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Advisories: A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM TUESDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 11 PM TUESDAY FOR JACKSON COUNTY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 5 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, LAKE COUNTY, CENTRAL, EASTERN, AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY UNTIL 11 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, LAKE COUNTY, CENTRAL, EASTERN, AND AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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A trough of low pressure (“U” shape on the jet stream) is heading our way. A frontal system is headed our way and it leads a parade of storms like this one that will approach the Pacific Northwest by Thursday and another frontal system that will move in Saturday.
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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 rain tonight (0.15 in. of rain possible), rain Tuesday (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain Tuesday night (0.30 in. of rain possible), showers Wednesday (0.10 in. of rain possible), showers likely (60%) Wednesday night (0.20 in. of rain possible), then mostly cloudy with rain Thursday and Thursday night lows 40-43 highs 54-50. Mostly cloudy with rain Friday and Friday night, rain likely (60%) Saturday, showers likely (60%) Saturday night, rain likely (60%) Sunday, then a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday night and Monday highs 54-48 warming to 52 Monday lows near 37. (seasonal averages high 58 low 38)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) this evening, rain late tonight (snow level 3,500 ft. lowering to 3,000 ft., late, 0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph late evening), mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday (AM snow level 3,500 ft., under 0.20 in. of rain possible), rain Tuesday night (snow level 3,000 ft. late, 0.30 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with AM rain and snow, showers likely (60%) Wednesday afternoon (snow level 2,500 ft., 0.10 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of showers in the evening, rain likely (60%) late Wednesday night (snow level 3,000 ft.) and breezy (wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph late), mostly cloudy with rain Thursday and Thursday night lows 43-46 highs near 57. Mostly cloudy with rain rain Friday through Saturday, rain and snow showers Saturday night, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Sunday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday night and Monday highs 60-50 warming to 55 Monday lows 43-35 (seasonal averages high 59 low 40)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with rain tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 25-35 mph at the shore, S 15-20 mph increasing to S 20-30 mph inland late this evening, then S 15-20 mph late tonight), mostly cloudy with rain Tuesday (0.50 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph at the shore and S 10-15 mph inland), rain (0.55 in. of rain possible) Tuesday night and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph in the evening), mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday (0.15 in. of rain possible), evening rain likely (60%), rain (0.15 in. of rain possible) late Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with rain and windy Thursday and Thursday night lows 46-42 warming to 47 Thursday night highs 54-50. Mostly cloudy with rain and windy Friday and Friday night, rain likely (60%) Saturday, showers Saturday night, then mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Sunday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday night and Monday highs 53-48 warming to 54 by Monday lows 47-38. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with rain and snow tonight (2 in. of snow possible, 0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 10-15 mph gusts to 30 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph late), mostly cloudy with rain and snow Tuesday (2 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph decreasing to S 10-15 mph gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon), rain and snow Tuesday night (2-5 in. of snow possible, 0.50 in. of rain possible), rain and snow showers Wednesday and Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers Thursday and Thursday night snow level 4,000 ft. tonight and Tuesday, 4,500 ft. Tuesday night, 3,500 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, 4,000 ft. Thursday, then 5,500 ft. Thursday night lows near 29 highs 42-39. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Friday, rain Friday night, rain and snow likely (60%) Saturday, rain and snow showers Saturday night, snow likely (60%) Sunday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday night and Monday snow level 5,000 ft. Friday, 6,000 ft. Friday night, 4,000 ft. Saturday, 3,000 ft. Saturday night, 2,500 ft. Sunday, 3,500 ft. Sunday night, then 4,000 ft. Monday highs 42-35 warming to 42 Monday lows 28-24.
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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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