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Another trough of low pressure has moved in offshore to set us up for more storms. A frontal system moving through the Pacific Northwest and that means more wet weather this week. More frontal systems will be hitting Oregon over the weekend.
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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: Mostly cloudy with showers today (0.25 in. of rain possible) and showers tonight (0.50 in. of rain possible), cloudy with AM rain Friday, showers likely (60%) in the afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), showers likely (60%) Friday evening, then rain late at night (0.25 in. of rain possible) highs near 53-47 lows near 40. Mostly cloudy with rain Saturday (up to 1 in. to 1.5 in. of rain possible), rain Saturday night, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Sunday, a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday night, rain likely (60%) Monday through Tuesday night, then mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday highs 53-46 lows 46-40. (seasonal averages highs 46 low 34)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Cloudy with patchy fog this AM, sowers today, and tonight and Friday AM, showers Friday afternoon,rain likely (60%) with fog late Friday night highs 55-49 lows near 45. Rain Saturday, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Saturday night, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday and Sunday night, cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Monday, then rain likely (60%) Monday night through Wednesday highs 60-47 lows 47-39. (seasonal averages high 49 low 36)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with AM patchy fog, showers today and tonight, AM rain then afternoon showers Friday, rain likely with fog late Friday night highs 55-50 lows near 48. Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy (wind: Se 10-15 mph increasing to S 20-30 mph at the shore and SE 10 mph shifting to S 15-20 mph in the afternoon inland) Saturday, cloudy with good (50%) chance of rain Saturday night a (30%) chance of rain Sunday and Monday, then rain likely (60%) Monday night and Tuesday, rain Tuesday night, and rain likely (60%) again Wednesday highs 54-48 lows 50-43. (seasonal averages high 53 lows 40).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers today (1-3 in. of snow possible), rain and snow showers and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph this evening) tonight (4-8 in. of snow possible), rain and snow Friday AM, rain and snow showers in the afternoon (4-6 in. of snow possible) likely (60%) in the evening, rain late Friday night (1-3 in. of snow possible) snow level 5,000 ft. today, 4,500 ft. tonight, through Friday night highs 38-34 lows near 30. Mostly cloudy with rain, possibly heavy at times (1.50 in. to 2 in. of rain possible) , Saturday afternoon, rain Saturday night, cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Sunday, then a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday night, a good (50%) chance of rain Monday, then rain likely (60%) Monday night and Tuesday, rain and snow likely Tuesday night and Wednesday snow level 8,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday, 6,500 ft. Sunday night, 7,000 ft. Monday, 6,500 ft. Monday night, falling to 5,500 ft. Tuesday, 4,500 ft. Tuesday night and Wednesday highs 43-33 lows 38-26.
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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.