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The upper air flow (yellow jet stream and dark colors for winds) shows a high pressure ridge (the “Arch” shape on the yellow line) moving away from us and trough of low pressure (“U” shape on the yellow line)  is sliding in behind the ridge.  A  warm front has warmed us up a bit and brought some rain with it, but now the cold front behind it will bring the chance of even more rain back to the area today into the weekend.

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Advisories:   AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, EASTERN CURRY COUNTY, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, JACKSON COUNTY, NORTHERN, CENTRAL, WESTERN,  AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY,  THE KLAMATH BASIN, CENTRAL, EASTERN, AND WESTERN 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: Patchy dense AM fog, mostly cloudy with (40%) chance of rain this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain in the evening, a good (50%) chance of rain late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), then mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of showers Saturday AM, a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon, a (30%) chance of showers Saturday night (0.10 in. of rain possible),  a (40%) chance of rain and snow Sunday, and a slight (20%) chance of showers and light freezing rain Sunday night highs 48-38 lows 35-29. AM clouds, then a mix of clouds and sun Monday, partly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday night, a good (50%) chance of rain and light freezing rain Tuesday, then rain and  light freezing rain likely (60%) Tuesday night, then rain Wednesday and Wednesday night, rain likely (60%) Thursday highs 40-45 lows 29-32. (seasonal averages highs 46 low 33)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Patchy AM fog , mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain this afternoon, rain likely (60%) this evening, a good (50%) chance of rain late tonight, a (40%) chance of showers Saturday (snow level 3,000 ft. falling to 2,500 ft. in the afternoon), a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday night (snow level 1,500 ft.), mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday,  and a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow showers Sunday night highs 45-38 lows 36-28. Just mostly cloudy Monday and partly cloudy Monday night, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Tuesday, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night and Wednesday, rain Wednesday night, then mostly cloudy with  rain likely (50%) Thursday highs 43-52 lows 32-42. (seasonal averages high 49 low 34)

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: AM fog, mostly cloudy  today with a (30%) chance of rain today, evening rain likely (60%), rain late tonight, a (40%) chance of showers Saturday (snow level 2,000 ft.), a (30%) chance of showers Saturday night (snow level 2,000 ft.), then a (40%) chance of  coastal showers Sunday, a (30%) chance of AM rain and snow showers inland (AM snow level 500 ft.), then a (40%) chance of afternoon showers and Sunday night highs 50-44 lows 39-32. Just mostly cloudy Monday and Monday night, a  good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday, then rain likely (60%) Tuesday night and Wednesday, rain Wednesday night, then rain likely (60%) Thursday highs 46-54 lows 32-46. (seasonal averages high 52 lows 39).

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain this afternoon, rain this evening, rain and snow tonight (1-3 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible), a (40%) chance of snow showers Saturday and Saturday night, a good (50%) chance of snow Sunday, and a (30%) chance of snow showers Sunday night snow level 7,000 ft. today, 5,500 ft. falling to 5,000 ft. tonight,  and at the surface Saturday through Sunday night highs 36-27 lows 28-20. AM clouds, a mix of clouds and sun Monday, partly cloudy in the evening, mostly cloudy Monday night, mostly cloudy with snow likely (60%) Tuesday and Tuesday night, then snow with  rain and light freezing rain likely (60%) Wednesday,  snow likely (60%) with rain and light freezing rain Wednesday night, then snow with rain and light freezing rain likely (60%) Thursday free air freezing level 2,500 ft. Monday, 2,000 ft. Monday night, snow level at the surface Tuesday and Tuesday night, and 4,000 ft. Wednesday through Thursday highs 26-35 lows 22-29.

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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.