MT HOOD SNOW FORECAST
Hey skiers and snowboarders! Well, we’ve got some lifts at Meadows and Timberline, and that’s a good starting point. Our next chance to pick up any significant snow is Friday, when models are calling for somewhere in the neighborhood of a quarter to a half inch of water equivalent. Looking at a different take from the intraquartile range, we have a rosier outlook: 8-16” of snow between snow and Sunday.
From Sunday on into the mid to latter half of next week, we’re looking at dry and rather warm weather. Starting around the 2nd of January, models hint at snow returning, but the range of possible outcomes is huge – there’s really no way to pin down a forecast at this point.
Short term Mt Hood snow forecast
Looking at Wednesday, Christmas Eve day, we have clouds with the potential for a little light drizzle today. Thanks to an offshore system, the snow level will spike to 8000-9000′ mid-morning before falling to 3000′ in the afternoon and 4000′ overnight. Just 0.1” to 0.2” WE is forecast with this system for maybe an inch of new snow at 5000′ if we’re lucky. Wind will be S 20-40 this morning, WSW 30-40 this afternoon, and E 25 after midnight.
Thursday starts partly cloudy and adds wet snow or mixed precip mid-morning. In the afternoon, we could see some instability-driven snow showers, but those tend not to produce much. The snow level will be 4000′ early, 5500′ in the afternoon, 5000′ in the evening, and 3000′ after midnight. Just 0.2” WE is forecast during the day as mixed precip. We could get lucky and see an inch of new at 5000′. It’s impossible to predict how much snow, if any, we’ll get from the afternoon precip. Wind will be E 25 early, S 15-30 into the afternoon, and SE 10 after midnight.
Extended Mt Hood Snow Forecast
Light snow Friday morning gives way to sun in the afternoon as high pressure starts to build offshore and then inland. The snow level will be 3000′ all day. The free air freezing level drops to 1000′ after midnight. Models are all over the place on precip totals for this time period; we have anything from a trace to 1.4” WE. I’ll wait to predict snow totals. Saturday looks sunny and cool.
A warming trend begins late Saturday and into the middle part of next week when ensembles have 850mb (5000′) temps at nearly 50F. Whoa. That’s not good for the snowpack at all! Colder weather and associated snowfall is likely to return at the end of next week. My fingers are definitely crossed. Hope to see you on the snow soon!
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GORGE WIND FORECAST
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SHORT-TERM gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! We have easterlies on tap for the next couple of days, the potential for just-enough west wind on Friday, and then a multi-day period of easterlies related to an incoming ridge of high pressure. Wednesday’s opening gambit was a big offshore pressure gradient in response to an offshore low. When that low swings up the coast, we’ll see the wind either go calm or switch to westerly spending on the exact track. For a few hours this morning: 40mph at Iwash (Rooster) 25-30mph at Stevenson, and 15-20mph at Viento.
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LONGER-TERM gorge wind forecast
Tomorrow, Christmas Day, starts similar: 40mph at Iwash, 35mph at Stevenson. The wind slowly fades. At the end fo the day, we’ll have 20-25mph at Iwash and 1520mph at Stevenson. Friday starts calm and swtiches to westerly in the afternoon as high pressure builds offshore. IT’s hard to say when the wind will arrive, so let’s just cross our fingers that it arrives early enough for at least 17-20mph from Stevneosn to Hood River. Easterlies build during the day on Saturday in response to inland high pressure. Those easterlies stick around at 30mph or so for at least a couple days next week. That’s it for now. Have a great day, everyone!
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Clouds all day with drizzle after 10am. Temps start in the upper 30s and rise to the upper 40s. Light easterlies in the morning. Light westerlies in the evening. 11% chance of rainbows. Thursday looks partly cloudy with drizzle in the morning. Temps start in the mid 30s and rise to the mid 40s. Light easterlies. 49% chance of rainbows. Friday will be rainy to start then cloudy then rain in the evening. Temps start in the mid 30s and rise to the upper 40s. Calm wind early. Light to moderate westerlies later. 72% chance of rainbows.
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THE DALLES, HOOD RIVER, WHITE SALMON, TROUT LAKE, STEVENSON, CASCADE LOCKS, PARKDALE, ODELL, HUSUM, BZ, MILL A, WILLARD, GOLDENDALE, RUFUS, ARLINGTON, boardman
Good morning, neighbors! ‘Twas a dark and gloomy Gorge morning thanks to an offshore low. Everyone in the Valley of Willies was preparing for a windstorm, and everyone in the Gorge was baking cookies for their favorite weather forecaster, ME!! Kidding on the cookies. I’ll bake my own! Around here, our biggest concern today is a southerly/south-westerly wind”storm” east of the Cascade Crest midday. I’m looking at you, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, and parts of Klickitat County.
Glenwood this morning
Know why Klickitat County is so big? Because Glenwood is so cold. And the bigger the county you live in, the better your chance of having BDE. “BDE” in this case is “Big Drive Energy”, which is what you get when you have to go from one end of Klickitat County to the other. Oh, Glenwood, my heart goes out to you! It’s 36 this morning in Glenwood, if you were wondering.
Today’s Gorge weather forecast
The rest of us are in mid to upper 30s to start with some low 40s in the east wind zones. Easterlies hold at 40mph (Iwash-Cock Rock) and 30mph (Stevenson) for a few hours this morning. Late morning brings that southerly windstorm to the aforementioned places. Expect a few hours of wind. We’ll also see drizzle as far east as Hood River until early afternoon, after which we’ll see clear sky out east and clouds to the west.
Christmas Day Gorge weather forecast
Another drizzly system swings inland from the south on Christmas day. Models don’t think it’ll bring a White Christmas anywhere but the mountains above 4000′. We’ll have partly cloudy sky for the entire Gorge after some morning drizzle that falls as far east as Hermiston, where the watermelons are hibernating in underground tunnels like fat bears. In the afternoon, we could see some instability-driven showers. Or not. Thursday morning wind will be 40mph near Iwash (eggplant emoji) Rock and 30-35mph near Stevenson. The wind drops by 50% in the afternoon.
Friday’s Gorge weather forecast
On Friday, we start mostly clear. Say “bye” to the sun quickly – a weather system is slated for mid-morning. Models don’t have a grip on how much precip we’ll get. If the heaviest precip scenario materializes, we could see snow down to 500′ or so thanks to evaporative cooling. Briefly. By afternoon, we’ll have clouds to the west and partly cloudy sky to to the east with west wind at 15-20mph.
Extended Gorge weather forecast
Starting Saturday, we’re looking at several days of dry weather. A significant temperature inversion is forecast to develop next week. As of right now, models hold off on the Nothing cloud and predict sun. That’s lovely, except for the fact that it’s supposed to be nearly 50 degrees in the mountains, which is not good at all for the snowpack. Okay, that’s enough forecast for today. I need to go bake a pie and finish off a yule log cake. Safe travels. -TATAS
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