60%) Saturday night high 49 low 39. Mostly cloudy with rain Sunday and Sunday night high near 50 low near 40. Rain likely (60%) Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) through Wednesday highs still near 50 lows about 40. Rain Wednesday night and Thursday low 39 high 49.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy today with a slight (20%) of afternoon rain low 40 high 49. Mostly cloudy with rain this evening and likely late at night snow level 3,500′ late low 38. AM showers likely (60%) Saturday then afternoon rain likely (60%) and Saturday night evening showers likely (60%) then rain likely (60%) late at night high 55 low 40. Showers Sunday, rain and breezy Sunday night high 53 low 40. Rain Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) through Thursday highs in the upper 40s lows near 40.
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast: Areas of AM fog then mostly cloudy and breezy today with a slight (20%) chance of afternoon rain high 56. Evening rain likely and breezy at the coast with rain late and a (40%) chance of evening rain with rain late inland tonight low 47. AM showers then afternoon rain Saturday high 53-55 and evening showers likely (60%) then rain Saturday night low near 45. Showers and windy Sunday high 52-54. Sunday night through Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) and Monday night highs 53-55 low in the mid to upper 40s. Rain Tuesday through Thursday highs 50-54 lows 42-45.
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy and windy today with a slight (20%) chance of rain toward evening snow level falling to 6,000′. Mostly cloudy tonight with a (40%) of rain snow level 5,500′ . Mostly cloudy Saturday showers likely (60%) snow level 5,500′ and a (60%) chance of rain and snow Saturday night snow level 5,000′. Rain and snow likely (60%) Sunday through Monday night snow level 4,500′ Sunday falling to 3,500′ Monday night. Snow and rain Tuesday and Tuesday night snow level holding at 3,500′. Snow and rain likely (60%-70%) Wednesday through Thursday snow level rising to 4,000′ Thursday.
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