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Cold high pressure (shaded “Arch” shape) is moving through the the Pacific Northwest. That ridge aloft along with high pressure (Blue “H” off the coast) at the surface will keep storm systems away from the Pacific Northwest for the next 7 days. Watch out for slippery roadways late night and early AM due to fog freezing on the surface of the road.
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Advisories: A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH OREGON COAST. AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, THE EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS, JACKSON COUNTY, AND UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Patchy fog and freezing fog this AM, cloudy this afternoon, patchy fog and freezing fog tonight and Wednesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, cloudy with patchy fog and freezing fog Wednesday night and Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, then cloudy with patchy fog and freezing fog late Thursday night highs 37-43 lows 28-32. Cloudy with patchy fog and freezing fog Friday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with with areas of fog and freezing fog late at night and Saturday AM, then partly cloudy Saturday afternoon through Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) highs 48-52 lows near 33. (seasonal averages high 47 low 34)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy with areas of patchy fog and freezing fog this AM, sunny this afternoon with some lingering patchy fog, mostly clear with areas of patchy fog in the evening, areas of fog and freezing fog late tonight and Wednesday AM, mostly sunny with lingering patchy fog Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear with patchy evening fog, mostly clear with areas of patchy fog and freezing fog late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, sunny in the afternoon, patchy evening fog, then areas of fog and freezing fog late Thursday night highs near 46-52 lows near 30. Patchy fog and freezing fog Thursday AM, mostly sunny with patchy lingering fog in the afternoon, lingering evening fog, mostly clear with patchy fog and freezing fog late Thursday night and early Friday AM, mostly sunny Friday afternoon, areas of fog and freezing fog again late Friday night and Saturday AM, partly cloudy with patchy lingering fog Saturday afternoon, areas of fog and freezing fog again late Saturday night and Sunday AM, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon, then partly cloudy with patchy fog again Sunday night and Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) highs near 52 lows 30-33. (seasonal averages high 50 low 37)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Sunny today and Wednesday, mostly clear tonight and Wednesday night, sunny Thursday, then mostly clear Thursday night highs 50-56 cooling to 53 Thursday lows near 35. Mostly sunny with patchy fog Saturday and Sunday, and mostly clear nights, mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, then mostly sunny Monday afternoon (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) highs 55-57 lows 37-40. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny and a bit warmer today, clear tonight, sunny Wednesday and Thursday, clear Wednesday night and mostly clear Thursday night free air freezing level 12,000 ft. today and tonight, 11,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, then 10,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night highs 40-48 cooling to 42 Thursday lows 26-28. Mostly sunny Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with mostly clear to partly cloudy skies each night, then mostly sunny Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) free air freezing level 10,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, then 11,000 ft. Saturday through Monday highs 46-50 lows near 26.
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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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