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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday

Good morning!

What a day! Snow keeps falling on Mt. Hood through 1pm or so, with another .4” water value for 5-7’ of new snow with the snow level at 500’ or less. After that, we’ll see partly cloudy skies. Wind will be W 20-25 all day. If you’re headed to the resorts, expect parking lots to shut down early and reopen late today.

MLK day starts off partly cloudy, or possibly with high cloudy, with snow starting in the early afternoon. We’ll see .5” WV between 4pm and Tuesday 4am, for another 6-8” of new. Wind on Monday will be NW 25-35 early, swinging to SW 20-25 by 1pm and building to SW 35-40 by 4pm.

Tuesday will be snowy, with another .7” WV by 4pm for 8-10” of new snow. The snow level will be 1000’ with WSW wind at 35-40 early, buiding to 50-55 in the afternoon.

Things get interesting on Wednesday, as a much warmer system swings through. How much snow we get depends on when the warm half of this system arrives. Right now, it looks like the snow level will be at 1500’ at 4am, rising quickly to 7500’ by 1pm and then dropping back to 6000’ by 4pm, with a lot of moisture. I think we’ll see 1-1.5” Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, for 12-18” of new snow, and then I think it’ll switch to rain by 10am with rain through mid afternoon and then a rain/snow mix overnight. Sorry, Tom. Winds will be SW 35-45 early, rising to SW 60-70+ by 1pm and holding through the afternoon.

Right now, it looks like that 6000’ish snow level will hold through 1pm Thursday, when things cool off again. Models are showing a monster of a system headed directly at Mt. Hood Friday night… keeping an eye on that one for sure.

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′
	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Saturday
Sunday
Monday

Good morning!

It’s a mild morning up here on Mt. Hood, but that’s going to change pretty quickly. Right now the freezing level is around 6000’, but it will drop to 3500’ by 9am, 1500’ by 1pm and right down near sea level by 4pm. The cold front causing this will bring snow and wind. We’ll see snow start by noon, with 3-4” by 4pm. Wind will be W 30-40 early, picking up to W 50-55 by 1pm and WNW 50-60 by 4pm, backing off to W 30-35 by 10pm. Yes, it’s going to snow in the Gorge too.

We’ll get another 3-4” of snow by 4am Sunday, with the snow level at 0-500’. We’ll have snow flurries mixed with sunbreaks all day for another 3-4” of snow with W wind at 20-25 all day.

Monday looks a lot like Sunday, with snow flurries and sunbreaks. We’ll have 4-6” of snow during the day, with accumulation becoming heavier after 4pm. The snow level will be at 0-500’ with WNW wind at 30-40 all day.

By Tuesday morning, we’ll have another 7-9” of new snow, with another 7-9” falling by 4pm. The freezing level will be 0-500’. Wind will be W 30-40 early, picking up to WSW 50-55 by 1pm. We’ll see very heavy snowfall, becoming warmer, wetter snow, overnight, for significant accumulation with rising snow levels. This is when we could see a big mess in the Gorge… =)

It looks like the snow will switch to rain sometime mid-morning Wednesday. Same goes for Thursday. If the current forecast holds, a powerful system will swing over Mt. Hood Friday morning, making for crazy exciting wind, varying precip, and all sorts of neat weather variety.

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.