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Good morning!

This is the kind of forecast that isn’t fun to write.

It’s raining on Mt. Hood this morning. Well, technically, it’s rain at 5000’ and freezing rain around 6500’. The rain will continue through noon or so, and the snow level will be dropping as the day goes on. The snow level will drop to 5000’ by 11am and slowly fall to 2000’ by 11pm. Models say we’ll see less than .25” of rain, but the front is stalled directly over top of Mt. Hood, meaning we could see double that. Along with the delightful precipitation, we’ll have winds at W 30-40 early, dropping to W 25-35 by 2pm.

Start praying for sun tomorrow, because the temperature will drop overnight with no new snow, leaving us with the free air freezing level at 500’ and a skating rink on the slopes. The weather tomorrow will be partly cloudy to sunny, with NW wind at 20-30 in the morning, dropping to 15-20 by 11am.

Monday looks sunny and cold. The snow level will be at 1000’ early, rising to 3000’ in the afternoon, with hopefully enough solar radiation to corn up the slopes. Clouds and flurries will move in by 4pm, for less than an inch of new. The wind will be NW 15-25.

Tuesday looks partly cloudy, becoming sunny, with the free air freezing level at 500’, rising in the afternoon with sunshine. The wind will be NW 10-20.

Today is the Post Canyon cleanup from 9am-noon, so head to the bottom of Post Canyon road to give back to your favorite trail.

If you’d like to windsurf or kite, you’ll find 17-20 east of The Dalles today, with light, gusty westerlies in the Corridor. If you’re going out, remember that all the rivers are high and there will be lots of flotsam in the water. Be careful out there. Westerlies continue tomorrow with 17-20 near Hood River. Same goes on Monday.

Have a great day today!

Temira

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Good morning!

Clouds from the next warm front are already sliding into the Northwest, ending hopes for a sunny day on Mt. Hood. We’ll have high overcast skies today with slowly lowering ceilings and maybe a few flurries. The snow level will be at 2000’ early, rising to 4000’ by 5pm. Total precip will be less than .1”. Models snow winds at NW 20-25, but given how quickly the clouds have moved in, I think W or WSW is more likely, at 10-20.

Tomorrow looks snowy, but models are all over the place with precip amounts. The snow level will be at 3000’ early, rising to 5000’ by 11am, going briefly to 5500’-6000’ around 5pm and tehn dropping to 4000’ by 11pm. We’ll see moderate snow from 5am-noon, tapering off, and then picking up again after midnight. Models say .3-.5” during the day, so let’s go with 3-4” of new, and then .4-1” overnight (see, I said they were all over the place), for a conservative call of 4-6” by Monday morning. The wind on Sunday will be SW 20-25 in the morning, buildling to SW 40-45 by 2pm.

The snow level will fall to 1500’ by Monday morning, falling as low as 500’ during the day as the cold front swings through. Total precip Monday will be .5-1.25” (see, still all over the place), for 6-8” of new light and fluffy snow. Winds will be W 25-35 in the morning, dropping to W 20-25 by 11am.

Tuesday looks dry with light wind. We’ll see another round of heavy snow Wednesday night into Thursday.

The Gorge wind forecast for today is 17-21 by mid-morning from Hood River all the way to Roosevelt. Because this is a warm front moving in, it’s going to be gusty. Tomorrow looks light. Monday looks windier, if colder, with 24-28 east of The Dalles and gusty 16-19 under the clouds near Hood River.

Temira

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