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An upper level low (Shaded “U” shape with blue arrows) returned today and it pushed a frontal system down from the northwest bringing even more rain with mountain snow levels falling. Just a little break for most of  Thursday, then it’s back to showers. Another frontal system with move in Saturday sending rain our way Friday through Sunday.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 31 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 28 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 38 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:

• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of scattered evening showers, a (30%) chance of isolated showers through late tonight (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), patchy dense fog late tonight and Thursday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Thursday night and Friday AM, a good (50%) chance of rain Friday afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of showers in the evening, a good (50%) chance of rain at night (0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Then mostly cloudy with rain Saturday and Saturday night.
• lows 36-47 cooling to 42 Friday night highs 52-58.
• Showers likely (60%) and a bit cooler Sunday, rain likely (60%) Sunday night and Monday, rain Monday night through Tuesday night,
• Then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday.
• highs 52-49 warming to 54 Tuesday cooling to near 50 Wednesday lows 37-46. (seasonal averages high 54 low 38)

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Your Saturday College Football Forecast:

Preliminary Forecasts:

Ducks vs Stanford at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA– Kickoff 4:30 PM PST: Mostly sunny, becoming partly cloudy, 66 cooling as the game progresses, wind N-NW 5-10 mph.

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Beavers vs California at Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA- Kickoff 7:30 PM PST: Becoming mostly cloudy, periods of rain developing, 57 cooling as the game progresses, wind W-SW 5-10 mph at night.

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Forecast for Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers this evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Thursday AM, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Thursday night,
• Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday and Friday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Then mostly cloudy with rain Saturday and Saturday night.
• lows 39-45 cooling to near 40 Saturday night highs 53-62 cooling to 57 Saturday.
• Showers and a bit cooler Sunday, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Sunday night,
• Rain and snow Monday, rain Monday night through Tuesday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with showers likely (70%) Wednesday.
• highs 49-57 cooling to 52 Wednesday lows 36-47. (seasonal averages high 55 low 41)

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

• Mostly cloudy this evening, partly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight,
• Patchy AM fog, mostly cloudy Thursday, cloudy with a slight (20%)( chance of coastal rain Thursday night while a slight (20%) chance ofg inland rain late at night,
• Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday, a (30%) chance of rain Friday night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Then mostly cloudy with rain Saturday and Saturday night.
• lows 43-53 cooling to 45 Saturday night highs 56-60.
• Mostly cloudy with showers Sunday, showers likely (60%) at night,
• Rain Monday, rain and breezy Monday night through Tuesday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Wednesday.
• highs 52-58 cooling to 54 Wednesday lows 43-50. (seasonal averages high 56 low 43).

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers this evening, just mostly cloudy tonight,
• Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Thursday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late at night,
• Cloudy and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of rain Friday AM, a (40%) chance of rain Friday night,
• Mostly cloudy with rain Saturday, then rain and snow at night.
• snow level 3,500 ft. tonight, 4,500 ft. rising to 5,500 ft. Thursday afternoon, 6,000 ft. Thursday night, 7,500 ft. Friday through Saturday, then 5,500 ft. Saturday night.
• lows 25-35 cooling to 28 Saturday night highs 42-46.
• Rain and snow showers Sunday, rain and snow likely (70%) Sunday night,
• Mostly cloudy with snow likely (70%) Monday, rain and snow Monday night through Tuesday night,
• Then rain and snow likely (70%) Wednesday.
• snow level 3,500 ft. Sunday, 3,000 ft. Sunday night, 2,000 ft. Monday, 4,500 ft. Monday night, 6,000 ft. Tuesday, 5,500 ft. Tuesday  night, then 3,500 ft. Wednesday.
• highs 35-42 cooling to 36 Wednesday lows 22-33.

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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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