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Advisories: A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TODAY UNTIL 11 AM SATURDAY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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An upper level low (the shaded”U”) shape on the jet stream) is pushing a frontal system through the Pacific Northwest today, 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.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain this AM, rain this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), evening rain, showers late tonight (0.20 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 (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, snow level 3,500 ft.), mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday AM, then showers (under 0.10 in. of rain possible) likely (60%) with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, then showers likely (60%) Sunday night highs 66-55 lows 46-40. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Monday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Monday night, showers likely (70%) Tuesday, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night, rain likely (60%) Wednesday, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday night, then showers likely (60%) Thursday highs 53-58 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 cloudy with rain today (0.20 in. of rain possible), rain in the evening, showers late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly 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 (0.10 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of inland showers Saturday night, coastal showers likely (60%) Sunday (0.20 in. of rain possible) and a slight (20%) chance of AM thunderstorms, showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon inland, then showers likely (60%) Sunday night highs 60-54 lows 49-45. Mostly cloudy with showers Monday, showers likely (60%) Monday night, showers Tuesday, rain Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday night, then showers likely (70%) Thursday highs 50-55 lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 61 low 46)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) and cooler today, showers and colder tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (60%) in the AM, rain and snow showers Saturday afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible), 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. today, 8,000 ft. falling to 6,500 ft. late tonight, 4,500 ft. Saturday, 4,000 ft. Saturday night, 3,500 ft. Sunday, then 4,000 ft. Sunday night highs 49-35 lows 33-28. 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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