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Advisories: NOT AT THIS TIME.
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A high pressure ridge (“Arch” shape in blue arrows offshore) will keep us hot through Friday. A frontal system will slide into Oregon Saturday starting the cool-down, then another frontal system (shown to the northwest) will move in Sunday night and Monday for a slight chance of light rain or drizzle.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, sunny and hot this afternoon, clear tonight, sunny and hot Friday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Friday night and Saturday AM, sunny and cooler in the afternoon, then mostly clear Saturday night highs near 88-92 cooling to 85 Saturday lows 55-52. Cloudy and cooler Sunday, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Sunday night, cloudy Monday AM with with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of drizzle, a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday afternoon, partly cloudy Monday night, sunny Tuesday, clear Tuesday night, then sunny and warmer Wednesday highs 79-73 warming to 82 Wednesday lows 52-47. (seasonal averages high 81 low 53)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog early this AM, sunny inland this afternoon, mostly clear inland tonight, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight and Friday AM, mostly cloudy Friday afternoon at the beaches and sunny inland, partly cloudy inland at night, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late Friday night and Saturday AM, sunny Saturday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday night highs 59-64 lows near 50. Patchy AM fog, cloudy Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy with with patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of drizzle late Sunday night and Monday AM, a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday afternoon, partly cloudy at night, mostly sunny Tuesday, mostly clear at night, then partly cloudy Wednesday highs 64-62 lows 50-48. (seasonal averages high 66 low 51).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Sunny and mild today, mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny and warmer Friday, mostly clear Friday night, sunny Saturday AM, then partly cloudy Saturday afternoon and Saturday night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. today through Friday, 14,000 ft. Friday night, 14,000 ft. Saturday and 13,000 ft. Saturday night highs 76-80 cooling to 75 Saturday lows 46-40. A mix of clouds and sun Sunday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday night and Monday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night, mostly sunny Tuesday, clear Tuesday night, then sunny Wednesday free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Sunday, snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday night through Monday night, free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Tuesday, 13,000 ft. Tuesday night, then 14,000 ft. Wednesday highs 66-73 lows 40-35 warming to near 40 Tuesday 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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