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An upper air high pressure ridge (shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) has taken over as our weather maker. our near future is looking dry, bright, and quite a bit warmer as the high pressure keeps any serious storms away. A frontal system slipped through with most of its energy again mainly to our north today. Also an upper level trough of low pressure (shaded “U” shape following the ridge) will move up sitting offshore Sunday into Monday as a new frontal system slides in Monday. Great weather for the NCAA Track and Field Championships through Saturday except for the very high grass pollen count. Anyone who is allergic will have to deal with it the best way they can.
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The Grass Pollen Count has gone through the roof and is listed at Very High at 471 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: Partly cloudy tonight, mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear at night, then mostly sunny Sunday and Monday with partly cloudy nights lows 49-45 warming to 48 Monday night highs 80-82 cooling to 73 Monday. A mix of clouds and sun Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with partly cloudy nights, then partly cloudy Friday highs 72-68 warming to 75 Friday lows near 48. (seasonal averages high 71 low 47)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Mostly clear tonight, sunny Saturday and Sunday with clear to mostly clear skies at night, then partly cloudy Monday and Monday night lows 56-58 cooling to 52 Monday night highs 87-77. Partly cloudy Tuesday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday night and Wednesday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday AM, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday afternoon through Friday highs 76-72 warming to 77 Friday lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 74 low 51)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy coastal fog and patchy fog late inland tonight, partly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Saturday night, sunny Sunday and breezy (wind: N 10-15 mph increasing to N 20-25 mph in the afternoon at the shore and N 5-10 mph increasing to N 15 mph in the afternoon inland, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy Sunday night and breezy (wind: N 20-25 mph decreasing to N 10-20 mph late at night while N 10-15 mph inland), then just partly cloudy Monday and Monday night lows 53-55 cooling to 50 Sunday night and Monday night highs near 65-62. Partly cloudy Tuesday, mostly cloudy Tuesday night through Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday through Friday AM, then just partly cloudy Friday afternoon 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 this evening, clear late tonight, sunny Saturday and Sunday with mostly clear skies at night, colder Sunday night, mostly cloudy Monday, then partly cloudy Monday night free air freeing level 16,000 ft. tonight through Saturday night, 16,000 ft. falling to 15,000 ft. Sunday, 15,000 ft. falling to 14,000 ft. Sunday, 15,000 ft. falling to 14,000 ft. Sunday night, 14,000 ft. falling to 12,000 ft Monday, then 12,000 ft. Monday night lows 44-47 cooling to near 38 Monday night highs 74-63. Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night, a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday night and Friday AM, then just partly cloudy Friday afternoon free air freezing level 12,000 ft. falling to 11,000 ft. Tuesday afternoon, 11,000 ft. falling to 10,000 ft. at night, snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday through Friday highs 59-55 warming to 64 Friday lows 35-40.
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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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