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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 and taking the showers with it as it moves away. A new high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape) dries us out through the weekend and then a new trough takes over 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 8 AM SATURDAY 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: Partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening, areas of fog and frost late tonight, a mix of clouds and sun with areas of patchy fog and frost Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Saturday night and Sunday AM, a mix of clouds and sun Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Sunday night and Monday, cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Monday night lows 29-43 highs 55-59. Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday, a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday, a (40%) chance of rain at night and Thursday, then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday night and Friday highs 55-59 lows near 43. (seasonal averages high 55 low 36)
Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly clear late tonight, partly cloudy with patchy fog and freezing fog Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Saturday night, partly cloudy Sunday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon and Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday, then cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Monday night lows 34-43 highs 58-64. Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday through Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday and Thursday night, then cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Friday highs 58-62 lows near 43. (seasonal averages high 57 low 39)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly clear with patchy fog late tonight, partly cloudy with patchy AM fog, sunny Saturday afternoon, mostly clear at night, mostly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday, then cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Monday night lows 36-48 highs 54-58 cooling to 54 Monday. Mostly cloudy with (30%) chance of rain Tuesday and Tuesday night, a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday through Thursday, then cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday night and Friday highs 54-57 lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 54 low 41)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy with isolated rain and snow showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this evening, a slight (20%) chance of isolated rain and snow showers tonight, mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear Saturday night, partly cloudy Sunday, mostly cloudy at night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night snow level 4,000 ft. tonight, free air freeing level 4,500 ft. rising to 5,500 ft. Saturday afternoon, 6,500 ft. rising to 7,500 ft. Saturday night, 7,000 ft. falling to 6,000 ft. Sunday, 8,000 ft. Sunday night, snow level 6,500 ft. Monday, then 7,500 ft. Monday night lows 22-32 cooling to 29 Monday night highs 42-49. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday through Friday snow level 7,500 ft. Tuesday, 6,500 ft. Tuesday night and Wednesday, 7,500 ft. at night, 7,000 ft. Thursday, then 6,000 ft. Friday highs near 45 lows 30-33.
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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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