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Advisories: ANONE AT THIS TIME.
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A high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape on the yellow line) has taken over bringing sunshine until the next trough of low pressure trough (“U” shape on the jet stream) approaches Friday returning the clouds. A frontal system (shown way out in the ocean ) will bring the rain back by late Friday. Another frontal system (position shown for Monday) will continue the threat of rain next week.
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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, mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, a mix of clouds and sun Friday AM, increasing clouds to cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night and Saturday, then rain Saturday night highs 64-53 lows near 38. Mostly cloudy with rain Sunday, showers likely (60%) Sunday night and Monday, then mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Monday night through Wednesday highs 50-52 lows 36-40. (seasonal averages high 55 low 36)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Patchy fog and freezing fog this AM, sunny and just a bit warmer with patches of lingering fog this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday afternoon, a (40%) chance of evening rain, rain likely (60%) late Friday night, cloudy and cooler with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday AM, rain likely (60%) in the afternoon (snow level 3,500 ft. falling to 3,000 ft. in the afternoon), then rain and snow Saturday night highs 60-65 cooling t0 57 Saturday lows 36-43 cooling to near 40 Saturday night. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow (60%) Sunday, rain and snow likely (60%) Sunday night through Monday night, rain likely (60%) Tuesday, rain Tuesday night, then rain likely (60%) Wednesday highs 50-55 cooling to to near 50 Wednesday lows 34-42. (seasonal averages high 57 low 39)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Sunny today, mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy tonight, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Friday afternoon, coastal rain likely (60%) Friday night and a (40%) chance of evening inland rain with inland rain likely (60%) Friday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM coastal rain Saturday, a (40%) chance of inland AM rain with afternoon rain likely (60%), then rain and breezy Saturday night highs 58-52 lows 40-45 cooling to near 40 Saturday night. Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy Sunday, rain likely (60%) Sunday evening, rain and snow late at night, rain likely (60%) Monday and Monday night, then rain and breezy Tuesday through Wednesday highs 49-53 cooling to near 50 Sunday lows 40-45. (seasonal averages high 54 low 41).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Sunny and just a bit warmer today, mostly clear tonight, a mix of clouds and sun Friday, becoming mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain in the evening, a good (50%) chance of rain or snow late Friday night, cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) Saturday AM, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow in the afternoon, rain and snow Saturday night free air freezing level 9,000 ft. this afternoon, 11,000 ft. tonight, falling to 9,000 ft. Friday afternoon, snow level 7,000 ft. falling to 5,500 ft. Friday night, 4,500 ft. Saturday, then 3,500 ft. Saturday night highs 52-55 cooling to near 40 Saturday lows 34-26. Mostly cloudy rain or snow showers and breezy Sunday, snow showers Sunday night, snow showers likely (60%) Monday, then rain and snow likely (60%) Monday night through Wednesday snow level 2,500 ft. Sunday, at the surface Sunday night, 2,500 ft. Monday, 3,000 ft. Monday night, 4,000 ft. Tuesday, then 4,500 ft. Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 36-40 cooling to 37 Wednesday 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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