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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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An upper air trough of low pressure (“U” shape on yellow line) has angled the airflow over the Pacific Northwest to bring us more moisture. A new frontal system pushes through today to further enhance the moisture field. Even more frontal systems will march through next week to keep us wet.
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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: Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of isolated showers today (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then rain likely (60%) Monday night and Tuesday, then showers likely (60%) Tuesday night highs 53-50 lows near 40. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Wednesday and Wednesday night, then showers likely (60%) Thursday through Saturday highs 54-42 lows 42-35. (seasonal averages high 53 low 38)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers today, mostly cloudy tonight, a (30%) chance of showers Monday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday night, a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday, then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday night highs 53-50 warming to 55 Tuesday lows 38-43. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Wednesday, rain Wednesday night, showers likely (60%) Thursday AM, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Thursday night through Saturday highs 56-44 lows 43-39. (seasonal averages high 54 low 41)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of isolated coastal showers today, a slight (20%) chance of showers late tonight, a (30%) chance of showers Monday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of coastal showers in the evening and showers likely (60%), a (40%) chance of inland showers Monday night, then mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Tuesday and Tuesday night highs 50-54 lows 40-45. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Wednesday, rain Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Thursday through Saturday highs 54-47 lows 44-39. (seasonal averages high 55 low 43).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Rain and snow showers likely (60%) this AM, scattered rain and snow showers this afternoon (2 in. of snow possible, 0.10 in. of rain possible) and this evening, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible) and Monday, then rain and snow likely (60%) Monday night, rain and snow Tuesday, then a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday night snow level 4,500 ft. today, 3,500 ft. tonight and Monday, 4,000 ft. Monday night and Tuesday, then 5,000 ft. Tuesday night lows 27-33 highs 34-38. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Wednesday, rain and snow Wednesday night, rain and snow showers Thursday and Thursday night, snow showers Friday, snow showers likely (60%) Friday night and Saturday snow level 6,000 ft. Wednesday, 4,500 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday, 2,500 ft. Thursday night, then at the surface Friday through Saturday highs 40-25 lows 30-20.
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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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