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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 quite a bit 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 clear tonight, partly cloudy Saturday, mostly cloudy at night, cloudy Sunday AM, a mix of clouds and sun in the afternoon, partly cloudy and colder Sunday night, partly cloudy with patchy fog Monday AM, then mostly clear Monday night lows 42-48 cooling to 42 Monday night highs 75-70 warming to 75 Monday. Mostly sunny Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and mostly cloudy each night, then partly cloudy at Thursday night and Friday highs 83-75 lows 48-51. (seasonal averages high 70 low 46)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly clear tonight, sunny Saturday AM, partly cloudy Saturday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy at night, cloudy Sunday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy at night and Monday AM, sunny and warmer in the afternoon, then mostly clear Monday night lows 46-52 cooling to 48 Sunday night and warming to near 50 Monday night highs 79-74 warming to near 80 Monday. Sunny Tuesday and Wednesday with mostly clear skies at night, mostly cloudy Thursday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Thursday night, then mostly sunny Friday highs 86-78 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 73 low 50)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy tonight through Saturday evening, cloudy with areas of fog late Saturday night, cloudy with areas of patchy fog and a slight (20%) chance of drizzle Sunday AM, patchy lingering fog in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Sunday night and breezy (wind: N 20-25 mph decreasing to N 10-20 mph at night at the shore and N 15-25 mph decreasing to N 5-10 mph late at night inland), mostly cloudy with patchy fog Monday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Monday night lows 47-52 cooling to 48 Monday night highs 64-60 warming to 64 Monday. Mostly sunny and warmer Tuesday, mostly clear at night, partly cloudy Wednesday AM, sunny Wednesday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Wednesday night, mostly cloudy Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly clear late at night, then partly cloudy Friday highs near 65 lows 50-53. (seasonal averages high 60 low 49)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Saturday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday, partly cloudy Sunday night, mostly sunny Monday, then clear Monday night free air freezing level 11,000 ft. tonight, 11,000 rising to 12,000 ft. Saturday afternoon through Sunday night, 13,000 ft. Monday, then 14,000 ft. falling to 13,000 ft. Monday night lows 36-40 cooling to 36 Sunday night and warming to 43 Monday night highs 65-58 warming to near 70 Monday. Sunny Tuesday, mostly clear at night, mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday with mostly clear skies Wednesday night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. rising to 14,000 ft. Tuesday, 14,000 ft. Tuesday night through Wednesday night, 14,000 ft. falling to 13,000 ft. Thursday and Thursday night, then 14,000 ft. Friday highs 70-72 cooling to near 60 Friday lows 44-48.
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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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