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A new frontal system has moved in from the southwest spreading rain with it. A series of frontal systems will follow to keep us wet through next week.We could see 1/3″ of rain between now and Wednesday for Eugene/Springfield, 3/4? for the South Oregon Coast, up to 4/10? for the Roseburg area.
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Advisories: A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL LATE TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTH OREGON COAST. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM TODAY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND UNTIL 10 PM TUESDAY FOR THE SOUTH OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM TODAY OR THE SOUTH OREGON COAST.
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Forecast for the Central and Southern Willamette Valley: Mostly cloudy with rain this morning and periods of rain this afternoon (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) and occasional rain again this evening and rain tonight high 51 lows 40. Rain likely (60%) Tuesday with showers likely (60%) at night high near 50 low near 40. Rain Wednesday high 47. Rain likely (60%) Wednesday night through Sunday highs in the mid 40s lows in the upper 30s.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain today (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) then rain and breezy tonight and Tuesday high 46 low 40 and high Tuesday near 50. Rain likely (60%) at night low 38. Rain and breezy Tuesday high 54. Evening rain, then rain and snow Tuesday night low 40. Rain Wednesday and Wednesday evening then rain and snow late at night high 53 low 38. Showers Thursday with rain Thursday night high in the mid 40s lows near 40. Showers likely (60%) Friday high 50. A good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday night low 38. Mostly cloudy Saturday with showers likely (60%) then a (60%-70%) chance of showers Saturday night highs in the upper 40s lows in low 40s. Rain likely (60%-70%) Sunday high 52.
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast:Mostly cloudy a good (50%) chance of rain this morning (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) then rain likely (60%) chance in the afternoon high 54. Rain and windy tonight and Tuesday low 45 high 52. Rain Tuesday night, then rain and breezy Wednesday and Wednesday night high 53 lows 42-44. Rain Thursday and Thursday night high near 50 lows 42. Showers likely (60%) Friday through Saturday 52 low 45. Rain likely (60%) Saturday night and Sunday low 43 high near 50.
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy, breezy, rain and snow likely (60%) today (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), snow level 2″ of snow. Rain and snow and breezy tonight and Tuesday snow level 4,500′ 3″ of snow tonight then a snow level of 4,000′ Tuesday. Rain and snow likely (60%) Tuesday night snow level 3,500′. Rain and snow Wednesday and Wednesday night snow level 3,500′ falling to 3,000′ at night. Snow and rain likely (60%) Thursday through Friday snow level 3,500′. Snow likely (60%) Friday night and Saturday snow level 3,000′ Snow and rain likely (60%) Saturday night and Sunday snow level steady at 3,500′. .
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