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Check out my latest EDN Weather Or Not Column “It Just Doesn’t Matter”

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We’ll be drying out as an upper air high pressure ridge (shaded “Arch” shape with blue arrows) is building back to protect us from any storms.  The upper low (small “U” shape) that brought in more clouds and a little drizzle is moving away from us. This week is looking dry, bright, and quite a bit warmer. Another frontal system will push into the Pacific Northwest Thursday, but again it looks weak and will fall apart so we’ll only see a few clouds but no precipitation from it.

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Advisories:  NONE AT THIS TIME.

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Forecast for the Southern and lower Mid Willamette Valley including Eugene-Springfield and Albany-Corvallis: Partly cloudy and cooler with patchy fog this AM, mostly sunny this afternoon and Tuesday, mostly clear at night, mostly sunny in the AM, then partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night highs 77-82 lows 46-50. Partly cloudy Thursday and Thursday night, a mix of clouds and sun Friday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy at night and Saturday AM, then mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday with mostly clear skies at night highs 77-80 cooling to 78 Sunday lows 52-49. (seasonal averages high 70 low 46)

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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Partly cloudy this AM, sunny this afternoon, clear tonight, sunny Tuesday, mostly clear at night, sunny Wednesday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon, then partly cloudy at night highs 83-87 lows 49-56. Mostly cloudy Thursday AM, partly cloudy in the afternoon through Friday night, then mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday with mostly clear skies at night highs near 85 lows 52-56. (seasonal averages high 73 low 50)

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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with patchy fog this AM, sunny this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening and mostly cloudy with patchy fog late tonight at the shore while clear inland tonight, sunny and warmer Tuesday, partly cloudy in the evening and cloudy with patchy fog late at night at the shore while mostly clear inland with patchy fog late at night and Wednesday AM, then partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night highs near 62 lows 49-53. Mostly cloudy in the AM, partly cloudy Thursday afternoon and evening, mostly cloudy Thursday night, AM clouds, partly cloudy Friday and Friday night, mostly sunny Saturday, mostly clear at night, then partly cloudy Sunday highs 64-68 cooling to near 63 Sunday lows near 53. (seasonal averages high 60 low 49)

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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny today, and Wednesday with mostly clear skies at night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. today, 14,000 ft. tonight, 13,000 ft. Tuesday, then 14,000 ft. Tuesday night through Wednesday night highs 67-74 cooling to near 70 Wednesday lows 43-48 cooling to 44 Wednesday night. Mostly sunny Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with mostly clear to partly cloudy skies at night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. rising to 14,000 ft. Thursday afternoon, 14,000 ft. Thursday night through Friday night, 16,000 ft. Saturday, 16,000 ft. falling to 15,000 ft. Saturday night, then 15,000 ft. rising to 16,000 ft. Sunday highs 70-65 warming to 74 Sunday lows 48-52 cooling to 48 Saturday night.

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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.

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