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An upper level trough of low pressure (shaded “U”shape in blue arrows) has moved closer to the coast. A frontal system is sliding through the Pacific Northwest ushering in the rain and wind. Another frontal system will push through to keep the parade of storms going.
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Advisories: A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON TODAY FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A FREEZING RAIN WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTL NOON TODAY FOR THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST, CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, AND FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR JACKSON COUNTY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM FRIDAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH OREGON COAST, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AND FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR JACKSON COUNTY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Mostly cloudy with rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) today and breezy (wind: S 10-20 mph gusts to 35 mph this AM), rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) tonight, rain (0.25 in. of rain possible) Friday, rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) Friday night, then mostly cloudy with rain Saturday and Saturday night highs 50-55 lows 44-47. Mostly cloudy with rain Sunday, rain likely (60%) Sunday night and Monday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night, rain Tuesday and Tuesday night, then rain likely (70%) Wednesday highs 50-52 lows 43-46. (seasonal averages high 48 low 36)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with rain (0.65 in. of rain possible) today and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 40), rain (0.65 in. of rain possible) tonight and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph decreasing to S 10-15 mph late), AM rain, showers Friday afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), then rain (0.50 in. of rain possible) Friday night through Saturday night highs 56-52 lows near 47. Mostly cloudy with rain Sunday, showers Sunday night, cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Monday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday night, then rain Tuesday through Wednesday highs 53-48 warming to 55 then cooling to 52 Wednesday lows 44-40 warming to 44 Tuesday night. (seasonal averages high 49 low 38)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with rain (0.90 in. of rain possible) today with a slight (20%) chance of coastal thunderstorms and very windy (wind: S 30-45 mph decreasing to S 25-35 mph at the shore this afternoon and S 20-30 mph inland), rain (0.70 in. of rain possible) and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph at the shore and S 15-25 mph inland) tonight, AM rain with afternoon showers (0.40 in. of rain possible) Friday and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph), rain (0.80 in. of rain possible) Friday night and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph), then mostly cloudy with rain (1.00 in. of rain possible) Saturday and Saturday night highs near 56 lows 48-50. Mostly cloudy with rain Sunday, showers Sunday night, cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night,rain Tuesday, then rain and breezy Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 53-57 lows 45-50. (seasonal averages high 52 low 41)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with rain and snow (0.50 in. of rain possible, 1-3 in. of snow possible) today and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph with gusts to 45 mph), rain (0.75 in. of rain possible) tonight and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph), rain and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph) Friday, rain Friday night and windy (wind: S 10-20 mph), then mostly cloudy with rain and snow and breezy Saturday, rain and snow Saturday night snow level 6,000 ft. today, 6,500 ft. tonight, 6,000 ft. Friday, 5,500 ft. Friday night, 4,500 ft. Saturday, then 5,000 ft. Saturday night highs 42-38 lows near 34. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Sunday and Sunday night, rain and snow likely (70%) Monday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow Monday night, rain likely (70%) Tuesday, rain Tuesday night, then rain likely (60%) and breezy Wednesday snow level 4,500 ft. Sunday, 3,500 ft. Sunday night, 4,000 ft. Monday, 4,500 ft. Monday night, 7,500 ft. Tuesday, above 8,000 ft. Tuesday night, then 6,500 ft. Wednesday highs 36-45 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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