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12/17 Forecast

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Saturday
Sunday
Monday

We’re back in the high pressure ridge sunny Mt. Hood setup today. Speaking of sunny, I was in Portland yesterday and it was gorgeous. Sunny, warm, beautiful. The Gorge really gets screwed over during these high pressure inversions.

Today looks sunny and warm on Mt. Hood. The freezing level will be 10000’ for most of the day, slowly dropping to around 8000’ by midnight when clouds start moving in. The wind will be SW at 5-10 early, picking up to WSW 25-30 by 7pm.

A weak cold front moves in tonight, packing a massive wallop of .05-.1” water value. Total accumulation will be 1″, 2″ if we are very lucky. Precip starts around 4am tomorrow, quite possibly starting as rain (in the grand tradition of the NW Demo Tour) and quickly switching to snow and continuing as light flurries through 4pm.The snow level will be around 5500’ at 4am, dropping to 1000’ by 7am and then slowly rising to 3000’ by 4pm. It’s going to be windy tomorrow too. WNW 30-40+ at 4am goes to NW 35-45 at 7am, dropping to NW 20-30 by 10am and going to N 20-25 in the afternoon.

Monday looks dry and clear, with the freezing level around 6000-7000’ and N wind at 15-20. A weak system brushes Mt. Hood on Tuesday. At this point, the GFS doesn’t snow much in the way of moisture, but other models are a bit more optimistic. At this point, I’d suggest planning on very little snowfall in the next 5-7 days.

For the crazy windsurfers and kiters out there, this morning’s .12 east gradient is enough fro 25-30 at Stevenson and 30-35 at Rooster. Tomorrow brings westerlies at 21-24, assuming the front comes in early enough to kick them off.

For slopeside entertainment this weekend, Santa will be at Skibowl today, there’s a rail jam at Meadows today, and the NW Demo Tour will be at Meadows on Sunday. Also this weekend, Heather Herbeck is holding a “Pray for Precip” party somewhere, location TBD. If you can’t be there for the party, be there in spirit, because we need some rain or snow or … something!

Have an awesome day today!

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10/16 Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Today looks lovely on Mt. Hood, with clearing skies, warming temperatures, and decreasing wind. With the low sun angle, the snow should hold as packed powder today on all but the steepest sun-facing slopes. Yay! The freezing level will be around 9000’, with NW wind at 20-25 early, backing off to NW 15-20 by 4pm.

Saturday brings more sunshine, with 5000’ temps well into the 40’s and the freezing level at 9000’ early, rising to 10000’ in the afternoon. The wind will be light in the morning, picking up to SW 15-20 by 1pm and SW 30-35 by 10pm with clouds moving in.

There’s a chance of a shot of rain or snow or both on Sunday night. It looks like any precip will start out as rain, switching quickly to snow, for 1-2” of new. As the front swings through overnight, the freezing level drops from 10000’ to 5500’ by 1am, dropping to 3000’ by 4am and 1500’ by 7am. The wind could be a bit annoying on Sunday morning: We’ll have NW at 30-40+ at 4am, going to NW 35-45+ at 7am and the dropping to NNW 20-30 by 1pm and N 10-15 by 4pm. It’s going to be cloudy early, with flurries, clearing late in the day.

Monday looks dry, sunny and warm. Next chance for snow is Tuesday night into Wednesday.

For slopeside entertainment this weekend, Santa will be at Skibowl on Saturday, there’s a rail jam at Meadows on Saturday, and the NW Demo Tour will be at Meadows on Sunday. Also this weekend, Heather Herbeck is holding a “Pray for Precip” party somewhere, location TBD. If you can’t be there for the party, be there in spirit, because we need some rain or snow or … something!

Have an awesome 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 November 2012, putting you in the running for cool prizes donated by the weekly sponsors. If you don’t PayPal, you can send a donation to PO Box 841 in Hood River, 97031.