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Advisories: A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 4 PM SATURDAY FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES FOOTHILLS, THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS OF LANE COUNTY, THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES, AND THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY ABOVE 1,500 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST, CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, JACKSON COUNTY, THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON CASCADES, AND THE SISKIYOUS MOUNTAINS. A WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 7 AM SATURDAY FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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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 is moving through bringing back the rain for your Friday. Another frontal system (position shown is Sunday) will be sliding to the south bringing colder air and falling snow levels .
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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 fog this AM, a mix of clouds and sun with rain becoming likely (60%) by late this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) tonight, showers (0.25 in. of rain possible) Saturday, a good (50%) chance of showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) Saturday night and Sunday, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday night (snow level 1,000 ft.) highs 55-44 lows 36-27. Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday, mostly cloudy Monday night, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday (snow level 1,000 ft.), 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 with areas of patchy fog this AM, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain this evening, rain and snow late tonight (snow level 2,000 ft. late at night, 0.25 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. rising to 2,000 ft., 1 in. of snow possible, 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday night (snow level 2,000 ft. falling to 500 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 highs 58-44 lows 36-30. 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 43-48 cooling to 40 Wednesday warming to near 46 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: Partly cloudy this AM, increasing clouds to mostly cloudy with coastal rain likely (60%) and a (40%) chance of rain inland this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain (snow level 2,000 ft. late, 0.35 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: W 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph) tonight, mostly cloudy with coastal showers likely (60%) Saturday AM with a (40%) chance of showers in the afternoon and coastal showers with AM rain and snow and snow showers then rain and snow showers likely (60%) inland (snow level 1,000 ft rising to 1,500 ft., 0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of coastal showers and a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers (snow level 2,000 ft. falling to 1,000 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 highs 52-45 lows 40-34. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Monday AM, a (30%) chance of showers in the afternoon, just mostly cloudy Monday night, a good (50%) chance of showers Tuesday, showers Tuesday night, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Wednesday night and Thursday highs 46-50 lows 33-40. (seasonal averages high 53 low 41).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy with increasing clouds and a slight (20%) chance of rain this afternoon, rain or snow (4-8 in. of snow possible, 0.75 in. of rain possible) tonight and windy (wind: W 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph), mostly cloudy with snow showers (3-7 in. of snow possible) Saturday and breezy (wind: W 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph), snow showers likely (60%) in the evening, a (%) chance of snow showers Saturday night, a good (50%) chance of snow showers Sunday and Sunday night snow level 5,500 ft. this afternoon, 5,500 ft. falling to 2,500 ft. tonight, at the surface Saturday through Sunday night highs 44-24 lows 23-16. A mix of clouds and sun 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 28- 24 warming to near 30 Thursday 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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