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Advisories: A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE AND FOR THE PUDDING RIVER AT AURORA. FOR FLOOD UPDATES SEE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVER WARNINGS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE NOTRTH OREGON CASCADES AND THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY. A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST, THE SOUTH OREGON COAST, CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM UNTIL 8 AM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST.
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A trough of low pressure (“U” shape on the jet stream) is sliding southward and eastward and lengthening. That trough will help produce rain and snow showers and lower snow levels enough to drop some snow on the tops of the hills that overlook the Willamette Valley. A frontal system will bring even more rain to us early 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: Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers this AM, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow in the afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy with showers Tuesday afternoon, rain Tuesday night and Wednesday, then mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Wednesday night highs 35-40 lows 36-40 cooling to 35 Wednesday night. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night through Sunday highs 53-48 lows 34-37. (seasonal averages high 57 low 37)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM snow showers, a (40%) chance of rain and snow in the afternoon (snow level 2,000 ft.), rain and snow likely (60%) in the evening, rain late tonight (snow level 2,500 ft. rising to 3,000 ft. late tonight, 0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday (0.25 in. of rain possible) and a bit warmer, then showers (0.15 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday, then rain and snow Wednesday night highs 52-58lows 42-37. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Thursday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday night and Friday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening showers, a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers late Friday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday through Sunday highs 52-57 lows 35-40 (seasonal averages high 58 low 40)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers this AM, rain likely (60%) in the afternoon inland, (snow level 500 ft. rising to 2,000 ft., 0.10 in. of rain possible) rain (0.40 in. of rain possible) and windy (wind: S 25-35 mph at the beaches and S 20-30 mph inland) tonight, AM rain Tuesday, showers in the afternoon (0.30 in. of rain possible), rain Tuesday night (0.60 in. of rain possible) through Wednesday night lows 43-35 highs 48-54. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) Thursday AM, showers likely (60%) Thursday afternoon, a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night through Sunday highs near 50 lows 36-40. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of snow showers this AM, snow likely (60%) this afternoon (3-6 in. of snow possible), rain and snow tonight and breezy (wind: SW 5-15 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph late), mostly cloudy with rain, snow, and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 50 mph) Tuesday, rain and snow Tuesday night and Wednesday, then rain and snow likely (60%) Wednesday night snow level at the surface tonight and Monday, 3,000 ft. Monday night, 4,000 ft. Tuesday, 5,000 ft. Tuesday night, then 3,500 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night highs 33-44 cooling to 35 Wednesday lows 29-25. Mostly cloudy with snow likely (60%) Thursday, rain and snow showers likely (60%) at night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday through Sunday snow level 3,000 ft. Thursday, 4,000 ft. Thursday night, 3,500 ft. Friday, 4,500 ft. Friday night and Saturday, then 5,500 ft. Saturday night and Sunday highs 43-32 then warming to near 40 Saturday lows near 26.
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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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