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Note: Don’t forget that we go to 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, CO detectors, and any other safety detectors you might 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: A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM UNTIL 7 AM FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE SOUTH OREGON COAST.
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Patchy AM fog & frost, partly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), a slight (20%) chance of isolated evening showers, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight (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, patchy fog and a mix of clouds and sun Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Saturday night highs 50-56 lows 32-27 warming to 33 Saturday night. 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, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday and Wednesday night highs 58-55 lows 39-42. (seasonal averages high 55 low 36)
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers today and a slight (20%) chance of snow showers and small hail this afternoon (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 this evening (snow level 2,500 ft.), partly cloudy late tonight through Friday night, partly cloudy with patchy AM fog Saturday, sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear late Saturday night highs 52-57 lows 35-32. 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 a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers showers this AM, a (30%) chance of showers this afternoon with small hail possible (under 0.10 in. of rain possible, AM snow level 2,000 ft.), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this evening, partly cloudy tonight with patchy frost late, mostly sunny Friday afternoon, partly cloudy Friday night, mostly sunny Saturday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, then then mostly clear Saturday night highs 49-52 lows near 36. 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: Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of snow showers this AM, a good (50%) chance of scattered rain and snow showers this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), a slight (20%) isolated rain and snow showers in the evening, mostly cloudy tonight, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of isolated snow showers Friday afternoon and evening, just partly cloudy Friday night, mostly sunny Saturday, then partly cloudy Saturday night snow level at the surface today, free air freezing level at the surface late tonight, snow level 3,000 ft. Friday, 2,500 ft. Friday night, free air freezing level 3,500 ft. rising to 5,500 ft. Saturday, then 6,500 ft. Saturday night highs 35-45 lows 22-26. Partly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday through 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 7,000 ft. Monday, 8,000 ft. Monday night, 7,500 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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