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2/8 Forecast



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Good morning!

Mountain Weather Forecast

Yesterday was ridiculously fun on the mountain. It was blowing 50-70mph, making for exciting lift rides and fresh tracks every run.

Today looks like another ridiculously fun day, minus the extreme weather. Cloudy skies and orographic snow showers this morning give way to partly cloudy skies and sunbreaks this afternoon, with the snow level / free air freezing level around 1500-2000’. Winds today will be light and variable. Total snow accumulation will be less than 1” or so.

Tomorrow looks sunny, dry and cool, with temps below freezing on the slopes during the day. Winds will be N 10-15 in the morning, switching to W 10-15 late in the day. The freezing level will slowly rise during the day, topping out around 6000’ overnight.

Thursday looks sunny, warm and dry, with the free air freezing level around 7000’. Winds will be light, out of the west at 5-10mph.

Friday starts off sunny and warm, with light SW wind. Winds increase as a cold front approaches, rising to SW 30-40 by 4pm. SW isn’t that much trouble for the lifts, so we should be all right Friday evening. The freezing level will be at 7000’ Friday, but will start dropping by 4pm.

At this point, it looks like the front will hit Saturday morning, long after freezing levels have dropped below 5000’. If the forecast holds, we’ll see 8-12” of snow during the day Saturday. Current model runs show wind speeds under 40mph, so the skiing should be pretty good, especially in the afternoon and evening. Sunday should be epic.

After Saturday, we’re back into a cold, snowy cycle, with the jet stream bringing us lots of powder!

Hooray!!!

Have a great day today!

Temira

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2/7 Forecast



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Good morning!

If we don’t get some real weather soon, I’m not going to remember how to write a forecast once the weather returns!

Mountain Weather Forecast:

Yay!!! It’s snowing!!! I was hoping for more snow overnight, but the mountain had made previous arrangements with freezing rain for the evening. Now, though, she’s 100% in for snow all day long today.

We’ll see .5” WV between now and 4pm today, for 5-7” of snow with the snow level at 2000’, dropping to 1500’ by tonight. Winds at 5000’ today will be quite strong, starting at WSW 35-45 and going to W 35-45. At least we’re not seeing the 60-100mph wind that Mission Ridge had last night! Snow continues overnight tonight, with another .4-.5” of WV for another 4-6” of snow by 10am tomorrow morning before snow tapers off.

Tomorrow starts off with snow flurries, but those will end by 10am or so. After that, we’ll see partly cloudy, possibly even clear skies, for an amazing day on the hill. It will be cold tomorrow, with the free air freezing level around 1500-2000’. Winds will be W 5-15 to start, fading to light and variable or north 5-10 by afternoon. Unfortunately, I am picking someone up at the airport at 11am and am going to miss the fun.

Wednesday looks dry, cold and calm. Thursday looks dry, clear and warm, with highs in the 40’s on the hill. All the models indicate we’ll see another solid round of snowfall next weekend, starting either Friday or Saturday.

Gorge Wind Forecast:

Today looks like your best chance for wind in the next three days. The Portland to The Dalles gradient is at .19 right now, with more out east. I have no idea where the cloud line is, so just start driving. Get it early, because the wind will taper off early. Even so, you should be able to catch a 30ish dawn patrol at Doug’s, Maryhill or Arlington. If you can’t go until later, you’ll still have a shot at 23-26 for much of the day east of The Dalles.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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