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Reminders: Daylight Saving Time begins in less than a week at 2:00 AM Sunday March 13th (turn clocks ahead 1 hour) and The Vernal Equinox (Spring begins) occurs at 4:21 PM  Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday March 20th.

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The jet stream shows another cold trough of low pressure ( “U” shaped area) migrating Eastward across the into Pacific Northwest and another one behind it.  A frontal system is on it’s way to bring us increasing chances of rain and mountain snow by tonight though today will be mostly a dry one. More frontal systems will be coming our way next week and next weekend producing even more precipitation.

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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 areas of patchy fog this AM, a slight (20%) chance of  AM showers too, a (40%) chance of showers this afternoon (0.10 in. of rain possible), a (30%) chance of evening showers, rain likely (60%) late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible), AM rain, then afternoon showers likely (60%) Tuesday (0.25 in. of rain possible), a good (50%) chance of rain Tuesday night (0.10 in. of rain possible),  a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, then rain Wednesday night highs 49-55 lows 37-42. Mostly cloudy with rain likely (60%) Thursday, showers likely (60%) Thursday night, rain likely (60%) Friday and Friday night, a good (50%) chance of rain Saturday, and rain likely (60%) Saturday night and Sunday highs ranging from 50-53 lows near 38. (seasonal  averages high 54 low 36)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg:  Mostly cloudy with scattered rain and snow showers today (snow level 1,500 ft. rising to 2,500 ft. this afternoon), evening rain likely (60%), rain late tonight (snow level 3,000 ft.),  rain Tuesday, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night, a (30%) chance of rain Wednesday, then rain likely (60%) Wednesday night highs 53-60 lows 40-43.  Mostly cloudy with rain Thursday, showers likely (60%) in the evening, rain and snow showers likely (60%) late Thursday night and Friday AM, a (40%) chance of showers Friday afternoon, a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night and rain likely (60%) Saturday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday night, then rain likely (60%) Sunday highs ranging from 54-56 lows near 38. (seasonal averages high 58 low 38)

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Mostly cloudy with showers today, coastal rain tonight, evening rain likely (60%) then rain late tonight inland, rain Tuesday, rain likely (60%) Tuesday night, rain Wednesday and windy (wind: S 15-25 mph increasing to S 25-30 mph this afternoon at the shore and S 10-15 mph increasing to S 20-25 mph this afternoon inland, then rain Wednesday night highs 50-56 lows 37-47 cooling to near 40 Wednesday night. Mostly cloudy with rain and breezy Thursday, showers likely (60%) Thursday night, a good (50%) chance of showers Friday, rain likely (60%) Friday night, rain Saturday, a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday night, then rain likely (60%) Sunday highs ranging from 50-53 lows 40-42. (seasonal averages high 55 low 41).

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:  Mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers today and this evening, snow likely (60%) late tonight (2-4 in. of snow possible), snow and rain Tuesday AM, rain and snow showers in the afternoon (4-7 in. of snow possible), showers Tuesday and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph), a good (50%) chance of snow and rain Tuesday night, a (40%) chance of rain and snow Wednesday, then rain or snow likely (60%) Wednesday night snow level at the surface today, 2,500 ft. late tonight, 3,000 ft. Tuesday, then 3,500 ft. Tuesday night, then 4,500 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night highs 34-44 lows 25-30. Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely (60%) Thursday, then snow showers likely (60%) Thursday night, a good (50%) chance of snow and rain Friday, snow and rain likely (60%) Friday night and Saturday, a good (50%) chance of snow and rain Saturday night, and rain and snow likely (60%) Sunday snow level 4,000 ft. Thursday,  2,500 ft. Thursday night, 3,000 ft. Friday and Friday night, 3,500 ft. Saturday and Saturday night, then 4,000 ft. Sunday highs near 40 lows 25-28.

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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.