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An upper level low pressure trough ( shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) will keep the precipitation around as it slowly moves eastward toward us. A frontal system pushed through Oregon and we can look for another frontal system to move in between Friday and Saturday producing more rain.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 27 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Amazon Park, Eugene. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 12 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter at Willamette Activity Center, Oakridge. Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA)

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Advisories:

• A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES.
• A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
• A HEALTH ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE PRESENCE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE IN WILLOW CREEK RESERVOIR IN MORROW COUNTY, WICKIUP RESERVOIR IN DESCHUTES COUNTY, 40 MILES SW OF BEND, FOR TENMILE LAKES IN COOS COUNTY, AND AT DEVILS LAKE IN LINCOLN COUNTY. THE TOXIC ALGAE BLOOM MEANS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT DRINK OR HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE AFFECTED WATER AND THAT ALSO GOES FOR ANY PETS.

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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:

• Partly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers this evening, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with patchy fog and a good (50%) chance rain Friday AM, rain in the afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Rain Saturday and at night,
• Mostly cloudy with showers likely (60%) Sunday, then a (40%) chance of showers Sunday night.
• lows 48-50 cooling to 44 Sunday night highs 60-65 cooling to 58 Sunday.
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers at night.
• Cloudy with rain likely (70%) Tuesday, showers likely (60%) Tuesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain rain Wednesday and Wednesday night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun with a good (50%) chance of rain Thursday.
• highs 59-62 lows 46-52 cooling to 50 Wednesday night. (seasonal averages high 60 low 40).

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) this evening, a (40%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Rain likely (70%) Friday AM, rain in the afternoon (0.15 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of showers Friday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Saturday (in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph, gusty in AM), showers and a slight (20%) chance of evening thunderstorms, showers Saturday night,
• Showers likely (70%) Sunday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday night.
• lows 52-47 highs 64-66 cooling to 58 Sunday.
• Just mostly cloudy Monday, rain likely (70%) at night,
• Rain Tuesday, showers Tuesday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, a (40%) chance of showers at night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday.
• highs 62-66 lows near 49. (seasonal averages high 63 low 43)

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:

• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) this evening, a good (50%) chance of rain late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Then mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Friday AM, rain in the afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of evening rain, coastal rain late Friday night while inland rain likely (60%) late at night (0.15 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms Saturday and windy (Wind: S 25-35 mph at the shore, SW 15-25 mph inland), showers with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms in the evening, showers late Saturday night and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph decreasing to SW 10-15 mph late at night,
• Mostly cloudy with showers in the AM, showers likely (70%) Sunday, then a (40%) chance of showers Sunday night.
• lows 54-52 highs 62-65 cooling to 58 Sunday.
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday, rain likely (70%) at night,
• Rain Tuesday, showers Tuesday night,
• Then rain likely (60%) Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Thursday.
• highs 60-62 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 60 low 45)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with showers likely (70%) this evening, a good (50%) chance of showers late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Rain Friday (0.25 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday AM, rain likely (70%) in the afternoon, then rain (in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph in the evening) Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy with showers likely (70%) Sunday, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday night.
• snow level 6,500 ft. tonight, 6,500 ft. rising to 7,500 ft. Friday afternoon, above 8,000 ft. late Friday night, 7,500 ft. Saturday, 6,500 ft. Saturday night, then 5,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night.
• lows 40-32 highs 48-40.
• A mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday, mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Tuesday, showers likely (70%) at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, a (40%) chance of rain Wednesday night,
• Then partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Thursday.
• snow level 5,000 ft. Monday, 7,000 ft. Monday night, then above 8,000 ft. Tuesday through Thursday.
• highs 45-50 lows 34-36.

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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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