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The upper air flow is pushing lots of moisture our way to set us up for some heavy rain and mountain snow. A warm front is bringing heavy rain to the area today with a large pool of warm moist air moving in. The front will be followed by a cold front increasing the rain again Sunday night. More frontal systems will be hitting Oregon continuing into next week.

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Advisories:  A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL  6 PM TODAY FOR THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY NEAR THE BEACHES AND HEADLANDS OF THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING ABOVE  5,000 FT. FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND CENTRAL, EASTERN, AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN OREGON FROM FLORENCE THROUGH COTTAGE GROVE AND EUGENE TO SWEET HOME NORTH THROUGH HOOD RIVER TO WOODLAND NORTH INTO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND WEST TO THE COAST (TAKE PROPER PRECAUTIONS IF YOU LIVE NEAR A RIVER OR STREAM THAT MIGHT FLOOD.

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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 a good (50%) chance of rain tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain Sunday AM, a (40%) chance of rain in the afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph), rain Sunday night (1.0 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with showers Monday (0.25 in. of rain possible),  rain Monday night (o.50 in. of rain possible),  showers and breezy Tuesday, then showers likely (60%) Tuesday night lows 52-35 highs 62-43. Rain likely (60%) Wednesday, a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday night and Thursday, then rain likely (60%) Friday through Saturday highs 45-42 lows 34-38. (seasonal averages highs 46 low 34)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg:  Cloudy with showers likely (60%) this evening, a good (50%) chance of drizzle and showers late at night, patchy late night and AM fog with a (40%) chance of rain Sunday afternoon, rain likely (60%) Sunday evening, rain late Sunday night, rain Monday and Monday night, AM rain and snow Tuesday,  rain and snow showers in the afternoon and windy, then rain and snow showers and colder Tuesday night lows 47-38 highs 60-47. Rain and snow likely (60%) Wednesday, rain likely (60%) Wednesday night,  cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Thursday, rain likely (60%) Thursday night and Friday, rain Friday night, then rain and snow likely (60%) Saturday highs 48-46 lows 35-39. (seasonal averages high 49 low 35)

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend:  Cloudy with showers likely (60%) and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph) this evening, a (40%) chance of showers and drizzle late tonight, patchy fog late tonight and Sunday AM (inland),  a slight (20%) chance of AM drizzle, a good (50%) chance of rain in the afternoon and breezy (S 15-25 mph), mostly cloudy rain and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph) Sunday night, rain Monday, rain and breezy (wind: S 10-15 mph increasing to 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph late) Monday night lows 53-46 highs 58-52. Mostly cloudy with AM rain Tuesday, showers and windy in the afternoon, showers Tuesday night, rain Wednesday, rain likely (60%) Wednesday night through Thursday night, and rain Friday highs 50-47 lows 42-37. (seasonal averages high 53 lows 40).

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:  Mostly cloudy with evening rain,  a (40%) chance of rain late tonight (1.0 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph), a slight (20%) chance of AM rain Sunday, a (30%) chance of afternoon rain (0.25 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph) in the afternoon, rain, heavy at times, and breezy (SW 15-25 mph) late Sunday night (1.0-2.0 in. of rain possible), mostly cloudy with showers Monday (0.50 in. of rain possible), evening rain, then and rain and snow Monday late night (4-8 in. of snow possible) snow level above 8,000 ft. tonight and Sunday, 7,000 ft. late Sunday night, 6,000 ft. Monday afternoon, falling to 5,000 ft. late Monday night lows 42-27 highs 48-40. Rain and snow showers and breezy Tuesday, snow showers Tuesday night, snow Wednesday,  snow likely (60%) Wednesday night, a good (50%) chance of snow Thursday, snow likely (60%) Thursday night and Friday, then snow and rain likely (60%) Friday night and Saturday snow level 3,000 ft. Tuesday, at the surface Tuesday night through Friday, and 3,500 ft. Friday night and Saturday highs 33-27 lows 23-27.

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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.