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A trough of low pressure (shaded area that’s “U” shaped touching the coast) is pumping cool moist air in behind the frontal system that passed through on Monday. The upper trough will slowly migrate to the east over us keeping the chance for wet weather and cooler temperatures with us for a while. High pressure will build in late in the week. So far, it looks like another nice weekend ahead. We can hope.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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Here are your detailed forecasts. **
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Mostly cloudy with showers and cooler today a slight chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms high 54. Showers likely (60%) chance tonight through Thursday night lows near 40 highs 52-55. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday and partly cloudy Friday night with a slight (20%) chance evening showers high 60 low 43. A mix of clouds and sun Saturday, and partly cloudy Saturday night high 62 low 43. Partly cloudy skies Sunday through Monday with a slight (20%) chance night highs 66-63 low 43.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with rain this morning and showers and isolated thunderstorms this afternoon and evening then rain and snow showers late tonight (snow level 3,000 ft.) high 56 lows 43 . Rain and snow showers Wednesday ( snow level 3,000 ft.) morning then showers in the afternoon and likely (60%) Wednesday evening with rain and snow showers likely (60%) at night, then showers Thursday (AM rain & snow showers) and Thursday night highs 50-54 lows 39-43. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers (60%) Friday and a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday night high 61 low 43 . Partly cloudy Saturday then mostly cloudy at night high 66 low 43. Mostly sunny Sunday and Monday while mostly clear Sunday night highs 70-74 low 44.
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Rain this morning with showers and isolated thunderstorms this afternoon and evening then showers late tonight high 52 low 42. Showers Wednesday and showers likely (60%) Wednesday night then showers Thursday and showers likely (60%) Thursday night highs 54-56 lows near 40. Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Friday morning then a (60%) chance of afternoon showers and a slight (20%) chance Friday night high 57 low 45. Partly cloudy Saturday and Saturday night, then mostly sunny Sunday and Monday and mostly clear Sunday night highs 58-62 lows near 45 .
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with showers today snow level 5,000 ft. this morning falling to 3,500 ft. in the afternoon (2 in. to 5 in. of snow possible) high 40. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers tonight through Thursday snow level 3,000 ft. rising to 3,500 ft. Wednesday night (2-4″ of snow possible tonight and 1-4″ Wednesday) Breezy Wednesday night – winds Southwest 15-25 mph shifting West 10-15 mph late Wednesday night lows near 27 highs 35-39. Rain and snow showers likely (60%) Thursday night and mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday, partly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday night snow level 4,500 ft. falling to 4,000 ft. lows 25-32 high 47. Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday night through Sunday night snow level 6,000 ft. Saturday and Sunday then 5,000 ft. Saturday night highs 49-56 lows near 32. Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday snow level 6,500 ft. high 55.
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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.