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An upper level high pressure ridge (shaded “Arch” shape) has been dominating our weather pattern. An upper level low (Circular shape made of blue arrows) rotating counter clockwise over California will produce the chance of thunderstorms in the mountains and in the Umpqua Valley as it slowly moves southeastward away from us. We’ll have more warmer than normal temperatures as temps rise to around 80 again. An upper level low (Shaded “U” shape) will move up to the Oregon coast shifting the airflow from the southwest just in time for Mother’s Day. The next cold front that will effect Oregon won’t appear until Sunday into Monday.
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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: Cloudy this AM, becoming mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, mostly cloudy Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Thursday night, AM clouds and mostly sunny Friday, then partly cloudy Friday night highs 72-80 lows near 46. A mix of clouds and sun Saturday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday night, rain likely (60%) Sunday and in the evening, a good (50%) chance of showers late Sunday night, a (40%) chance of showers Monday, a (30%) chance of evening showers, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late Monday night, then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday highs 79-66 lows 50-42. (seasonal averages high 66 low 42)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly cloudy this AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening, just partly cloudy tonight, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Thursday afternoon and evening, then partly cloudy Thursday night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Friday afternoon and evening, then just mostly cloudy Friday night highs 79-86 lows 48-52. Mostly cloudy Saturday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Saturday night, a (40%) chance of rain Sunday AM, mostly cloudy and cooler with showers likely (60%) Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy and cooler with a (30%) chance of showers Sunday night through Monday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday highs 86-70 warming to 73 Tuesday lows 57-45 . (seasonal averages high 68 low 46)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with areas of fog this AM, mostly cloudy this afternoon, partly cloudy this evening, cloudy with patchy fog late at night and Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, cloudy with patchy fog Thursday night and Friday AM, mostly cloudy with areas of coastal AM fog partly cloudy in the afternoon while partly cloudy with patchy AM fog inland, then partly cloudy Friday night with patchy fog late highs 58-62 cooling to 57 Friday lows 45-50. Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Saturday, a slight (20%) chance of rain late Saturday night, rain likely (70%) Sunday AM, showers Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday night through Monday night, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday highs near 63 lows 55-46. (seasonal averages high 58 low 46)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy this AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening mainly near the crest, partly cloudy late tonight, mostly sunny Thursday, partly cloudy at night, mostly sunny Friday, then partly cloudy Friday night snow level above 8,000 ft. today and tonight, free air freezing level 11,000 ft. rising to 12,000 ft. Thursday afternoon through Friday night highs 62-72 lows 40-45 cooling to near 40 Friday night. Partly cloudy Saturday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday AM, rain likely (70%) in the afternoon through Sunday night, a (40%) chance of showers Monday, a (30%) chance of showers in the evening, a slight (20%) chance of showers late Monday night, then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday free air freezing level 12,000 ft. rising to 13,000 ft. Saturday afternoon, snow level above 8,000 ft. Sunday through Monday, 7,500 ft. Monday night, then above 8,000 ft. Tuesday highs 67-50 lows 42-35.
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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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