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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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An upper level low (“U” shape in blue arrows shaded in grey) has moved into the Pacific Northwest. A weak frontal system will slide through Oregon Friday as it falls apart We’ll get a little warmer toward the end of the week and leading into the holiday weekend. I still feel the Labor Day Holiday weekend will be pretty good. The temperatures won’t be summer hot, but rather average for the time of the year, but it will be dry.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of drizzle this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Thursday AM, sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Friday night highs 77-82 lows 49-53 . Mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night, then partly cloudy Sunday through Monday (Labor Day) continuing through Tuesday highs 82-84 lows near 53. (seasonal averages high 83 low 54)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of drizzle this AM with patchy fog, mostly cloudy this afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight and Thursday AM, mostly cloudy Thursday afternoon, partly cloudy Thursday night, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Friday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and Friday night highs 64-60 lows 52-49. Partly cloudy Saturday through Monday (Labor Day), then mostly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday highs 62-65 cooling to near 60 Tuesday lows 52-48 . (seasonal averages high 66 low 52).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: A mix of clouds and sun this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight and Thursday AM, mostly clear Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday, then partly cloudy Friday night free air freezing level 10,000 ft. today, 12,000 ft. tonight, then 13,000 ft. Thursday through Friday night highs 64-72 lows near 43. Mostly sunny Saturday, partly cloudy Saturday night, mostly sunny Sunday AM, then partly cloudy Sunday afternoon through Monday (Labor Day) continuing through Tuesday AM, then mostly sunny Tuesday free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Saturday through Tuesday highs 69-66 lows near 42-44.
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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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