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Good morning,

I love sunshine. I don’t love it as much as I love deep powder, but there’s something really, really good about seeing blue sky above and bright glare reflected from below. It just kinda makes me smile. Know what I’m saying? =)

Today will be clear, and it will be a great day to hit the BC if you can. I cannot, so you have to go for me. Winds will be light today, out of the west at 10-15mph. The free air freezing level will be 1000-1500’, hopefully keeping temps cool enough to keep the snow in perfect packed powder shape at the resorts.

Clouds move in sometime tonight, giving us a cloudy or partly cloudy day tomorrow with a chance of some snow flurries. Winds tomorrow start at NW 15-20, building to NW 25-35. The snow level will be around 1000-1500’. If you want a day on the hill with the slopes to yourself, tomorrow is the call.

Snowfall starts again on Tuesday, hitting Mt. Hood sometime around 4am. Total accumulation will be .5-.75” water value for 5-7” of new snow, most of that falling between 4am and 4pm. The snow level Tuesday morning starts at a very favorable 1000’, rising to a perfectly acceptable 3500’ by 1pm. Winds won’t be as favorable: They’ll be SW 30-40 early, building to a not-so-nice W 40ish by 1pm.

Wednesday starts out dry, with most of the precipitation headed north of us, unless the storm track changes. The snow level early will be 2000’, rising to 5000’ by 4pm, rising further to 6000’ by 7pm. Most of the precip associated with this warm front will fall between 7am and 1pm, hopefully sparing Mt. Hood the indignity of any liquid precipitation. Total precip will be .25-.5”, for 3-4” of heavy new snow. Winds Wednesday will be W 25-35 early, going to SW 35-40 by 1pm.

The snow level falls back to 4000’ by Thursday morning, falling further during the day, with 1.5-2.0” water value for a s**t-ton of new snow accompanied by a buttload of wind. At this point, it looks like we’ll see significant snow accumulation Friday through Sunday, but that’s a long ways out to make a call.

Have an awesome day.

Temira

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Good morning,

What a lovely day! We’ll see orographic snow flurries and decreasing wind today with sunbreaks before clouds move back in late in the day. Winds this morning will be WSW 35-45, going to W 20-25 by 10am, going to WSW 15-20 by 4pm. Total precip today will be an inch or so this morning, with snow ending by 1pm. The snow level will hold around 1500-2000’ today.

Tomorrow looks partly cloudy in the morning with precip (unfortunately) staying mostly to the south of us. At best we’ll see an inch or two of snow during the day, but even that looks unlikely. Winds will be NW 10-25 tomorrow morning, going to W 10-15 by 4pm. The free air freezing level will be around 500-1000’.

Monday looks dry with clouds moving in and flurries by 4pm. Total precip overnight into Tuesday will be less than .25” of water value for 1-2” of new snow. Winds on Monday will be NW 10-20 all day, going to WSW 15-25 late in the evening. The snow level will be around 2500-3000’.

Tuesday brings a warming trend with increasing wind. The snow level starts at 3000’, rising to 5000’ by 4pm, when snow will start. Wednesday looks pretty warm, with the snow level around 5000’ all day. By Thursday 10am, the snow level will plummet and lots of pow will fall. The extended forecast looks fairly cold and snowy on Mt. Hood. Prepare for more powder. =)

Have an awesome day.

Temira

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