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Good morning!

Finally, a fun and interesting and complicated forecast! First off, the wind. East wind blows through the Gorge this morning. The gradient is at .12 right now, and Rooster is reading 37 (although, judging by what I saw yesterday, it reads quite high). If you want wind sports, go now, as the wind will quickly fade today as high pressure builds inland.

Friday starts off light, picking up to 23-26, near Hood River by 4pm, possibly stronger for a brief period, and then filling in out east after dark. We’ll see west wind at 15-18 near Hood River Sunday, with 21-23 out east. As a front passes Saturday night, high pressure builds off the coast Sunday morning, for a 30+ west wind day possibly near Hood River, but most likely at Doug’s, The Wall, Arlington, and Threemile.

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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In snow news, it’s fun news as well. Today will be dry, with the free air freezing level at 7000’ and wind at SW 20-25 on Mt. Hood. Tomorrow starts off dry, with snow starting around 4pm. Mt. Hood wind will be SW 20-25 early, picking up to WSW 35-40 by 1pm and quickly going to NW 40-50 by 4pm. Expect blizzard conditions above treeline, as the snow level, at 6000’ at 1pm, drops to 1500’ by 7pm or so. We’ll see heavy snow from 4pm to 10pm, with .4-.5” water value for 4-6” of new snow above 3000’.

Saturday starts off with light flurries and the snow level at 1500’. It will slowly rise to 4000’ by 7pm, briefly touching 6000’ around 10pm before dropping back to 4500’ overnight. Windspeeds will be NW 30-35 early, going to WSW 40-50 by 4pm and going to WNW 30-35 overnight. Snow accumulation will be heavy from 1pm-1am for .6-.8” water value or 6-7” of new snow.

We’ll see snow flurries on Sunday with continued windy conditions above treeline. We’ll be in NW flow next week, for continued cool temperatures and continued snow accumulation.

Have an awesome day today! Chance of Meadows/Skibowl opening in the next two weeks: 20%

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Good morning!

Okay, so the east wind isn’t exactly light today. It was blowing 30 at Rooster and 15 at Stevenson when I checked, with a .15 east gradient. That’s plenty of pressure differential to support solid east wind in the Gorge all day today. We’ll see lighter easterlies tomorrow, fading in the afternoon. Friday starts out light, but as a strong cold front approaches from the NW, we’ll see west wind pick up to 24-28 late in the afternoon near Hood River.

In the mountains, we’ll see partly cloudy skies with the freezing level around 8500’ today and tomorrow with SW wind at 10-15 and no snow accumulation.

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Cascade weather gets interesting Friday. The snow level starts around 8500’ in advance of the approaching weather system. By 4pm, the snow level drops to 5500’, falling all the way to 1500’, maybe even less, by 10pm, and holding through Saturday morning. Mt. Hood windspeeds will be W 20-25 early, rising to WSW 35-40 by 4pm, and going to NW 35-40 by 10pm. We’ll see a total of .5-.75” water value with this storm, giving Mt. Hood 7-10” of new snow above 5000’, with 4-6” of snow at 3000’. The snow will be heavy overnight, turning into flurries by Saturday morning.

The snow level Saturday holds between 1500’ and 2500’. Windspeeds early will be NW 30-35, slowly fading. We’ll see snow flurries in the morning for 1-2” of new snow. We’ll have to wait and see what the models predict for later in the day, but at this point, it seems like we’ll see another 4-6” of snow between Saturday and Sunday.

Below is your graphical forecast for the mountain. Have an awesome day today!

-Temira

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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