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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Saturday
Sunday
Monday

Good morning!

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Looks like we’ll see some sunshine on Mt. Hood this morning with high clouds moving in around noon or so, with maybe some fog on the slopes this afternoon. The freezing level will be between 2000’ and 3000’ this morning, dropping to 1000’ this afternoon. Wind will be light and variable early, going to W 10 midday and NW 10-20 by 1pm.

Sunday starts off clear with clouds in the afternoon and snow late in the evening. The freezing level will be at 2000’ in the morning, possibly warming up in the sun midday and dropping back to 1500’ by 10pm. Wind will be W 5-10 in the morning and SW 15 in the afternoon. Models are disagreeing on precip values Sunday night into Monday, so I’m going with the low-end value of .2” water value, for 2-3” of new snow Sunday night.

Monday looks partly cloudy, with some snow flurries in the morning. The snow level will be less than 1000’ all day. Wind will be SW 10-15 early, going to E 5-10 by mid-morning.

Tuesday looks dry, cold and clear with the freezing level around 500’. Wind will be E 5-10mph.

Models aren’t really in agreement about the rest of the week, so for now I’ll go with light snowfall and below-freezing temps.

Have a great day today!

Temira

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Disclaimer: This forecast is for entertainment only. Don’t use it to plan your skiing, snowboarding or travel schedule, even though I do. Although I work for Meadows, this forecast is not endorsed by Meadows and does not reflect the views of the resort. Nobody pays me to write this report (unless you make a donation), so please share the link with your friends and help me increase my hits! Thank you!

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Good morning!

Although there are some pretty heavy bands of rain moving through the Portland metro area this morning, they’re moving south to north and staying west of Mt. Hood, keeping the mountain from picking up what would probably be some wet, heavy snow, rather than rain. Even so, models are still showing a bit of snow on the mountain today.

The snow level will be around 5500’ this morning, holding through 4pm or so, and then dropping to 4000’ around 4pm and 2000’ by 10pm. Light snow flurries fall through 1pm, with a break in the action midday and then heavier snow 4pm through 10pm, decreasing overnight, for a total of .2-.4” precip (likely the lower end), for 1-3” of new snow by midnight. Wind will be SW 15-20 early, rising to SW 25-30 early afternoon and dropping to SW 10-15 during the evening.

The NAM and GFS precip models are totally disagreeing on Saturday with the NAM showing flurries all day and the GFS showing clear skies. I’m going with clear skies early, becoming cloudy by 10am, with a few light orographic flurries after that (and probably some sunbreaks, given the NW flow) with less than 1” of new snow on Saturday. The snow level will be 1000’ all day. Wind will be W 15-20 early, going to NW 20-25 by 10am.

Sunday looks clear in the morning and cloudy in the afternoon, with snow starting around 7pm. The freezing level will be 3000’ all day, falling to 2000’ in the evening. Wind will be WNW 10-15 early, going to SW 10-15 early afternoon.

Models, again, are all over the map on precip amounts for Sunday night into Monday, so I think we’re going to have to wait and see how things shake out before I can make a prediction of how much new snow we’ll have on the ground Monday morning. That said, the snow level will be very low on Monday, somewhere around 500-1000’.

Mountain forecasting aside, it looks pretty cold in the Gorge and upper Hood River valley on Sunday night. With a cold, wet system coming in, there’s a pretty good chance of snow in the Gorge Sunday night into Monday morning. Again, the models can’t agree on precip amounts, but I’d say a snow event of some sort is likely.

For those of you interested in the Post Canyon cleanup effort, I’d like to direct you to the Hood River Area Trail Stewards Facebook page. We are a 501c3 local organization dedicated to maintaining all the trails in the Hood River area. Please “like” us on Facebook and stay tuned for updates. For those of you who missed yesterday’s link, here’s the blog post regarding Hood River County’s plan for ice storm cleanup in Post Canyon.

Have a great day today!

Temira

p.s. If you find this report useful, entertaining, or just want to recognize all the hard work that goes into it, please take the time to make a donation by clicking on the link below. For a suggested donation of $10, I’ll add you to the email version of this list ‘til January 2013, putting you in the running for cool prizes donated by the weekly sponsors during the summer season (and the winter if I get off my bum and get some!). If you don’t PayPal, you can send a donation to PO Box 841 in Hood River, 97031.