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The upper air flow is bending more from the west (called Zonal flow) bringing in warmer, but still very moist air into the Pacific Northwest. A frontal system has brought some warmer air in, 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 to Sunday. Remember that, particularly this time of the year, when it’s not raining it is usually fogging.
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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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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 showers this evening and showers likely (60%) and patchy fog late tonight (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain likely (60%) Friday AM, rain in the afternoon (0.25 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain Saturday (0.50 in. of rain possible) and Saturday night (0.50 in. of rain possible, and rain Sunday, then rain likely (60%) Sunday night lows 48-42 highs near 53. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Monday night, then a (40%) chance of showers Tuesday and Tuesday night, a (40%) chance of showers Wednesday, then a slight (20%) chance of showers Wednesday night and Thursday highs 52-47 lows 40-35. (seasonal averages highs 46 low 33)
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg: Cloudy with showers tonight, patchy fog late tonight and Friday AM, showers Friday afternoon, a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night, patchy fog late at night and Saturday AM, rain likely (60%) Saturday, rain Saturday night, rain Sunday, and rain likely (60%) Sunday night lows near 45 highs 54-57. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), then cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain Monday night, patchy fog late at night and early Tuesday AM, and mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Tuesday afternoon and night, patchy fog late at night and Wednesday AM, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday night, patchy fog late at night and early Thursday AM, then partly cloudy Thursday afternoon highs 56-45 warming to near 50 Thursday lows 40-35. (seasonal averages high 50 low 35)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with showers tonight, areas of inland fog late at night, showers Friday, cloudy with rain likely (60%) Friday evening, showers Friday night with patchy fog late, rain likely (60%) Saturday, rain Saturday night and breezy (wind: S 20-25 mph decreasing to S 10-15 mph late at night), rain Sunday then rain likely (60%) Sunday night lows near 48 highs near 55. Rain likely (60%) Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain at night, patchy fog late Monday night and early Tuesday AM, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday and a (40%) chance Tuesday night, patchy fog late at night and Wednesday AM, a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday afternoon, a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday night, patchy fog again late Wednesday night and Thursday AM, then partly cloudy Thursday afternoon highs 55-50 lows 46-37. (seasonal averages high 53 lows 39).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly cloudy with showers tonight (2 in. of snow possible, 0.25 in. of rain possible) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph decreasing to SW 10-15 mph late tonight gusts to 40 mph along the ridges dropping off to 30 mph late at night), rain Friday (0.10 in. of rain possible), rain likely (60%) Friday night (little or no snow accumulation, 0.10 in. of rain possible), rain Saturday (0.75 in. of rain possible), rain Saturday night (1.50 in. of rain possible), then rain Sunday and rain likely (60%) Sunday night snow level 6,000 ft. tonight, 6,500 ft. Friday, and 6,000 ft. Friday night, 7,000 ft. Saturday through Sunday, falling to 5,500 ft. Sunday night lows near 35-32 highs near 40. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and snow Monday night, a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Tuesday and Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of snow Wednesday, then partly cloudy with a (30%) chance of snow showers Wednesday night and a slight (20%) chance of snow showers Thursday snow level 5,000 ft. Monday, 4,500 ft. Monday night and Tuesday, falling to 3,500 ft, Tuesday night, and at the surface Wednesday, 2,500 ft. Wednesday, rising to 5,500 ft. Thursday highs 40-34 lows 30-26.
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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.