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Advisories: A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 AM TODAY FOR PARTS OF EASTERN OREGON INCLUDING NORTH CENTRAL OREGON, THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON, THE GRAND RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY, THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, THE JOHN DAY BASIN, THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS, THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this AM, a mix of clouds and sun by late this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, mostly cloudy Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Saturday night, cloudy Sunday AM, then partly cloudy Sunday afternoon and Sunday night highs 78-82 cooling to 74 Sunday lows 54-50. Partly cloudy Monday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Monday night, then mostly sunny Tuesday through Thursday with mostly clear nights highs 78-82 lows 52-55. (seasonal averages high 84 low 52)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy this AM, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, sunny Saturday, clear in the evening, partly cloudy Saturday night, mostly cloudy Sunday AM, then sunny Sunday afternoon, then mostly clear Sunday night highs 80-84 cooling to 78 Sunday lows 57-53. Mostly sunny Monday, mostly clear at night, then mostly sunny Tuesday through Thursday with mostly clear nights highs 80-86 lows 54-58. (seasonal averages high 85 low 57)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy today with patchy AM coastal drizzle, mostly cloudy this afternoon, patchy fog and drizzle late tonight and Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon, clear in the evening, mostly cloudy Saturday night, cloudy Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Sunday night highs near 65 lows 56-52. Mostly sunny Monday and Tuesday with mostly clear nights, partly cloudy Wednesday AM, sunny Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear Wednesday night, then mostly sunny Thursday highs 65-62 lows 54-56. (seasonal averages high 65 low 53).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers early this afternoon and just partly cloudy through this evening (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night, partly cloudy Sunday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Sunday night snow level above 8,000 ft. today, free air freezing level 13,000 ft. tonight, then 14,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday night highs 66-73 cooling to 68 Sunday lows near 46. Partly cloudy Monday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Monday night, then mostly sunny Tuesday through Thursday with mostly clear nights free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, 15,000 ft. Tuesday and Tuesday night, then 14,000 ft. Wednesday through Thursday highs 68-73 cooling back to near 70 Thursday lows 45-48.
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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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