mt. Hood - The Gorge is my Gym

Good evening!

Here’s your very late snow forecast.

First, Meadows is having a contest. Go to their Facebook page and guess the date/time they will hit a 100″ base. Winner gets a $100 gift card.

Tonight the snow level will rise after 4pm to 4500-5000’. Winds on the slopes will be SW at 25-30 rising to WSW at 40-50. Total water equivalent 4pm to 4am will be 1.5” to 2” for 14-20” of new snow or more.

Winds early tomorrow morning (Tuesday) will be W 30-40 decreasing to NW 10-15 by 4pm. Snow levels will be at 4500-5000’ during the day, slowly falling. Total water value between 4am and 4pm will be approximately 1.5” to 2” for 12” of new at lower elevations and 20”+ at higher elevations. After 4pm, winds increase to NW 25-35 and snow levels fall to 2000’ or less by 4am. Total water value overnight will be .5”-.75” for another 6-10” of new light snow.

Snow levels Wednesday morning will be around 1000’. Winds will be NW at 25-35 decreasing slightly to NW 20-30 by 4pm. We’ll see .75” to 1” of water equivalent during the day, heaviest before 10am, but continuing all day, for 10-16” of new light and fluffy snow.

Snowfall should end by 1am Thursday morning. Thursday will be cold and clear, with free air freezing levels around 500’. Winds will be calm to light out of the north.

Wow.

Have a great day!

Temira

Good morning!

It’s still windy in the Gorge. Very windy. It’s blowing 30+ at Stevenson and it looks super windy on the Rooster Cam. Easterlies will slowly fade today before dying out completely tomorrow.

At this point, it looks like we dodged the “r” word on the mountain with this system, with the exception of a few light sprinkles to 6000’ last night, which don’t appear to have affected the snow quality. I wouldn’t call it powder, but I would call it good, clean, buttery-smooth fun. Today looks dry, with south winds at 15-25 switching to southwest at 15-25 later. The snow level today will slowly fall to around 4000’ during the day and 3000’ overnight.

Tomorrow looks snowy, with snow levels around 3000’ or less all day. Precipitation will start between 4am and 7am, continuing throughout the day, with the heaviest snow falling before 10am. Winds will be out of the southwest at 15-25 building to west-southwest at 25-35 by 4pm. Total precipitation between 4am Sunday and 4am Monday will be 1-1.5” of water value, or 10-14” of snow.

Snow continues Monday, with snow levels during the day at 2000-3000’. Light to moderate snow falls during the day, increasing around midday and heaviest overnight. Snow levels overnight rise to 5500-6000’. Winds on Monday will be out of the west at 15-25mph increasing to southwest 25-35 in the afternoon. Total precipitation Monday 4am to Tuesday 4am will be 1-1.5” of water value, so, with the warmer temperatures, 8-12” of new snow.

Tuesday sees snow levels fall rapidly from 6000’ to 2000’. Winds will be out of the west at 30-40 in the morning, quickly decreasing to 10-20mph out of the west-northwest. Total water value from 4am Tuesday to 4am Wednesday will be less than .25”, for 2-3” of new snow at the most.

That concludes your weather forecast for today. Merry Christmas, and have a great day today!

Temira