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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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An upper level low (the shaded”U”) shape on the jet stream) is pushing a frontal system (shown offshore) into the Pacific Northwest, returning the clouds and the chance of rain and lowering mountain snow levels down to the passes. This storm could produce the first snowfall of the season at pass levels. Another storm will move through during the day Friday.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday AM, showers in the afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), evening rain, showers late Friday night (0.10 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Saturday (under 0.01 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy and colder with a (30%) chance of showers Saturday night, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday AM, then showers likely (60%) in the afternoon and Sunday night lows 52-40 highs 68-55. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday night, showers likely (70%) Tuesday and Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday and Wednesday night, then showers likely (60%) Thursday highs 55-58 lows near 42. (seasonal averages high 65 low 44)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.01 in. of rain possible), coastal rain Friday, a good (50%) chance of inland AM rain with rain in the afternoon (0.20 in. of rain possible), rain in the evening, showers late Friday night (0.25 in. of rain possible), cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Saturday (under 0.01 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening coastal showers with showers likely (60%) Saturday night, a (40%) chance of inland showers Saturday night, showers likely (60%) and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Sunday AM, showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, then showers likely (60%) Sunday night lows 53-44 highs 64-54. Mostly cloudy with showers Monday, showers likely (60%) Monday night, showers Tuesday and Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday night, then showers likely (70%) Thursday highs near 54 lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 61 low 46)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), showers likely (60%) and cooler Friday, showers and colder Friday night (0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) in the AM, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday night, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Sunday, then a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday night snow level above 8,000 ft. late tonight and Friday, 8,000 ft. falling to 7,000 ft. late Friday night, 5,000 ft. Saturday, 4,000 ft. Saturday night, 3,500 ft. Sunday, then 4,000 ft. Sunday night lows 40-28 highs 49-35 warming to 39 Sunday. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Monday and Monday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Wednesday through Thursday snow level 4,000 ft. Monday and Monday night, 4,500 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday, then 4,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday highs 38-48 lows near 27.
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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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