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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday

Good morning!

It’s snowing on Mt.Hood now, after about .4” of rain last night. The snow level will keep dropping today, from around 3500’ this morning to 1000’ this afternoon. We’re post-frontal now, so we’ll have orographic flurries for 2” of new snow today. The wind will be strong westerly this morning at 30-40+, dropping to W 25-35 by 1pm and NW 10-20 by 4pm. Skies should clear in the late afternoon.

Tomorrow starts off clear, with clouds by early afternoon and snow starting around 4pm. We’ll get 2” of snow overnight with the snow level at 500-1000’. Wind tomorrow will be W 5-10 early, picking up to 10-20 early afternoon and NW 20-30 by 7pm.

Saturday morning starts with a few flurries, becoming partly cloudy to clear by 10am. The freezing level will be around 1000’ early, rising to 6500’ by 7pm. Wind will be NW 10-20 early, backing off to W 5-10 in the evening.

Sunday looks dry and clear with SW wind at 10-20. A weak system may come in sometime Monday, but other than that, the extended forecast looks pretty dry.

Coming up over the next few days, there’s the Dimwits with Bright Lights night ride at the Cascade Locks EasyCLIMB trail tomorrow night at 6:30, there’s a XC race at the Meadows Nordic Center on Saturday, free acupuncture at Gorge Community Acupuncture on Saturday, and the Teacup Nordic Tea Party on Sunday. Also on Saturday, it’s the Hood River Weather chatroom Capricorn birthday party at Everybody’s starting at 4:30.

Have a great day today!

Temira

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Enter “Temira” as your referral code

Disclaimer: This forecast is for entertainment only. Don’t use it to plan your life or your 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 for 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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Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Good morning!

It’s a breezy morning on Mt. Hood, and it’s going to stay breezy all day. The freezing level will be 10000’ early, dropping a bit to 9000’ by 7pm and dropping to 5500-6000’ by 10pm. Precip starts around 5-7pm, sadly falling as rain through midnight or so. We’ll see .3” of rain/freezing rain/lifties’ favorite conditions by midnight. The wind will be SW 35-40+ this morning, picking up to SW 40-60 by 1pm and holding all night long.

The r**n switches to snow around midnight, for 3” or so by 7am as the freezing level falls to 1500’ by 7am We’ll get another 1-2” between 7am and 4pm in orographic snow showers. The wind tomorrow will be SW 40-60 early, going to WSW 40-50 by 7am, W 35-40 by 10am and NW 20-25 by 4pm.

Friday looks clear and dry with high clouds moving in during the afternoon. The freezing level will be around 1000’ with light and variable wind.

Saturday looks clear and cold, with the freezing level around 1000’ and light and variable wind becoming W 10-15. Models are disagreeing on Sunday, with one showing a weak warm front and one showing sunshine, so we’ll just have to wait and see.

Coming up the rest of this week, the Dimwits With Bright Lights ride the Cascade Locks EasyCLIMB trail Friday night starting at 6:30 (bring your stick and something to roast on it), there’s free acupuncture at Gorge Community Acupuncture on Saturday. There’s a 10k Nordic race at Meadows. On Sunday, it’s the annual Tea Party at Teacup Nordic and it’s my birthday. =)

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.