Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis:

• Mostly cloudy with shower chances evaporating, becoming mostly sunny and a bit cooler this afternoon (under 0.10 in. of rain possible), partly cloudy  and colder with patchy freezing fog late tonight,
• Mostly cloudy with areas of dense AM freezing fog,  partly cloudy and a bit cooler Thursday afternoon, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy with patchy freezing fog late at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow and a bit warmer Friday afternoon and evening (snow level 1,000 ft.), partly cloudy with a slight (20%)chance of snow showers late Friday night.
• highs 45-35 warming to 42 Friday lows 28-32.
• Partly cloudy with patchy freezing fog Saturday AM, becoming mostly sunny and a bit cooler Saturday afternoon, partly cloudy with patchy freezing fog late Saturday night,
• Patchy freezing fog Sunday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain or freezing rain or sleet Sunday night (snow level 1,000 ft.) and Monday AM (Christmas Day), a bit warmer with a (30%) of afternoon rain, a (40%) chance of rain Monday night,
• Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday.
• highs 38-42 lows 22-33. (seasonal averages high 45 low 33)

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Forecast for Roseburg:

• AM rain and snow showers likely (70%) with a slight (20%) chance of a thunderstorm, a bit cooler with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers this afternoon (snow level 2,000 ft. rising to 2,500 ft.), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening rain and snow showers, partly cloudy with patchy freezing fog late tonight (evening snow level 2,000 ft.),
• Areas of AM and late night freezing fog, sunny and a bit warmer Thursday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening,  mostly cloudy with areas of freezing fog late at night,
•  Partly cloudy with freezing fog Friday AM, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of snow showers and a bit cooler in the afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of evening rain and snow showers, just partly cloudy late Friday night.
• highs 43-34 lows 26-30.
• Patchy AM and late night freezing fog, mostly sunny and a bit warmer Saturday, mostly clear at night,
• Partly cloudy with patchy AM freezing fog, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow and patchy freezing fog late Sunday night,
• Patchy AM freezing fog with a (30%) chance of rain and snow Monday, a (30%) chance of rain and a bit warmer Monday afternoon (Christmas Day), then mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Monday night and Tuesday.
• highs 36-43 lows 30-34. (seasonal averages high 47 low 36)

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Forecast for The South Oregon Coast Including Coos Bay and North Bend:

• Mostly cloudy with good (50%) chance of coastal showers and a slight (20%) chance of thunderstorms late this morning while inland AM showers likely (70%) and a slight (20%) chance of showers inland thunderstorms  and a bit cooler this afternoon, partly cloudy and a bit cooler with patchy freezing fog late tonight,
• Areas of AM inland fog, sunny and a bit cooler Thursday afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, partly cloudy late at night,
• Then partly cloudy and a bit cooler with a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday and Friday night.
• highs near 48 lows 32-34.
• Mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear at night,
• Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Sunday, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening showers, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain late Sunday night.
• Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer with a (30%) chance of rain Monday (Christmas Day) and at night,
• Then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Tuesday.
• highs 46-50 cooling back to 46 Tuesday lows 36-40 cooling to 38 Monday night. (seasonal averages high 51 low 39)

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Forecast for the Cascades in Lane County:

• A bit cooler with snow showers today (1-2 in. of snow possible), mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening snow showers, partly cloudy and very cold late tonight,
• Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, partly cloudy and cold at night,
• Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM snow, a bit cooler with (30%) chance of snow showers  Friday afternoon, mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of evening snow showers, partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of snow showers late Friday night.
• snow level at the surface today and this evening, free air freezing level at the surface late tonight, at the surface rising to 5,500 ft. Thursday afternoon, 6,000 ft. falling to 5,500 ft. late Thursday night, then snow level at the surface Friday and Friday night.
• highs 27-34 cooling to 32 Friday night lows 11-22 cooling to 17 Friday night.
• AM clouds, mostly sunny a bit cooler Saturday afternoon, just mostly clear at night,
• Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Sunday, partly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of snow Sunday night,
• A (30%) chance of AM rain and snow or freezing rain or sleet Monday AM (Christmas Day), a bit warmer with a (40%) chance of afternoon rain and snow, then mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow Monday night and Tuesday.
• free air freezing level at the surface Saturday through Sunday, snow level at the surface Sunday night, 3,000 ft. Monday, then 3,500 ft. Monday night and Tuesday.
• highs 25-33 lows 14-25.

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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.

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