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We’ll be drying out as an upper air high pressure ridge (growing shaded “Arch” shape) builds in protecting us from any storms. It looks like a partly cloudy and pleasant day Saturday for the Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field. A frontal system will bring us some clouds Saturday night and Sunday AM with a slight chance of drizzle at the coast, but the rest of will stay dry. Next week is looking dry, bright, and warmer.
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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 patchy fog this AM, mostly sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight through Saturday evening, mostly cloudy at night and Sunday AM, then partly cloudy in the afternoon and Sunday night highs 72-75 cooling to near 70 Sunday lows 43-46 cooling to 42 Sunday night. Mostly cloudy Monday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear at night, then mostly sunny Tuesday through Thursday with mostly clear skies at night highs 78-84 lows near 48. (seasonal averages high 70 low 46)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy this AM, sunny this afternoon, clear this evening, partly cloudy tonight, sunny Saturday AM, partly cloudy Saturday afternoon through Sunday night highs 75-80 cooling to 75 Sunday lows 46-52. Partly cloudy Monday and Monday night, mostly sunny Tuesday and Wednesday with mostly clear skies at night, a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Wednesday evening, mostly clear at night, partly cloudy Thursday AM, then sunny Thursday afternoon highs 84-88 cooling to 85 Thursday lows 52-56. (seasonal averages high 73 low 50)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy this AM, partly cloudy this afternoon through Saturday evening, cloudy with areas of fog late Saturday night and Sunday AM with a slight (20%) chance of patchy AM drizzle, cloudy with patchy lingering fog in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy with patchy fog Sunday night highs near 63 lows 49-52 cooling to 48 Sunday night. Mostly cloudy with patchy fog Monday, partly cloudy Monday night, mostly sunny and warmer Tuesday through Thursday with mostly clear skies at night highs 62-66 lows near 53. (seasonal averages high 60 low 49)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy early, partly cloudy late this AM, mostly sunny this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight, mostly sunny Saturday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and Saturday night, mostly cloudy Sunday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, then mostly clear Sunday night free air freezing level 8,000 ft. rising to 10,000 ft. this afternoon, 12,000 ft. tonight, 11,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday, then 12,000 ft. Sunday night highs 60-65 cooling to 60 Sunday lows 37-40 cooling to 37 Sunday night. Mostly sunny Monday, clear at night, sunny Tuesday, mostly clear at night, mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday with mostly clear skies Wednesday night free air freezing level 12,000 ft. Monday, 13,000 ft. Monday night through Wednesday, 14,000 ft. Wednesday night, then 13,000 ft. Thursday highs 70-66 lows near 43.
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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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