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An upper air high pressure ridge (shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) is taking over as our weather maker. This week is looking dry, bright, and quite a bit warmer as the high pressure keeps any serous storms away. There is a cold front has pushed through with most of its energy going to the north over the ridge into Canada. Another frontal system will push inland with most of its energy again mainly to our north Sunday, but again it looks weak and will fall apart so we’ll only see at most a few clouds but no precipitation from it. Also an upper level trough of low pressure (shaded “U” shape following the ridge) will move in sitting offshore Sunday into Monday.
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The Grass Pollen Count has gone through the roof and is listed at Very High at 661 according to Oregon Allergy Associates.
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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 Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy at night and Friday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then mostly clear Saturday night lows near 50 highs 80-82. Mostly sunny Sunday, partly cloudy Sunday night through Monday night, a mix of clouds and sun Tuesday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Tuesday night, then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday afternoon highs 82-73 lows near 48. (seasonal averages high 70 low 46)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Clear this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Thursday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Thursday night, then sunny Friday and Saturday with clear skies both nights lows 55 highs 85-88 cooling to 85 Saturday. Patchy AM fog, sunny Sunday afternoon, mostly clear at night, partly cloudy with patchy AM fog Monday, sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Monday night through Tuesday night, then partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Wednesday highs near 82-76 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 74 low 50)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy tonight at the shore while mostly clear inland this evening and mostly cloudy late tonight, patchy fog late at night and Thursday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday AM, sunny in the afternoon, clear Friday evening at the shore and mostly cloudy late while clear inland late Friday night, partly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon, then clear Saturday night lows near 52 highs near 62-66 cooling to 63 Saturday. Partly cloudy with patchy fog Sunday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy fog Sunday night and Monday AM, sunny Monday afternoon, just partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy Wednesday highs 62-59 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 61 low 50)
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Partly cloudy tonight, mostly sunny Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and Thursday night, mostly sunny Friday and Saturday with partly cloudy skies Friday night and mostly clear Saturday night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. tonight and Thursday, 14,000 ft. rising to 15,000 ft. at night, 15,000 ft. rising to 16,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, 16,000 ft. falling to 15,000 ft. Saturday and Saturday night lows 46-52 cooling to 46 Saturday night highs 74-70 warming to 75 Saturday. Mostly sunny Sunday and Monday with mostly clear skies Sunday night, partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers late at night and Wednesday free air freezing level 15,000 ft. falling to 14,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, 14,000 ft. falling to 13,000 ft. Monday afternoon, 13,000 ft. falling to 12,000 ft. Monday night, 12,000 ft. falling to 11,000 ft. Tuesday afternoon, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 74-62 warming to 65 Wednesday lows 45-40.
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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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