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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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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: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy tonight, a mix of clouds and sun and cooler Wednesday afternoon, partly cloudy Wednesday night, patchy fog Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Thursday night, patchy AM fog, mostly sunny Friday afternoon, then mostly clear Friday night lows 40-32 warming to 38 Friday night highs 60-73. Mostly sunny and warmer Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear both nights, mostly sunny Monday through Tuesday AM, partly cloudy Monday night, then partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon highs 79-82 cooling to 77 Monday lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 66 low 42)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy late tonight and Wednesday AM, mostly sunny and cooler Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear Wednesday evening, partly cloudy Wednesday night, sunny Thursday, clear Thursday night, then sunny Friday and clear Friday night lows 45-38 warming to 46 Friday night highs 66-79. Mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear Saturday night and Sunday night, sunny Monday, then partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday highs 84-74 lows 51-48. (seasonal averages high 68 low 46)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly clear inland this evening mostly cloudy late tonight and mostly cloudy at the shore, mostly cloudy Wednesday AM, partly cloudy and breezy in the afternoon, mostly clear Wednesday night, sunny Thursday, clear Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday, then mostly clear Friday night lows 45-38 warming to near 45 Friday night highs 56-60.Mostly sunny Saturday, Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night, then partly cloudy Sunday through Tuesday highs 62-57 warming to near 60 Monday and Tuesday lows 48-45. (seasonal averages high 58 low 46).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday AM, a mix of clouds and sun and cooler in the afternoon, partly cloudy afternoon, partly cloudy and cooler Wednesday night, mostly sunny Thursday, mostly clear at night, then mostly sunny Friday, then mostly clear Friday night free air freezing level 10,000 ft. falling to 8,000 ft. late tonight, 8,000 ft. falling to 7,000 ft. Wednesday, 6,000 ft. falling to 4,500 ft. late Wednesday night, 4000 ft. rising to 7,000 ft. Thursday afternoon, 9,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday, then 11,000 ft. Friday night lows 34-29 warming to near 40 Friday night highs 46-64. Mostly sunny Saturday through Tuesday with mostly clear skies Saturday night partly cloudy skies at night except partly cloudy Monday night free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Saturday through Tuesday highs 68-72 cooling to 65 Tuesday lows 40-45 cooling to 38 Monday night.
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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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