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The upper air flow will start to bend more from the west and southwest bringing in warmer, but still very moist air into the Pacific Northwest. A cold front sagged through the region bringing the cold air back. The precipitation is moving from southwest to northeast away from the area. Another storm system will bring some warmer air in today, so you can forget about the freezing rain and snow for a while at least. More storms will be headed toward us like this one that will move in Saturday .
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Advisories: A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TODAY NEAR THE BEACHES AND HEADLANDS FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
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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: Cloudy with rain likely (60%) today (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain tonight and a bit warmer (0.50 in. of rain possible), rain Thursday (0.50 in. of possible), and rain likely (60%) Thursday night (0.10 in. of rain possible) highs 50-53 lows 44-40. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday, rain likely (60%) Friday through Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night, and rain likely (60%) Tuesday highs 53-49 lows near 40. (seasonal averages highs 46 low 33)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Cloudy with rain this AM and likely (60%) this afternoon, rain tonight and Thursday, and rain likely (60%) Thursday night highs 50-56 lows near 42. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Friday, rain likely (60%) Friday night, cloudy with rain likely (60%) Saturday through Sunday, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday night and Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), then cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday night, and rain likely (60%) Tuesday highs 58-52 lows 44-40. (seasonal averages high 49 low 35)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with rain today and windy (wind: S 20-30 mph at the shore, S 10-20 mph inland), rain tonight and windy (wind: S 20-30 at the shore, S 10-20 mph inland), rain Thursday and Thursday evening and windy (S 20-30 mph decreasing to S 15-20 mph in the afternoon at the shore, S 10-20 mph inland), rain likely (60%) late Thursday night highs 52-55 lows 49-46. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Friday and Friday night, cloudy with rain Saturday, then rain likely (60%) Saturday night through Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night and Tuesday highs 56-58 warming to near 56 Monday and 52 Tuesday lows near 46. (seasonal averages high 52 lows 39).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with snow and areas of sleet or light freezing rain this AM, rain likely (60%) this afternoon (1-4 in. of snow possible, 0.10 in/ of ice accumulation possible), rain tonight (0.75 in. of rain possible), rain Thursday (1.50 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph), rain likely (60%) Thursday night (no snow accumulation expected, 0.25 in. of rain possible) snow level 6,000 ft. this afternoon and tonight, 6,500 ft. Thursday, and 6,000 ft. Thursday night highs 34-40 lows 34-30. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Friday and Friday night, rain Saturday, then rain Saturday night and Sunday, rain likely (60%) and breezy Sunday night, rain and snow likely (60%) Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Monday night, and rain likely (60%) Tuesday snow level 6,000 ft. Friday, 6,500 ft. Friday night, 6,000 ft. Saturday, 7,000 ft. Saturday night and Sunday, 6,000 ft. Sunday night, and 4,500 ft. Monday, 4,000 ft. Monday night, and 5,500 ft. Tuesday Tuesday highs near 39 lows near 32.
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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.