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Good morning!

This morning brings my not-so-favorite weather to Mt. Hood’s slopes: fog. Hopefully that will burn off and give way to something nicer later on today,. Most likely it will just be cloudy with flurries. The NWRFC is calling for .5-.75” wv today, but I’m not seeing that in other models. I think we’ll see a couple more inches of snow during the day, but that’s about it. The snow level will be around 4000’ all day. At least winds won’t be too bad: SW 20-30 early, falling to S 15-20 midday, and going to W 5-10 late in the evening.

We’ll see more snow flurries all day tomorrow, for an inch or two during the day. The snow level will be at 2000’ early, rising to 3000’ by 4pm. Winds will be light, at W 10-15 in the morning and W 15-20 by 4pm. Heavier snowfall starts tomorrow night around 10pm for 3-4” of new overnight.

Heavy snowfall continues Saturday morning for another .5” WV during the day, for 4-5” of snow between 5am and 5pm, becoming snow flurries overnight. Winds pick up a bit on Saturday: SW 20-25 in the morning building to SW 30-35 mid-afternoon.

Models disagree on snowfall amounts Sunday, probably because they can’t decide if the storm track will hit us or go slightly north (hitting Crystal and Baker instead). We’ll see somewhere between .25-.7” WV on Sunday, for moderate snowfall much of the day, heaviest in the morning, with the snow level around 2000′. Winds Sunday will be SW 20-30 until 4pm, when they’ll switch to W 20-30.

Monday and Tuesday look snowy.

It’s not looking like we’ll see much in the way of Gorge wind for the next few days.

Have a great day today!

Temira

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Good morning!

It’s clear on the mountain this morning, but that’s only going to last through noon, at the latest, so if you want sunshine on the slopes, get it early. Clouds move in midday, with snow flurries starting early evening. The snow level will be at the surface this morning, rising to 4000’ by 2pm, rising further to 5500’ by 8pm. Winds today will be NE 10-15, going to SE 15-25 by noon and rising to SE 20-30 by 8pm. Total snow accumulation will be around 1”.

Tomorrow brings light snow flurries all day and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. The snow level starts at 4500’ and drops to 3500’ late in the afternoon. Total accumulation will be .3-.5” water value, for 4-5” of new snow. Winds tomorrow will be SW 20-30 most of the day, switching to W 15-20 after 8pm.

Friday brings light snow flurries all day with the snow level at 2000’ and light wind. Total accumulation will be less than .25” for 2” or so of new snow.

More snow moves in for the weekend. The snow level on Saturday morning will be 3000’, quickly falling to 1500’ by 10am. We’ll see heavy snow between 5am and 2pm, for .5” water value or 5-7” of new snow. Flurries continue after 2pm for another inch or so of accumuation. Winds will be SE 15-25 early, rising to SW 20-30 by 10am and fading to SW 10-20 for the rest of the day.

The Gorge windsurfing forecast doesn’t look great: Gap winds at Rooster are about 30mph right now, but the gradient is only .09, meaning we’ll see inconsistent upper twenties at Rooster and upper teens to low twenties at Stevenson today. East winds of some sort continue for the next few days, but it looks like we’ll see mid-teens at best.

The mountain biking report is that Post is too muddy to ride.

Have a great day today!

Temira

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