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The upper airflow is bringing much colder air toward us both al;oft and at the surface.  Another trough of low pressure will slide in along the coast sending more storms our way and dropping snow levels in the mountains. A complex frontal system moving in from the northwest) will push into Oregon Wednesday with rain and wind as the result and snow levels falling..

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Advisories:  A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING  FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES INCLUDING THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ABOVE  4,500 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.

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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: Partly cloudy and colder with patchy fog tonight, clouds and sun with patchy fog Wednesday AM, mostly cloudy with rain and breezy (wind: S 5-15 mph gusts to 30 mph increasing to SW 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph) in the afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain and breezy (winds: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph decreasing to SW 10-15 mph overnight) Wednesday night (0.75 in. of rain possible), AM showers then showers likely (60%) Thursday afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), showers likely (60%) Thursday night (0.25 in. of rain possible) lows 40-33 highs 52-44. Mostly cloudy showers likely (60%) Friday and Friday night, rain likely (60%) Saturday and Saturday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday through Tuesday highs 46-43 lows near 34. (seasonal averages highs 52 low 37)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with areas of fog late tonight and Wednesday AM, a slight (20%) chance of rain and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph) in the afternoon, a good (50%) chance in the evening, and rain and breezy (SW 15-25 mph shifting W 10-15 late at night) Wednesday night,  AM rain Thursday then rain and snow in the afternoon (snow level 3,500 ft. falling to 2,500 ft. in the afternoon), rain and snow likely (60%) Thursday  evening, then rain and snow showers likely (60%) late Thursday night (snow level 2,000 ft.),  rain and snow showers likely (60%) Friday, rain and snow showers in the evening, rain and snow late Friday night  lows 38-40 highs 53-40. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow Saturday and Saturday night, rain and snow showers likely (60%) Sunday and Sunday night, and mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Monday,  (40%) Monday night, and a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday highs fluctuating from 45-42  lows near 35. (seasonal averages high 55 low 40)

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight and Wednesday AM,  a slight (20%) chance of rain and windy (wind: S 5-10 mph increasing to S 20-30 mph in the afternoon at the shore and S 10-20 mph shifting SW 20-25 mph inland in the afternoon) Wednesday afternoon, rain and windy (wind: SW 20-30 mph switching W 10-15 mph late at night)  Wednesday night, AM coastal rain then rain likely (60%) in the afternoon Thursday, rain inland, evening rain likely (60%) then showers likely (60%) Thursday night (snow level 2,000 ft.),  mostly cloudy with showers Friday and Friday evening, then rain Friday night lows 40-43-40 highs 55-48. Rain Saturday and Saturday night, showers likely (60%) Sunday AM, showers in the afternoon, showers likely (60%) Sunday night, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Monday through Tuesday highs 46-49 lows near 38. (seasonal averages high 56 lows 43).

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:  Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers this evening, partly cloudy tonight, AM clouds and sun then mostly cloudy and windy (wind: SW 10-15 mph increasing to SW 20-30 mph in the afternoon) Wednesday with rain and snow showers (2-4 in. of snow possible) and breezy (wind: SW 10-15 mph increasing to SW 20-30 mph in the afternoon), rain and snow and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph in the evening) Wednesday night (0.25 in. of rain possible),  rain and snow likely (60%) Wednesday night (8-14 in. of snow possible),  snow showers Thursday (3-6 in. of snow possible),  snow showers likely (60%) Thursday night  and Friday (1-4 in. of snow possible), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of snow showers Friday night snow level 5,500 ft. tonight, 6,000 ft. Wednesday, 4,500 ft.  falling to 4,000 ft.  late Wednesday night, and at the surface through Friday night lows 30-22 highs 43-30. Mostly cloudy with snow likely (60%) Saturday and Saturday night, then snow showers likely (60%) Sunday, (50%) Sunday night and Monday, and  (40%)  Monday night and Tuesday snow level 2,500 ft. Saturday, and 3,000 ft. Saturday night, 2,500 ft. Sunday and Sunday night, at the surface Monday and Tuesday, and 2,500 ft. Monday night highs near 30 lows near 22.

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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.