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A building upper level ridge of high pressure (shaded “Arch”shape in blue arrows) cleared us out and that will continue for a couple of days. The next frontal system will slowly move in Wednesday pushing rain out ahead of it.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Mostly cloudy and colder with areas of fog and freezing fog this AM, mostly sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Tuesday AM, a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday afternoon, mostly cloudy and not as cold Tuesday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain, rain likely (60%) Wednesday afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday night highs 47-52 lows 33-44. Mostly cloudy with rain Thursday and Thursday night, then rain likely (70%) Friday through Sunday highs 52-55 cooling to near 50 Sunday lows 45-42. (seasonal averages high 49 low 36)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog early this AM, partly cloudy with patchy fog late this AM, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Tuesday AM (AM fog possibly dense), mostly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with AM rain likely (60%) Wednesday, showers in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of evening showers, then rain likely (70%) late Wednesday night highs 49-55 cooling to 53 Wednesday lows 38-46. Mostly cloudy with rain Thursday through Sunday highs 53-56 cooling to 54 Sunday lows 47-50. (seasonal averages high 50 low 39)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Sunny today, partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy tonight, partly cloudy Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday AM, showers in the afternoon, showers likely (60%) in the evening, then rain and breezy Wednesday night highs 54-59 cooling to near 48 Wednesday lows 42-49. Mostly cloudy with rain Thursday through Friday through Sunday highs 55-58 cooling to 53 Sunday night lows near 50-53. (seasonal averages high 53 low 41)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny today, mostly clear tonight, partly cloudy Tuesday, mostly cloudy Tuesday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday AM, rain likely (60%) Wednesday afternoon and breezy (wind: SE 15-25 mph), then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Wednesday night free air freezing level 9,000 ft. rising to 10,000 ft. today, 9,000 ft. tonight and Tuesday, 8,000 ft. Tuesday night, 6,500 ft. Wednesday, then 5,500 ft. Wednesday night highs 42-45 cooling to near 40 Wednesday lows 34-27 warming to near 32 Wednesday night. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Thursday, rain Thursday night and Friday, rain likely (70%) Friday night, rain and snow Saturday, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (70%) Saturday night and Sunday snow level 5,000 ft. Thursday, 6,000 ft. Thursday night, 5,500 ft. Friday, 6,000 ft. Friday night and Saturday, 5,000 ft. Saturday night, then 4,000 ft. Sunday highs 43-35 lows 34-30.
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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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