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Advisories: NOT AT THIS TIME.
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An upper level low (“U” shape in blue arrows shaded in grey) has moved through the Pacific Northwest and another one is sliding down Western British Columbia toward us. A frontal system has fallen apart as it moved into Oregon today with not much effect. I still feel the Labor Day Holiday weekend will be pretty nice. The temperatures won’t be summer hot, but rather average for the time of the year, but it will be dry. A weak frontal system will try to move through Oregon Monday with not much effect once again. A high pressure ridge will warm us up next week just in time for the kids to go back to school.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Clear tonight, sunny Friday, mostly clear Friday night, sunny Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night, mostly sunny Sunday, then mostly clear Sunday night lows 52-47 warming to 50 Sunday night highs 84-82. Mostly sunny Monday (Labor Day), mostly clear Monday night, mostly sunny Tuesday and Wednesday with mostly clear nights, then partly cloudy Thursday highs 85-88 lows 50-56. (seasonal averages high 83 low 54)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly clear this evening and partly cloudy tonight inland, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog tonight and Friday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late Friday night and Saturday AM, sunny Saturday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday night and Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Sunday night lows 50-48 highs 63-65. Mostly sunny Monday (Labor Day), partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday, mostly clear Tuesday night, mostly sunny and warmer Wednesday, mostly clear Wednesday night, then partly cloudy Thursday highs 62-65 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 66 low 52).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Clear tonight, mostly sunny Friday, clear Friday night, mostly sunny Saturday, clear Saturday night, sunny Sunday, then mostly clear Sunday night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. tonight through Saturday night, 14,000 ft. Sunday, then 13,000 ft. Sunday night lows 40-43 highs near 68. Mostly sunny Monday (Labor Day), mostly clear Monday night, mostly sunny Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly clear Tuesday night and partly cloudy Wednesday night, mostly sunny Thursday AM, then partly cloudy Thursday afternoon free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Monday, then 14,000 ft. Monday night through Thursday highs 72-79 cooling to 73 Thursday lows 45-49 cooling to 42 Wednesday 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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