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Advisories: A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM FRIDAY FOR FORESTED AREAS IN A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN OREGON AND A SMALL PART OF SOUTHERN OREGON. HERE ARE THE DETAILS OF THE RED FLAG WARNING.
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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. A cold front will move through on Saturday, but only bring us a few more clouds and cooler temoperatures.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny and hot today, partly cloudy tonight, partly cloudy and cooler Friday, partly cloudy late Friday night through Saturday night highs 96-84 lows 53-49. Mostly cloudy in the AM, sunny Sunday afternoon, partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday with slow warming Monday, mostly sunny Tuesday and Wednesday with mostly clear nights highs 88-85 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 80 low 52)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal AM fog, sunny this afternoon, partly clear in the evening, cloudy with areas of patchy coastal fog Friday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, cloudy with areas of fog late Friday night and Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday night highs 63-60 warming to 63 Saturday lows near 50. Mostly cloudy with areas of patchy fog Sunday, mostly clear in the evening, mostly cloudy Sunday night and Monday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Monday night, mostly sunny Tuesday, mostly clear at night, then sunny Wednesday AM and partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon highs near 63 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 65 low 51).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Sunny and warmer with areas of smoke today, mostly clear with areas of smoke tonight, mostly sunny with areas of smoke Friday AM, partly cloudy with hazy smoke in the afternoon and evening, partly cloudy late Friday night and Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Saturday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. today and tonight, 14,000 ft. falling to 13,000 ft. Friday afternoon through Saturday night lows highs 80-70 near 46-42. Mostly sunny Sunday afternoon, clear at night, sunny Monday, clear Monday night, then mostly sunny Tuesday and Wednesday with clear skies Tuesday night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Sunday, 14,000 ft. Sunday night through Tuesday night, then 15,000 ft. Wednesday highs 69-72 cooling to 66 Wednesday lows near 47.
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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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