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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 today 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 TODAY 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 THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES INCLUDING THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS 10 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 4 PM THURSDAY ABOVE 4,000 FT. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES, NORTHERN AND WESTERN KLAMATH COUNTY, AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY.A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TODAY UNTIL 10 AM THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY.
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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: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog this AM, mostly cloudy with rain and windy (wind: S 5-15 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph gusts to 35 mph) in the afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain and breezy (winds: SW 15-25 mph decreasing to SW 10-15 mph overnight) tonight (0.75 in. of rain possible), Showers Thursday (0.25 in. of rain possible), showers likely (60%) Thursday night (0.25 in. of rain possible) highs 52-44 lows 40-33. Mostly cloudy showers likely (60%) Friday and Friday night, rain likely (60%) Saturday and a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Sunday through Tuesday highs 46-43 lows 34-29. (seasonal averages highs 52 low 37)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Mostly cloudy with areas of fog this 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) tonight, rain Thursday (snow level 3,000 ft. in the afternoon), rain and snow showers likely (60%) Thursday night (snow level 2,500 ft. falling to 2,000 ft.), rain and snow showers likely (60%) Friday (snow level rising to 2,500 ft. in the afternoon), rain and snow showers Friday night highs 53-43 lows 42-40. 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: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog this 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) this afternoon, rain and windy (wind: SW 20-30 mph switching W 10-15 mph late at night) tonight, 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 highs 55-48 lows 43-40. 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 and windy (wind: SW 10-15 mph increasing to SW 20-30 mph gusts to 50 mph in the higher elevations this afternoon) today with rain and snow likely (60%) to the North (1-3 in. of snow possible) and a good (50%) chance of rain and snow in the afternoon, rain and snow and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 45 mph in the evening) tonight (8-14 in. of snow possible) (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain and snow likely (60%) tonight (8-14 in. of snow possible), snow showers Thursday (3-7 in. of snow possible), snow showers likely (60%) Thursday night (2-5 in. of snow possible) and Friday )2-4 in. of snow possible), mostly cloudy with snow showers likely (60%) Friday night snow level 6,000 ft. today, 4,000 ft. falling to 3,500 ft. late tonight, and at the surface through Friday night highs 42-30 lows 30-20. 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 32-26 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.