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Advisories: A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM UNTIL 9 AM THURSDAY FOR EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND JACKSON COUNTY. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM UNTIL 9 AM THURSDAY FOR EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, JACKSON COUNTY.
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The Jet Stream airflow has moved the storm track to the north as high pressure takes over. Things will dry out for another day as high pressure at the surface and the high pressure ridge aloft combine to clear out the clouds for a while. By the end of the week a frontal system (shown offshore) will move in returning the clouds and the chance of rain and lowering mountain snow levels down to the passes.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Clear with patchy fog late tonight and Thursday AM, sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Thursday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain likely (60%) Friday AM, rain in the afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain likely (70%) Friday night (0.20 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Saturday, then mostly cloudy and colder with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday night lows 38-49 cooling to 40 Saturday night highs 72-62. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Sunday through Monday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday night, rain likely (60%) Tuesday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday highs 59-55 warming to 58 Wednesday lows 40-43. (seasonal averages high 66 low 44)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Clear with patchy fog late tonight and Thursday AM, sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain late Thursday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with rain likely (70%) Friday AM, rain in the afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain likely (60%) Friday night (0.40 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday, then a (40%) chance of showers and colder Saturday night lows 43-53 cooling to 45 Saturday night highs 62-56. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday and Sunday night, showers likely (60%) Monday night, rain likely (70%) Tuesday and Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Wednesday highs near 55 lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 61 low 46)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Clear tonight, mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain late Thursday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) and cooler Friday, showers and colder Friday night, a (40%) chance of AM showers, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday, then a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday night free air freezing level 12,000 ft. tonight, 13,000 ft. Thursday, then snow level above 8,000 ft. late Thursday night and Friday, 8,000 ft. falling to 7,000 ft. late Friday night, 5,500 ft. Saturday, then 4,000 ft. Saturday night lows 38-28 highs 63-40. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) Sunday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday night through Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday snow level 4,000 ft. Sunday through Monday night, then 4,500 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday highs 36-44 lows 30-34.
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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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