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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 FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM UNTIL 9 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL 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: Cloudy with patchy fog and freezing fog this evening, areas of fog and freezing fog late tonight and Wednesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy evening fog, areas of fog and freezing fog late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening with patchy evening fog, cloudy with areas of fog and freezing fog late Thursday night, cloudy with areas of AM fog and freezing fog, a mix of clouds and sun Friday afternoon, then partly cloudy with fog and freezing fog late Friday night lows 28-34 highs 37-40. 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, partly cloudy Saturday afternoon through Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), then partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday highs 45-49 lows near 33. (seasonal averages high 47 low 34)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly clear with areas of patchy fog this evening, mostly clear with areas of fog and freezing fog late tonight and Wednesday AM, sunny with lingering patchy fog Wednesday afternoon, 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 lows near 30 highs near 47-52. 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 50-52 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: Clear tonight with areas of coastal frost, fog, and freezing fog late tonight with areas of inland frost late tonight, sunny Wednesday and Thursday after AM patchy fog, clear with patchy coastal fog Wednesday night, and mostly clear Thursday night, sunny Friday, partly cloudy with patchy fog Friday night lows near 36 highs near 57. Partly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday, mostly clear with patchy fog Saturday night, mostly sunny with patchy fog Sunday, mostly clear Sunday night, mostly cloudy with patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Monday afternoon (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), partly cloudy with patchy fog late Monday night, then partly cloudy with patchy AM fog Tuesday, then partly cloudy with lingering patchy fog Tuesday afternoon highs 56-52 lows near 36. (seasonal averages high 52 low 40)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Clear tonight, sunny Wednesday and Thursday, clear Wednesday night and mostly clear Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday, then mostly clear Friday night free air freezing level 12,000 ft. tonight, then 11,000 ft. Wednesday through Friday night lows 33-30 highs 49-52. Mostly sunny Saturday, partly cloudy at night, mostly sunny Sunday partly cloudy at night, mostly sunny Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), partly cloudy Monday night, then mostly sunny Tuesday free air freezing level 11,000 ft. Saturday through Monday, 12,000 ft. Wednesday night, then mostly sunny Thursday highs 50-48 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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