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A high pressure ridge , called an “Omega Block” because it is shaped like the Greek letter omega, will get stronger and move North a bit, but still plenty of sunshine and mild temperatures through the weekend into early next week. A storm will brush the extreme southern part of Oregon, mainly along the coast, which could produce some  rain on Sunday. A weak storm system will move toward the West Coast between Tuesday night and Wednesday and that will be our next chance for rain in Western Oregon.

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Advisories:  NONE AT THIS TIME.

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Forecast for the Southern Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:   Mostly sunny, but cooler today then mostly clear tonight high 53 low 30. A mix of clouds and sun Sunday high 54. Partly cloudy Sunday night low near 33. A mix of clouds and sun Monday high 55. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday night through Tuesday night low 37-39 highs 55 . Showers likely (60%) Wednesday and Wednesday night high 55 low 40. Rain likely (60%) Thursday through Friday highs 53-55 low 40.

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:   Patchy AM fog today and sunny then partly cloudy in the afternoon today high 56. Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers tonight low 36. Partly cloudy Sunday morning then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers in  the afternoon (snow level 2,500′ rising to 3,500′ in the afternoon) high 55. A slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday night (snow level 3,500′) low 38. Mostly cloudy Monday then mostly cloudy with a (20%) chance of rain at night  high 59 low 40. Rain likely (60%) Tuesday and Tuesday night  high 56 low 44. Showers likely (60%) Wednesday and a chance of showers Wednesday night high 58 low 45. Rain likely Thursday through Friday highs near 58 low 45.

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Sunny this morning then partly cloudy this afternoon high 56. Becoming mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers along the coast tonight and partly cloudy inland with a slight (20%) chance of showers low 42. Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Sunday and at night high 55 low 42. A slight (20%) chance of showers Monday and rain likely (60%) Monday night high 57 low 43. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Tuesday and Tuesday night high 53 low in the low 40s. Showers likely (60%) and breezy Wednesday and showers likely (60%) Wednesday night high 56 low 44. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday through Friday and breezy Thursday night highs 55 low 45.

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:  Mostly sunny today free air freezing level falling to 5,000′ high near 38. Mostly clear tonight free air freezing level 5,000′ low 24. Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of snow showers Sunday and Sunday night snow level falling to 2,500′ rising to 3,000′ high 36 low 25. A mix of clouds and sun Monday free air freezing level 5,000′ high 40. Partly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Monday night and partly cloudy Tuesday with rain and snow likely (60%), snow level 4,000′ low 30 high 40. Rain and snow likely (60%) Tuesday night with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Wednesday snow level 4,000′ falling to 3,500′ low 32 high 42. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday night snow level 3,500′ low 32. Rain and snow likely (60%) Thursday through Friday snow level 4,500′ falling to 4,000′ highs 40 low near 30.

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