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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. A frontal system (shown way offshore) will slide into the Pacific Northwest Wednesday ushering in the clouds and rain. The next frontal system move in Thursday pushing even more rain out ahead of it. This will give you an idea what our weather will be like for the next 7 days.
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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 clear this evening, mostly cloudy with areas of fog and freezing fog late tonight and Tuesday AM, a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday afternoon, mostly cloudy and not as cold Tuesday night, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Tuesday night, rain Wednesday (0.15 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of rain in the evening, rain likely (60%) late Wednesday night (0.15 in. of rain possible), then mostly cloudy with rain Thursday and Thursday night lows 33-45 highs 50-47 warming to 54 Thursday. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Friday and Friday night, rain Saturday, rain likely (60%) Saturday night through Sunday night, then mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Monday highs 53-48 lows 45-42. (seasonal averages high 49 low 36)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly clear through early tonight, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Tuesday AM (AM fog possibly dense), partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Tuesday night, rain (0.15 in. of rain possible) Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of evening showers, rain likely (70%) late Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), then mostly cloudy with rain Thursday and Thursday night lows 38-48 highs 57-53. Mostly cloudy with rain Friday through Sunday highs 56-50 lows 49-45. (seasonal averages high 50 low 39)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: 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 (0.25 in. of rain possible) Wednesday and breezy (wind: SE 10-15 mph increasing to S 20-30 mph at the shore and SE 10-20 mph inland), cloudy with a a good (50%) chance evening showers, rain late at night and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph at the shore and S 15-25 mph inland) Wednesday night (0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with rain and windy Thursday and Thursday night lows 42-52 highs 59-55. Mostly cloudy with rain and windy Friday through Saturday night, then rain Sunday through Monday highs 55-53 lows near 52-48. (seasonal averages high 53 low 41)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly clear tonight, partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday evening, mostly cloudy Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday and breezy (wind: SE 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Wednesday night and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 35 mph increasing to 45 mph late), rain and snow Thursday and windy, then mostly cloudy with rain Thursday night free air freezing level 9,000 ft. tonight and Tuesday, 8,000 ft. Tuesday night, 7,000 ft. falling to 5,500 ft. Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night, 5,000 ft. Thursday, then 6,000 ft. Thursday night lows 34-26 warming to near 34 Friday night highs 45-39 warming to 43 Thursday. Mostly cloudy with rain Friday, rain likely (70%) Friday night, rain Saturday, rain and snow likely (60%) Saturday night through Sunday night, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (70%) Monday snow level 5,500 ft. Friday, 6,000 ft. Friday night and Saturday, 5,000 ft. Saturday night, 4,500 ft. Sunday, 4,000 ft. Sunday night, then 3,500 ft. Monday highs 43-35 lows 33-27.
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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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