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3/12 Forecast



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Good morning!

Another late forecast… sorry. That’s what you get for free. =)

I’m tired this morning, and that’s making the image on the radar irritating. A downpour over the coast range is headed NE instead of straight east at Mt. Hood. Everybody needs to think eastward thoughts and send that yellow and orange blob this way.

If that blob hits Hood, we’ll see some snowfall during the day today. The snow level will be at 4000’ early, falling to 1500’ by 1pm and then rising to 3500’ by 4pm. When the precip moves over the mountain, we’ll see light to moderate snow until mid-afternoon, becoming heavy between 5pm and 11pm. Total precip, according to the models, will be .5-.75” for 6-8” of new, mostly falling in the evening. Winds will be SW 15-20 early, rising to SW 20-30 mid afternoon and holding overnight.

Winds swing more to the south tomorrow morning bringing the snow level up to 5000-6000’ depending on which model you favor. The snow level will rise to 6500’ by 10am or so, holding through 4-5pm before falling back to 3500’ around 11pm. Total precip tomorrow will be 1.5-2” of water value, likely with some rain mixed in, making total snowfall hard to predict. I’ll go with a guess of 3-5” of wet snow down low with 12-15” up high. Winds will be SSW 20-25 early, rising to S 40-45 by 10am, rising to S 40-60 by 4pm and swinging to WSW 45-55 by 11pm. Wind direction should protect lifts tomorrow.

Monday brings snow and wind. The snow level will be 3500’ all day with light to moderate snowfall all day for .5-.75” water value and 6-8” of new. It’s going to be stormy, with SW wind at 40-50 going to WSW 40-40 early afternoon.

Tuesday looks borderline warm, with 1.5-2” of water value, the snow level around 5500’ and S wind at 30-40. Temps drop Wednesday and Thursday with snow on Wednesday and potential clearing on Thursday.

Have a great day today!

Temira

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3/11 Forecast



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Good morning!

Apologies for the late forecast today. The news out of Japan and the news of a 6 foot tsunami headed for Maui have kept me busy contacting friends this morning. Crossing my fingers for all of them.

Also on the disaster radar today is the slide that came down in Heather Canyon on Wednesday night or early Thursday morning: Check it out here.

Thankfully, Mt. Hood is above the tsunami zone. Today, however, it’s in the fog zone. We’ll see clouds and fog and a chance of partial clearing today before the next system hits tonight. The freezing fog freezing level today will be 1500’, going to 3500’ by late afternoon. Winds will be SW 15-20 all day, swinging more southerly late in the evening. We’ll see less than .1” water value for less than an inch of new.

Tomorrow looks snowy, with heavy snowfall between 4am and 1pm. the snow level starts at 4000’ and drops to 1500’ midday before rising to 2000’ or so by evening. Winds will be SW 20-25, rising to SW 30-35 midday and fading to SW 15-20 late. Total snowfall will be .5-.75” water value for 6-8” of new.

Sunday looks a bit wild. Models are calling for 2-3” of precip. Looks like the snow level will be at 4000’ early, rising to 5500-6000’ by 10am, rising further to 7000’ by 4pm before falling to 4000’ by 10pm. Precip will start around 10am, probably falling as rain between 11am and 5pm before switching back to snow. At this point, it looks like the heaviest precip will fall after 5pm, possibly giving us lots of new snow. Let’s wait a day and see how the models shake out. Either way, we’ll see SSW wind at 20-25 early, rising to S 40-45 by 10am, going to SSW 50-60 by 4pm and going to WSW 40-45 by 10pm.

Monday looks windy and snowy, with 3-5” of new, and Tuesday looks very snowy with temps hovering around freezing.

Have a great day today!

Temira

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