A weak high pressure ridge will dry things out for a while as a surface warm front raises the temperatures a  bit. The next frontal system will hold off moving in until late Thanksgiving Day.

For the Willamette Valley: Today will be just a touch warmer with a high of 55 and partly cloudy overnight the low near 40. Wednesday will see a mix of clouds and sun after patchy AM fog high 55 and Wednesday night increasing clouds to mostly cloudy low 42. Thanksgiving Day will be mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain, then rain (80% chance) at night as that next storm system approaches high 52 low 40. Mostly cloudy showers likely (60%) Friday and a (40%) chance of rain Friday night high 52 low 40. Look for a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday and Saturday night high  low . Patchy AM fog then mostly cloudy Sunday high 52 mostly cloudy Sunday night low 35. Mostly cloudy Monday with a 40% chance of showers high 48  low 34.  For the Umpqua Basin and along the coast temperatures and conditions will be about the same as the Valley.

For the Cascades: The snow level will be at 7,000′ today and back to a freezing level of 9,000′ tonight.  Wednesday the free air freezing level will rise to 10,000′ dropping to 8,000′ at night. The snow level will fall to 7,000′ Thanksgiving day. Thursday night the snow level falls to 5,000′ then to 4,500′ after midnight. The snow level falls to 3,000′ from Friday through Saturday and 3,500′ Saturday night. Sunday and Sunday night the freezing level rises from 6,000′ to 8,000′. Monday the snow level returns to 7,000′. Keep your fingers crossed skiers. Keep checking the ski area websites to see who will be open for the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend.

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