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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: Mostly cloudy this AM, a mix of clouds and sun and breezy (wind: N 5-15 mph increasing to N 15-25 mph) this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight, patchy fog Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Thursday night, patchy AM fog, mostly sunny and warmer Friday afternoon, then mostly clear Friday night highs 60-73 lows 33-39. Mostly sunny and warmer Saturday and Sunday, mostly clear both nights, mostly sunny Monday through Tuesday AM, partly cloudy Monday night, mostly sunny in the AM, then partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon highs 79-83 cooling to 77 Monday lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 66 low 43)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy this AM, mostly sunny and cooler this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight, sunny Thursday, clear Thursday night, then sunny Friday and clear Friday night highs 66-79 lows 38-46. Sunny Saturday and Sunday, clear Saturday night and Sunday night, sunny Monday, then partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday highs 84-74 lows 51-48. (seasonal averages high 69 low 46)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy this AM, partly cloudy and breezy (wind: N 15-25 mph at the beaches and N 10-20 mph inland) this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, sunny Thursday, clear Thursday night, sunny Friday, then mostly clear Friday night highs 56-60 lows 39-45. Sunny Saturday through Monday, mostly clear Saturday night and Sunday night, partly cloudy Monday night, then partly cloudy Tuesday highs 62-58 lows 48-45. (seasonal averages high 58 low 46).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of sprinkles or drizzle this AM, partly cloudy and cooler in the afternoon, partly cloudy and cooler tonight, partly cloudy Thursday AM, mostly sunny Thursday afternoon, mostly clear at night, then mostly sunny Friday, then mostly clear Friday night 6,500 ft. today, free air freezing level 6,500 ft. falling to 5,500 ft. late tonight, 5,500 ft. rising to 7,500 ft. Thursday afternoon, 9,000 ft. Thursday night, 9,000 ft. rising to 11,000 ft. Friday afternoon, then 11,000 ft. Friday night lows 26-40 highs 48-63. Sunny Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night, mostly sunny Sunday through Tuesday with mostly clear skies Saturday night and Sunday night, partly cloudy Monday night, then mostly sunny Tuesday 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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