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An upper level low Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) will be replacing the high pressure ridge (Shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows). That means an increased onshore flow that will cool us down considerably. Then we’ll start to warm up again by Thursday. It looks like rather pleasant weather for the Lane County Fair that begins Wednesay and continues through Sunday.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 19 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 13 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 18 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Data courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA).

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Advisories:

• A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, THE FREMONT WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND HARNEY COUNTIES.
• A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TODAY FOR WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON.

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

• AM clouds, mostly sunny and cooler this afternoon, mostly clear this evening, mostly cloudy late tonight and Wednesday AM, mostly sunny and a bit cooler in the afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, mostly sunny and a bit warmer in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Thursday night.
• highs 82-78 warming back to 82 Thursday lows near 53.
• Partly cloudy Friday through Saturday evening, mostly cloudy late at night,
• Partly cloudy Sunday through Monday AM, then mostly sunny Monday afternoon.
• highs 86-82 lows 54-57 cooling back to 54 Sunday night. (seasonal averages high 84 low 52)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy this AM, sunny and cooler this afternoon, mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy in the AM, sunny and a bit cooler Wednesday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, sunny and a bit warmer Thursday afternoon, then mostly clear Thursday night.
• highs near 84 lows 58-56.
• Mostly sunny and warmer Friday and Saturday, mostly clear Friday night, partly cloudy Saturday night,
• Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Sunday, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late Sunday night and Monday AM, then sunny and a bit warmer Monday afternoon.
• highs 89-85 warming back to 89 Monday lows near 60. (seasonal averages high 86 low 57)

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

• Mostly cloudy with patchy AM coastal fog, partly cloudy this afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy late tonight and Wednesday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly cloudy Wednesday night,
• Mostly cloudy Thursday AM, sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late Thursday night.
• highs near 65 lows 56-53.
• Patchy fog Friday AM, just partly cloudy Friday afternoon through Monday AM, then sunny Monday afternoon.
• highs near 65 lows near 56. (seasonal averages high 65 low 53)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly sunny today, partly cloudy and cooler tonight through Wednesday night,
• A mix of clouds and sun Thursday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, then partly cloudy Thursday night.
• free air freezing level 14,000 ft. falling to 13,000 ft. this afternoon, 13,000 ft. tonight, then 12,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night, 11,000 ft. Thursday, then 12,000 ft. Thursday night.
• highs 72-66 lows near 43.
• Partly cloudy Friday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear at night,
• Mostly sunny Saturday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon through Sunday night,
• Then partly cloudy Monday AM, mostly sunny Monday afternoon.
• free air freezing level 13,000 ft. Friday, 12,000 ft. Friday night, 13,000 ft. Saturday, 12,000 ft. Sunday, 13,000 ft. Sunday night, then 12,000 ft. Monday.
• highs 72-69 lows 47-45.

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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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