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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. An upper level trough of low pressure (“U” shape in blue arrows and shaded) in the Gulf of Alaska will start to chance our weather as the ridge moves away. A frontal system will slide into Oregon Saturday starting the cool-down, then another frontal system (shown to the northwest) will move in from the northwest Sunday night and Monday for a slight chance of light rain or drizzle.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Clear tonight, sunny and hot Friday, mostly clear with patchy fog late Friday night and Saturday AM, sunny and cooler in the afternoon, clear in the evening, mostly cloudy Saturday night, cloudy Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Sunday night lows 55-50 highs near 92-80. Cloudy with patchy AM fog, a slight (20%) chance of light rain or drizzle Monday afternoon, cloudy Monday night, mostly cloudy Tuesday, clear Tuesday night, sunny and warmer Wednesday, clear Wednesday night, then sunny and even warmer Thursday highs 74-88 lows 47-52. (seasonal averages high 81 low 53)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly clear inland tonight, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog late tonight and Friday AM, sunny Friday afternoon, 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, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Saturday night and Sunday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy with patchy fog and drizzle late Sunday night lows 50-48 highs 63-65. Patchy AM fog, cloudy with with a slight (20%) chance of light rain or drizzle Monday, cloudy Monday night, mostly cloudy Tuesday, partly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday, mostly clear Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy Thursday highs 63-65 lows near 49. (seasonal averages high 66 low 51).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly clear tonight, sunny and warmer Friday, mostly clear Friday night, sunny and a bit cooler Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night, a mix of clouds and sun and much cooler Sunday, then mostly cloudy Sunday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. tonight and Friday, 13,000 ft. Friday night, 14,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, then 13,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night lows 46-40 highs 80-66. Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday AM, cloudy and much cooler in the afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night, AM clouds, mostly sunny and warmer Tuesday afternoon, mostly clear Tuesday night, then sunny and warmer Wednesday and Thursday and clear Wednesday night snow level above 8,000 ft. Monday, free air freezing level 11,000 ft. Monday night, 12,000 ft. Tuesday, 13,000 ft. Tuesday night, 12,000 ft. Wednesday, 14,000 ft. Wednesday night, then 13,000 ft. Thursday highs 55-72 lows 33-45.
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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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