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An upper level trough of low pressure (Shaded area with blue arrows) is inching its way closer to the coast. A frontal system will bring more showers to us Wednesday. Here comes yet another frontal system for your Friday followed by one more frontal system approaching next Sunday.

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Air Quality Index:

Eugene-Springfield: The Air Quality Index is 23 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Oakridge: The Air Quality Index is 5 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

Cottage Grove: The Air Quality Index is 15 in the Good category measuring Particulate Matter.

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

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Advisories:

• A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM UNTIL 10 PM WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
• A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE CURRY COUNTY COAST.
• A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES, THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES, AND THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS.
• A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN, CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.

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

• Mostly cloudy tonight,
• Cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, showers Wednesday afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), showers at night (0.25 in. of rain possible),
• Showers and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph gusts to 35 mph in the afternoon) and a bit cooler Thursday (0.20 in. of rain possible), cloudy with evening showers likely (70%), a good (50%) chance of showers late Thursday night (0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain Friday, evening showers likely (70%), then a good (50%) chance of showers late at night.
• lows 42-44 cooling to 39 Friday night highs 57-50.
• Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with a (30%) chance of rain Saturday, a slight (20%) chance of rain Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday and Sunday night,
• Then a mix of clouds and sun with a slight (20%) chance of showers and a bit warmer Monday and Tuesday (a bit cooler), just partly cloudy Monday night.
• high 53-59 cooling to 56 Tuesday lows near 39. (seasonal averages high 51 low 35).

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Home Wood Heating Advisory:

Eugene-Springfield: GREEN – Wood Burning Allowed.

Oakridge: GREEN – Wood Burning Allowed.

*Note: Pellet stoves may be used anytime if they produce no visible emissions.

Advisory Courtesy of Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA).

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Forecast for Roseburg:

• Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler tonight,
• Cloudy with a (30%) chance of AM showers, showers Wednesday afternoon and evening (0.15 in. of rain possible), showers likely (70%) late Wednesday night (0.20 in. of rain possible, snow level 3,500 ft.),
• Showers and a bit cooler Thursday (0.20 in. of rain possible, AM snow level 3,000 ft.) and breezy (Wind: SE 10-20 mph shifting SW 15-20 mph late afternoon), cloudy with showers likely (70%) in the evening, a good (50%) chance of rain late at night (under 0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain Friday, a good (50%) chance of showers Friday night.
• lows 46-42 warming back to 44 Thursday night cooling to 38 Friday night highs 59-54.
• Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday, mostly cloudy at night,
• Cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Sunday, a slight (20%) chance of showers Sunday night,
• Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Monday and Monday night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Tuesday.
• highs 58-60 lows 42-45. (seasonal averages high 54 low 37).

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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:

• Mostly cloudy tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM showers, showers and a slight (20%) chance thunderstorms at the shore Wednesday afternoon while inland afternoon showers (0.20 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: SE 10-15 mph late morning increasing to S 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph in the afternoon), showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms and breezy (Wind: S 15-25 mph at the shore while S 10-20 mph inland) Wednesday night (0.30 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with showers Thursday (0.40 in. of rain possible) and breezy (Wind: SW 15-25 mph afternoon gusts to 40 mph) with a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms, cloudy with showers likely (70%) in the evening, a good (50%) chance of rain late Thursday night (0.10 in. of rain possible),
• Mostly cloudy with rain and a bit cooler and breezy Friday, then with a (30%) chance of showers Friday night.
• lows 48-45 warming back to 48 Friday night highs 55-52.
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers and a bit warmer Saturday and Saturday night,
• A bit warmer with showers likely (70%) Sunday, a (30%) chance of showers Sunday night,
• Just partly cloudy and a bit warmer Monday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday night,
• Then partly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers Tuesday.
• highs 55-57 lows near 47.  (seasonal averages high 53 low 40).

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• Mostly cloudy this evening, partly cloudy late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM showers, showers and a bit cooler Wednesday afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), evening showers, rain and snow showers and colder late at night.
• Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with rain and snow showers and breezy (Wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to SW 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph in the afternoon) Thursday, rain and snow showers at night,
• Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with rain and snow likely (70%) Friday, then rain and snow showers decreasing late Friday night.
•  free air freezing level 9,000 ft. tonight, snow level 7,000 ft. Wednesday, 6,000 ft. falling to 3,500 ft. late Wednesday night and Thursday, 4,000 ft. Thursday night and Friday, then 3,500 ft. Friday night.
• lows 47-35 warming to 38 Friday night highs 52-36.
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain and snow Saturday, a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Saturday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and a bit warmer Sunday, a (40%) chance of rain Sunday night,
• Then partly cloudy and a bit warmer with a slight (20%) chance of showers Monday through Tuesday.
•  snow level 3,000 ft. Saturday, 4,500 Saturday night, 5,500 ft. Sunday, 6,000 ft. Sunday night and Monday, 8,000 ft. Monday night, then 7,500 ft. Tuesday.
• highs 38-43 lows 28-32.

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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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