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Note: Don’t forget that we go Daylight Saving Time this weekend. The skies should be clear enough to enjoy the extra daylight Sunday. Remember to turn your clocks ahead one hour at bedtime Saturday night (Officially at 2 AM Sunday). It’s also time to check the batteries in your smoke detectors and CO detectors, if you have them and you should have them, so says the fire department.
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An upper level trough of low pressure (Shaded “U” shape) is sliding through the Pacific Northwest spreading showers . A new high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape) dries us out Friday through the weekend and then a new trough takes over early next week. A frontal system looks like it will get stuck as a stationary front well north of us next week and move in midweek.
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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 cloudy with showers likely (60%) this evening and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms, scattered showers late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, more in storms), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday (0.10 in. of rain possible), a slight (20%) chance of isolated evening showers, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), patchy AM fog, a mix of clouds and sun Friday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late Friday night, then partly cloudy Saturday and Saturday night lows 36-30 warming to 35 Saturday night highs 50-56. Partly cloudy Sunday, mostly cloudy at night, a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday and Monday night, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday and Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday highs near 58 lows 39-42. (seasonal averages high 55 low 36)
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely (70%) this evening, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, snow level 3,000 ft. falling to 2,500 ft. late), a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Thursday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, snow level 2,000 ft. rising to 2,500 ft. in the afternoon), a slight (20%) chance showers in the evening (snow level 3,000 ft.), partly cloudy late Thursday night through Friday night, partly cloudy with AM fog, Saturday AM, partly cloudy Friday and Friday night, partly cloudy with AM fog Saturday, sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear late Saturday night lows 36-33 highs 50-57. Partly cloudy Sunday, mostly cloudy Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday through Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday highs 60-57 lows 36-42. (seasonal averages high 57 low 39)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with coastal showers likely (70%) and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this evening, showers likely (60%) late tonight (0.15 in. of rain possible with more in storms, small hail possible), a (40%) chance of showers Thursday (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, AM snow level 2,000 ft.), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy frost late Thursday night, just partly cloudy Friday and Friday night, mostly sunny Saturday, then then mostly clear Saturday night lows 36-34 highs 49-52. Partly cloudy Sunday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday night through Monday night, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday and Tuesday night, then a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday highs 56-53 lows 40-45. (seasonal averages high 54 low 41)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Cloudy with rain and snow this evening, scattered snow showers likely (70%) late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible, 1 in. of snow possible), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of scattered snow showers Thursday AM, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), a slight (20%) isolated rain and snow showers in the evening, mostly cloudy at night, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of isolated showers Friday afternoon and evening, then just partly cloudy Friday night, mostly sunny Saturday, then partly cloudy Saturday night snow level 2,500 ft. tonight, at the surface Thursday, free air freezing level at the surface Thursday night, snow level 3,000 ft. Friday, 2,500 ft. Friday night, free air freezing level 3,500 ft. rising to 5,000 ft. Saturday, then 6,000 ft. Saturday night lows 22-26 highs 35-45. Partly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday and Monday night, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday and Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday free air freezing level 7,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, snow level 7,500 ft. Monday and Monday night, above 8,000 ft. Tuesday, then 6,500 ft. Tuesday night and Wednesday highs near 48 lows 25-30.
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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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