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Advisories: A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING 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 warmed us up for the rest of the workweek. The big problem is the smoke that is being pushed at us from the East. A surface thermal trough of low pressure will push eastward cooling us a bit on Friday and it will shove the smoke to the East away from us. A upper level trough of low pressure (“U” shape shaded ) in the Gulf of Alaska will push a cold front through on Saturday, but will only bring us a few more clouds and cooler temperatures that will warm up again next week.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Clear tonight, partly cloudy and cooler Friday and Friday night, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Saturday night, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Sunday AM, sunny Sunday afternoon, then mostly clear Sunday night lows 53-49 warming to 54 Sunday night highs 92-87. Mostly sunny Monday, clearing Monday night, mostly sunny Tuesday and Wednesday with mostly clear nights, then partly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday highs 89-82 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: Clear this evening, cloudy with areas of patchy fog late tonight and Friday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, cloudy with areas of fog late Friday night, mostly cloudy with areas of fog Saturday AM, sunny and a bit warmer in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday night, cloudy with patchy fog Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy Sunday night lows near 50 highs 60-64. Mostly cloudy Monday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly sunny Tuesday, mostly clear at night, then partly cloudy Wednesday through Thursday highs 65-63 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 65 low 51).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: 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, mostly clear Saturday night, mostly sunny Sunday, then mostly clear Sunday night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. tonight through Sunday, then 14,000 ft. Sunday night lows near 46 highs 74-67. Mostly sunny Monday through Thursday with clear skies at night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Monday through Tuesday night, 15,000 ft. Wednesday, then 14,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday highs 72-66 lows 47-44.
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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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