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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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A high pressure ridge ( “Arch” shape on yellow line) is still dominating our weather pattern giving us sunshine and mild weather. A warm front will head our way bringing back the rain for your Friday. Another frontal system (position shown is Sunday) will be sliding by the high pressure that will bring the showers back through the weekend and beyond.
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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: Partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Friday AM, a mix of clouds and sun with rain becoming likely (60%) Friday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain (0.30 in. of rain possible) Friday night and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph), showers (0.15 in. of rain possible) Saturday, a good (50%) chance of showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) Saturday night, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Sunday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday night lows 33-38 cooling to 25 Sunday night highs 53-42. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday, mostly cloudy Monday night, cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday night and Thursday highs near 45 lows 29-37 cooling to 33 Wednesday night. (seasonal averages high 53 low 35)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with areas of patchy fog tonight and Friday AM, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Friday afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain in the evening, rain and snow late Friday night (snow level 2,000 ft. late at night, 1-2 in. of snow possible, 0.20 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers Saturday AM, rain and snow showers likely (60%) in the afternoon (snow level 1,000 ft., 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain and snow showers likely (60%) in the evening, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers late Saturday night (snow level 1,500 ft. falling to 1,000 ft. late at night, under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday night lows 34-39 cooling to 32 Sunday night highs 58-45. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Monday,just mostly cloudy Monday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday AM, showers becoming likely (60%) in the afternoon, rain and snow showers Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Wednesday through Thursday highs 46-40 warming to 48 Thursday lows 26-39. (seasonal averages high 55 low 38)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy this evening, partly cloudy tonight and Friday AM, increasing clouds to mostly cloudy with coastal rain likely (60%) and a (40%) chance of rain inland Friday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible) and windy (wind: SE 5-15 mph increasing to SW 15-25 mph in the afternoon), rain (snow level 2,000 ft. late, 0.30 in. of rain possible) and windy (wind: W 20-30 mph) Friday night, mostly cloudy with coastal showers likely (60%) Saturday AM with a (40%) chance of showers in the afternoon and coastal showers with rain and snow and snow showers likely (60%) inland (snow level 1,500 ft., 0.15 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of coastal showers and a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers (snow level 1,500 ft., under 0.10 in. of rain possible) inland Saturday night, a (40%) chance of showers Sunday AM, a (40%) chance of of rain and snow showers in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday night lows 36-42 cooling to 34 Sunday night highs 52-45 warming to 49 Sunday. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Monday AM, a (30%) chance of showers in the afternoon, then just mostly cloudy Monday night, a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday, showers Tuesday night, rain and showers likely (60%) Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Wednesday night and Thursday highs 47-50 lows 33-40. (seasonal averages high 53 low 41).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy tonight, partly cloudy and breezy (wind: S 5-10 mph increasing to SW 15-25 mph in the afternoon) with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday afternoon, rain and snow Friday evening, snow (3-7 in. of snow possible, 0.50 in. of rain possible) late Friday night and windy (wind: SW 20-30 mph gusts to 50 mph), mostly cloudy with snow showers Saturday and breezy (wind: W 15-25 mph), snow showers likely (60%) Saturday night and Sunday, a good (50%) chance of snow showers Sunday night free air freezing level 3,500 ft.rising to 4,000 ft. tonight, snow level 6,000 ft. Friday afternoon, 4,000 ft. falling to 2,500 ft. Friday night, at the surface Saturday through Sunday night lows 25-16 highs 44-22. Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of snow showers Monday, mostly cloudy Monday night, a slight (20%) chance of snow showers Tuesday, rain and snow likely (60%) Tuesday night, cloudy with good (50%) chance of snow showers Wednesday, snow showers likely (60%) Wednesday night, then a mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of snow showers Thursday snow level at the surface Monday, free air freezing level at the surface Monday night, snow level at the surface Tuesday, 3,000 ft. Tuesday night, at the surface Wednesday, then 2,500 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday highs 24-28 lows 19-22.
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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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