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Good morning!

Ah yes. First snowfall of the season yesterday. Of course I didn’t take my own advice and had to drive/slide on slushy roads on my summer tires. Dear, dear Paco is helping me put my winter tires on today. The rest of you can go to Les Schwab and wait 4 hours!

As predicted, yesterdays storm was more of a s**tstorm on the mountain than a snow storm. It did start out as snow. Perhaps that’s too kind. It snained all day. Wet, wet, wet sloppy snow. In the afternoon, it switched to rain and freezing rain, and that’s what it did all night long. So, total precip from the storm: 2.79”. Total accumulation at 5000’: 2”. Not sure what happened higher up.

Coming up in events, the PDX Kayaker film festival is in Portland tonight. There’s also the 7-8pm playboating session at the Hood River pool. On (Black) Friday, there’s SnowDaze, a slideshow by Richard Hallman, Solitaire, a ski movie, at the Middle School, another award-winning ski movie at the Pint Shack. On Saturday, it’s the annual Girl Paddle on the White Salmon River (newly freed!), and there’s the Native Eyewear “Sunglasses at Night” party at the Elks Lodge, with free beer.

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday

That brings us to today. The snow level is back down around 2000’, and we’ll see around 1” of precip today, mostly after 4pm, for 10-14” of new snow. Mt. Hood wind will be WSW 30-40 all day, fading in the evening.

Tomorrow sees the snow level around 500’, with a total of .2-.3” precip for 3-4 inches of new snow, mostly falling before 7am and after 7pm. Winds will be W 25-30.

On Saturday, we’ll see cloudy to partly cloudy skies with W wind at 10-15 and the snow level at 500’. Sunday looks similar to Saturday, with snow moving in overnight for a couple inches of accumulation. Monday looks snowy.

The next big system moves in on Tuesday. At this point, the models are suggesting it will fall as rain/snain at 5000’.

Friday-Tuesday look cold and snowy. Chance of Meadows in the next two weeks: 99.9%. Skibowl: 95%.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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Good morning!

Oh dear. It’s 30 degrees in Hood River and there’s a .15 east gradient and moisture headed our way. In layman’s terms, that means we’re going to see snow or freezing rain here in the Gorge this morning, and it means I’m going to go lie on my back in the parking lot and put my snow tires on.

The snow/freezing rain should be relatively short-lived, ending by noon, with a couple inches of snow accumulating on the top of your car.

Your only chance for windsurfing/kiting in the next three days (unless you’re sailing sub-freezing east wind this morning) is tomorrow, when we’ll see 30+ in the morning, fading to 24-28 in the afternoon.

Coming up in events, the PDX Kayaker film festival is in Portland tomorrow night. There’s also the 7-8pm playboating session at the Hood River pool. On (Black) Friday, there’s SnowDaze, a slideshow by Richard Hallman, Solitaire, a ski movie, at the Middle School, another award-winning ski movie at the Pint Shack. On Saturday, it’s the annual Girl Paddle on the White Salmon River (newly freed!), and there’s the Native Eyewear “Sunglasses at Night” party at the Elks Lodge, with free beer.

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

In the mountains today, the story is different. It’s already 31 degrees at 5000’. By 10am, the snow level will be at 5000’, hitting 6000’ by 1pm, and climbing to 8000’ in the evening. It doesn’t drop back to 5000’ until midnight tonight. During that time period, Mt. Hood wind will be WSW 40-45, becoming as strong as 65-70 in the evening. We’ll see a total of 2-3” of rain at 5000’ during this system. This makes Temira sad.

However, by midnight tonight, the snow level will be around 5000’ and dropping fast, hitting 1000’ by 7am Thursday and hanging there for the extended period. The wind on Mt. Hood will be W 40-50 all day Thursday, for blizzard conditions, with .8”-1.0” water value for 10-14” of new snow.

Friday sees the snow level at 1000’ with mountain wind at W 20-25 and total precip of .2-.3” for 2-3” of new snow. The snow level drops to sea level (at least in the Gorge) this weekend, with 1-2” of new each day. The next big system swings through on Tuesday.

Friday-Tuesday look cold and snowy. Chance of Meadows in the next two weeks: 95%. Skibowl: 40%.

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 August 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.