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Advisories: NOT AT THIS TIME.
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An upper level trough of low pressure (“U” shape in blue arrows and shaded) has moved away from the Pacific Northwest. A high pressure ridge (“Arch shape shaded grey and with blue arrows ”) is bringing back the sunshine and will warm us up through the rest of the workweek.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny and warmer today and Thursday with clear skies at night, partly cloudy Friday and Friday night highs 88-93 cooling to 89 Friday lows 54-49 . Partly cloudy Saturday and Saturday night, mostly sunny Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night, mostly sunny Monday and Tuesday with mostly clear skies Monday night highs 81-87 cooling to 84 Tuesday lows 53-50. (seasonal averages high 80 low 52)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Sunny today and Thursday with clear nights, areas of patchy coastal fog Friday AM, sunny in the afternoon, clear in the evening, then partly cloudy with areas of fog late Friday night highs 63-60 lows 52-48. Mostly cloudy with areas of patchy fog Saturday through Sunday night, partly cloudy Monday, mostly clear Monday night, then mostly sunny Tuesday highs 64-60 warming to 64 Tuesday lows 52-48. (seasonal averages high 65 low 51).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Sunny and warmer today with areas of hazy smoke, sunny and warmer Thursday, clear Wednesday night and mostly clear and cooler with areas of smoke Thursday night, mostly sunny with areas of smoke Friday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, evening hazy smoke, then partly cloudy Friday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today 15,000 ft. tonight, 14,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, 14,000 ft. falling to 13,000 ft. Friday and Friday night night lows near 45 highs 73-80 cooling to 75 Friday. AM clouds, mostly sunny Saturday, partly cloudy at night and Sunday AM, sunny Sunday afternoon, clear at night, sunny Monday, mostly clear Monday night, then mostly sunny Tuesday free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday, then 14,000 ft. Sunday night through Tuesday highs 70-74 lows 40-46.
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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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