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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 system will be coming our way this week and next weekend producing even more precipitation.

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Advisories: A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 3 PM TUESDAY FOR THE NORTH CASCADES AND THE CASCADES OF LANE 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:  Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of evening showers, periods of rain late tonight (0.25 in. of rain possible), AM rain, then afternoon showers likely (60%) Tuesday (0.25 in. of rain possible), rain Tuesday night (0.50 in. of rain possible),  cloudy a slight (20%) chance of rain Wednesday AM, rain likely (60%) Wednesday afternoon, rain Wednesday night, rain and windy Thursday, then a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night lows 37-43 cooling to 34 Thursday night highs 54-59 cooling to 53 Thursday. Mostly cloudy with a (60%) chance of showers Friday, a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night, rain likely (60%) Saturday, a (60%) chance of showers Saturday night, then rain likely (60%) Sunday through Monday highs ranging from 54-52 lows 38-42. (seasonal  averages high 55 low 36)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including, Roseburg:  Mostly cloudy with scattered rain likely (60%) this evening, rain late tonight (snow level 3,000 ft.),  rain Tuesday, cloudy with evening rain, rain Tuesday night, cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain Wednesday, then rain likely (60%) Wednesday evening, rain and breezy (wind: SW 20-25 mph, then S 5-10 mph late at night, rain Thursday, then cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Thursday night lows 42-36 highs 55-64 cooling to 52.  Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday AM, a slight (20%) chance of showers Friday afternoon, a good (50%) chance of rain Friday night, rain likely (60%) Saturday, a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday night, a good (50%) chance of rain Sunday AM, then rain likely (60%) Sunday afternoon through Monday highs ranging from 56-49 lows 37-40. (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 rain tonight and Tuesday, cloudy with evening coastal rain then rain likely (60%) late Tuesday night, evening rain likely (60%) inland, a good (50%) chance of rain late Tuesday night and breezy (wind: SW  10-15 mph increasing to S 15-25 mph late), cloudy Wednesday and windy (winds: S 15-25 mph increasing to S 25-30 mph in the afternoon at the shore, S 10-15 mph increasing to S 20-25 mph) with a (30%) chance of rain, rain Wednesday night, rain and breezy Thursday, then cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Thursday night lows 42-47 cooling to near 40 Thursday night highs 53-57 cooling to near 50 Thursday. Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of showers Friday, a (60%) chance of rain Friday night, rain likely (60%) Saturday, a good (50%) chance of showers Saturday night, then rain likely (60%) Sunday, rain likely (60%) and breezy Sunday night, then rain likely (60%) Monday highs ranging from 53-49 lows near 42. (seasonal averages high 55 low 41).

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County:  Mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers this evening, periods of snow late tonight (1-3 in. of snow possible), snow and rain Tuesday AM, rain and snow showers in the afternoon (4-7 in. of snow possible) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph), showers Tuesday and breezy (wind: S 15-25 mph),  snow and rain Tuesday night, cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of rain and snow Wednesday AM, then rain likely (60%) with a (40%) chance of snow in the afternoon (1-4 in. of snow possible), rain and snow Wednesday night (5-10 in. of snow possible) and breezy (wind: SW 15-25 mph gusts to 40 mph shifting to S 5-10 mph late at night), rain, snow, and breezy Thursday, then snow showers likely (60%) Thursday night snow level 2,500 ft. late tonight, 3,000 ft. Tuesday, then 3,500 ft. rising to 4,000 ft. Tuesday night,  4,500 ft. rising to 5,000 ft. Wednesday, 4,500 ft. Wednesday night, 3,500 ft. Thursday, and 2,500 ft. Thursday lows 25-30 cooling to 24 Thursday highs 39-46 cooling to 39 Thursday.  Mostly cloudy with a (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Friday, snow and rain likely (60%) Friday night and Saturday, a good (50%) chance of rain and snow showers Saturday night, and rain and snow likely (60%) Sunday, snow and rain likely (60%) and breezy Sunday night, then snow and rain Monday 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 40-37 lows 25-30.

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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.