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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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A high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape on yellow line) is pulling away from us and a trough of low pressure (“U” shape on the yellow line) will be taking over returning the wet weather pattern. A frontal system is moving toward us now so after a relatively dry day today the rain will be back. There will be even more frontal systems (position shown is Saturday) that will keep the showers around through the weekend.
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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: Cloudy with patchy fog and rain likely (60%) this AM, a good (50%) chance of rain this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a slight (20%) chance of showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) tonight and Friday AM, rain in the afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible) and evening, rain (0.25 in. of rain possible) Friday night, showers Saturday (0.30 in. of rain possible), then showers likely (60%) Saturday night highs 49-52 cooling to 45 Saturday lows 39-34. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Sunday and Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday (Presidents’ Day), a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night and Tuesday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 46-53 lows 35-42. (seasonal averages high 51 low 35)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain today, a slight (20%) chance of rain tonight and Friday AM, rain Friday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) and in the evening, then rain and snow showers late Friday night (snow level 2,500 ft. late, 0.25 in. of rain possible), rain and snow showers (snow level 2,000 ft., 0.25 in. of rain possible Saturday) Saturday and Saturday evening, rain and snow showers likely at night highs 50-55 cooling to 47 Saturday. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Sunday, a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday (Presidents’ Day), a (40%) chance of rain Monday night through Tuesday, a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday highs 48-56 lows 36-42. (seasonal averages high 54 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) today, a slight (20%) chance of rain tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), and Friday AM, rain in the afternoon (0.20 in. of rain possible) and evening, then showers late Friday night (0.45 in. of rain possible at night, 0.50 in. of rain possible Saturday) through Saturday evening, and showers likely (60%) late Saturday night highs 52-55 cooling to 49 Saturday lows 43-40. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday, a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday (Presidents’ Day), then a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night through Tuesday, then a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 49-55 lows 40-44. (seasonal averages high 53 low 40).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain or snow this afternoon, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain or snow showers tonight, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Friday AM, rain and snow likely (60%) in the afternoon (1 in. of snow possible, 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain and snow showers in the evening, rain and snow late Friday night, then mostly cloudy with snow showers Saturday and Saturday night snow level 4,000 ft. rising to 5,500 ft. today, 5,000 ft. tonight, 5,500 ft. Friday, 4,500 ft. falling to 3,000 ft. late Friday night, then at the surface Saturday and Saturday night highs 37-40 cooling to 32 Saturday lows 28-22. Mostly cloudy with snow showers likely (60%) Sunday, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Monday (Presidents’ Day), a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Monday night, a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday night, them mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow Wednesday snow level at the surface Sunday, 3,000 ft. Sunday night, 3,500 ft. Monday, 4,500 ft. Monday night, then 6,000 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night, then 6,500 ft. Wednesday highs 33-42 lows 23-30.
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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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