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Good morning!

Wind forecast? Who needs a wind forecast? Let’s talk snow.

If there’s any way you can sneak out for some skiing today, you should. The powder at Meadows is bottomless (seriously). It’s the best snow I’ve seen up there in years (maybe one of the best days ever?). I’d like to think that we’ll see a lot of this, since it’s La Nina, but why risk missing it? Skip work today. Print out this forecast and have your boss call me if needed.

If miss it you must, be advised that we’ll see a repeat this weekend. We’ll see light snowfall through Thursday, and then Friday brings 12-18” of snow (too early too see if it’ll be early or late), Saturday sees an additional 6-8”, and a few more will fall on Sunday. Snow levels will be 3000 feet or lower for the duration of this storm. Of course, forecasts are subject to change, but that’s the extended view at this point.

What does that mean? Skibowl should get open Friday, as they are planning. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Hood River Meadows (that’s HRM, for those of you in the know) to open this weekend, and night skiing at MHM for Thanksgiving weekend wouldn’t surprise me either.

Keep in mind that I’m not speaking as a Meadows employee. Those are only guesses based on snow coverage, base amounts, past seasons, and upcoming forecasts.

If I had to pick a couple of days to ski, I’d pick today (duh – there’s 24” of new snow), and Sunday, when the weather will be a bit better. Or… Saturday night at Skibowl, where you can experience a 9.5-rated nacho platter.

Anyway, enjoy the snow and have an awesome day today!

Temira

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Good morning!

As you might have guessed, things get a little crazy for me when Meadows opens. My weekends become all-day work affairs, making putting out the forecast a tricky proposition.

Now that it’s Monday, the forecast is back, just in time for snow at low elevations.

Models are showing continued light west gradients through the Gorge, which isn’t actually the best setup for sticking snowfall near Hood River. East winds that draw cold, continental air into the wind tunnel do a better job of generating significant snowstorms. This cold air is coming from the north on both sides of the Cascades. Anyway, enough of the boring details. We’ll see a little bit of snow in the Gorge, but more snow on the mountain.

Speaking of snow, you should head to your favorite ski resort today. Well, maybe not Timberline, as it’s blowing 50mph, but perhaps Meadows. They have 9” of new according to telemetry, but my secret inside sources report 12-14”. It’s blowing hard up there too, but it looks like the lifts will still run. If you don’t like storm skiing, we’ll see lots of snow on the slopes tonight for a bluebird (or at least less stormy) day tomorrow. There’s not much snow in the forecast until the end of the week.

I know there are some of you who want a wind forecast, but you’re not getting one. It’s cold. Okay, okay. If you insist, it doesn’t look like we’ll see much wind in the next couple of days, as cold air on both sides of the Gorge equalizes gradients, for the most part.

Anyway, enjoy the incoming snow and have an awesome day today!

Temira

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