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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 11 AM TODAY UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR JACKSON COUNTY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT 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 TODAY 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 also 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 today (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain tonight (0.30 in. of rain possible), showers Wednesday (0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening showers, rain likely (60%) late Wednesday night (0.20 in. of rain possible), then mostly cloudy with rain Thursday and Thursday night highs near 53 lows 40-43. 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 today (under 0.20 in. of rain possible), rain tonight (snow level 3,000 ft. late, 0.50 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with AM rain and snow, showers Wednesday afternoon (snow level 2,500 ft. – 3,500 ft. in the afternoon, 0.35 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of showers in the evening, rain likely (60%) late Wednesday night (snow level 3,500 ft., 0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph late), mostly cloudy with rain Thursday (0.30 in. of rain possible) and Thursday night highs 55-58 lows 42-46. 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 showers Sunday night and a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Monday highs 58-50 warming to 55 Monday lows 43-35 warming to 38 Sunday night (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 today (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) tonight 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 coastal showers with inland evening showers likely (60%) and showers late at night (0.25 in. of rain possible), windy (wind: S 15-20 mph increasing to 20-30 mph late Wednesday night) then mostly cloudy with rain and windy (wind: S 25-35 mph at the shore, S 20-25 mph inland) Thursday (0.75 in. of rain possible) and Thursday night highs near 52 lows 43-47. Mostly cloudy with rain Friday and Friday night, rain likely (60%) Saturday, rain Saturday night, then mostly cloudy with rain 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 44-38. (seasonal averages high 54 low 42).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with rain and snow today (2 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph decreasing to S 10-15 mph gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon), rain and snow tonight (2-5 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible), rain and snow showers Wednesday (1 in. of snow possible) and Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow Thursday and breezy (wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph), then rain and snow Thursday night snow level 4,000 ft. today, 3,500 ft. tonight, 3,000 ft. Wednesday, 3,500 ft. Wednesday night, 4,000 ft. Thursday, then 5,000 ft. Thursday night highs 42-39 warming to 42 Thursday lows 28-30. 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 6,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, 3,500 ft. Saturday, 2,500 ft. Saturday night and Sunday, 3,500 ft. Sunday night, then 3,000 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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