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An upper level high pressure ridge (“Arch” shaped area of blue arrows in the jet stream approaching the Pacific Coast) is setting up to keep us dry, but cool. A very weak cold front rolled across Oregon last night bringing back a slight chance of precipitation. A definite cooling trend as we move through the middle of October.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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Here are your detailed forecasts. **
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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: A mix of clouds and sun and much cooler today, mostly clear with areas of patchy fog tonight and Saturday AM, mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear with patchy fog late Saturday night highs 66-60 lows 36-32. AM fog then a mix of clouds and sun Sunday through Wednesday, partly cloudy nights, look for more clouds Thursday highs 60-65 lows 35-40. (seasonal averages highs 65 low 40)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Partly cloudy and much cooler this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight through Saturday evening, then mostly cloudy Saturday night highs 66-63 lows 42-40. Patchy AM fog Sunday then partly cloudy Sunday afternoon and night, mostly cloudy Monday and Monday night, and partly cloudy Tuesday through Thursday highs 65-67 lows 40-43. (seasonal averages high 70 low 44)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy today through Saturday evening, then mostly cloudy Saturday night highs 63-60 lows 42-40. Patchy AM fog then partly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night, mostly cloudy Monday and Monday night, partly cloudy Tuesday through Wednesday night, and mostly cloudy Thursday highs 61-65 lows 40-44. (seasonal averages high 63 lows 46).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: A mix of clouds and sun this afternoon, mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Saturday, and mostly clear Saturday night snow level above 8,000 ft. today, and a free air freezing level 8,000 ft. today rising to 9,000 ft. tonight through Saturday night highs 56-54 lows 32-30. A mix of clouds and sun Sunday through Wednesday, and partly cloudy nights, look for more clouds Thursday free air freezing level 9,000 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, 10,000 ft. Monday, 12,000 ft and Monday night, 13,000 ft. Tuesday through Wednesday night, and 12,000 ft. Thursday highs 57-63 cooling to 52 Thursday lows 30-35.
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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.