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An upper level low (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) has moved in keeping us in clouds and rain. A weak disturbance is moving through spreading some showers in between the spaces of blue sky. It looks like a frontal system will drop down from the northwest bringing even more rain with it Friday and Saturday.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 18 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 9 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 19 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

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

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Advisories:

• A HEALTH ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR SUNSET BAY STATE PARK BEACH LOCATED IN COOS COUNTY FOR HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL FECAL BACTERIA WHICH CAN RESULT IN DIARRHEA, STOMACH CRAMPS, SKIN RASHES, UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND OTHER ILLNESSES. DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE WATER – ESPECIALLY BY CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY, WHO MAY BE VULNERABLE TO WATERBORNE BACTERIA – SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN THIS AREA UNTIL THE ADVISORY IS LIFTED. VISITORS SHOULD AVOID WADING IN NEARBY CREEKS, POOLS OF WATER ON THE BEACH, OR IN DISCOLORED WATER AND STAY CLEAR OF WATER RUNOFF FLOWING INTO THE OCEAN.

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

• Partly cloudy with slight (20%) chance of evening showers, just partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight,
• Patchy fog Tuesday AM, a mix of clouds and sun in the afternoon, becoming mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain in the evening, rain late Tuesday night ( 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Rain Wednesday AM (Veterans Day), showers likely (70%) in the afternoon (0.20 in. of rain possible) and evening, just mostly cloudy at night,
• Patchy AM fog, partly cloudy Thursday afternoon, then becoming cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Thursday night.
• lows 36-42 cooling back to 36 Wednesday warming to 40 Thursday night highs 52-54.
• Cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday, rain likely (70%) at night,
• Rain Saturday, then rain likely (70%) Saturday through Monday.
• highs 55-52 lows 46-40. (seasonal averages high 54 low 38)

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Your Saturday College Football Forecast:

Ducks vs Stanford at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA– Kickoff 4:30 PM PST: Mostly sunny, 70 cooling as the game progresses, wind N 8 mph.

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Beavers vs California at Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA- Kickoff 7:30 PM PST: Partly cloudy, 57 cooling as the game progresses, wind N 5-10 mph becoming light.

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Forecast for Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers this evening (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), patchy fog this evening through late tonight and Tuesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain late Tuesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday AM (Veterans Day), rain likely (70%) and a bit cooler in the afternoon (0.20 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of evening rain, a slight (20%) chance of showers late Wednesday night,
•  Partly cloudy Thursday, then increasing clouds to mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday night.
• lows 35-40 cooling to 37 Wednesday night and Thursday night highs 55-52.
• Cloudy and a bit warmer with a (40%) chance of rain Friday, a (40%) chance of rain Friday night,
• Rain likely (70%) Saturday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday night,
• Then rain likely (70%) and a bit cooler Sunday through Monday.
• highs 57-54 lows near 43. (seasonal averages high 55 low 41)

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

• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight,
• Patchy fog Tuesday AM, just partly cloudy through the evening, a (30%) chance of coastal rain at night while a good (50%) chance of inland rain late Tuesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Cloudy with AM rain Wednesday (Veterans Day), a (40%) chance of rain in the afternoon (0.20 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain in the evening, a slight (20%) chance of showers late Wednesday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Partly cloudy Thursday, then becoming mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday night.
• lows 44-49 cooling to 44 Wednesday night highs near 54.
• Cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and a bit warmer Friday and Friday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with rain likely (70%) Saturday thtough Monday.
• highs 54-58 cooling to 55 Sunday lows 47-50 cooling back to 47 Saturday night. (seasonal averages high 56 low 44).

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and snow showers this evening, just partly cloudy late tonight,
• Partly cloudy Tuesday and in the evening, clouds increasing to mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow late at night,
• Mostly cloudy with AM rain and snow Wednesday (Veterans Day), rain and snow showers and a bit cooler in the afternoon, a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday night,
• Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Thursday, then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow at night.
• snow level 3,500 ft. today and tonight, free air freezing level 4,000 ft. rising to 5,000 ft. Tuesday afternoon, snow level 4,500 ft. Tuesday night, 4,000 ft. Wednesday, 3,000 ft. Wednesday night, 3,500 ft. Thursday, then 5,000 ft. Thursday night.
• lows 25-20 warming to 29 Thursday night highs 37-34 warming to 40 Thursday.
• Cloudy and a bit warmer with good (50%) chance of rain Friday and Friday night,
• Rain likely (70%) Saturday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow at night,
• Then rain and snow likely (70%) and a bit cooler Sunday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Sunday night,
• Then rain and snow likely (70%) and a bit cooler Monday.
• snow level 6,500 ft. Friday, 7,000 ft. Friday night, 6,500 ft. Saturday, 5,500 ft. Saturday night, 5,000 ft. Sunday, 4,000 ft. Sunday night, then 3,500 ft. Monday.
• highs 44-37 lows 34-27.

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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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