Tag: The Dalles

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Good morning,

Yes, yes, I know, this forecast is late. It was my birthday yesterday (which means it’s still my birthday week), and I was up until 1am. That might be a record for me during ski season. This forecast would be later still, but with the model refresh time around 7:30am, I had to be up before that or there would be no forecast today. The alarm clock hurt this morning. Alarm clocks on days off… sheesh…

Anyway, precip is right on track. It’ll be pouring rain in the Gorge soon! Yippee! The worst of it will be done by noon, with sprinkles after. The big question is snowfall here and in Portland. Wait, I live in the Gorge, so Portland is Mark Nelsen’s concern. Oh wait. He lives in the Gorge too! Well anyway, Parkdale and Odell are a ‘for sure’ for more snow, as is any other location above 1000′. In the Gorge proper, we’ll have west wind at 21-24, and the snow level will be borderline – dropping to 500′ around 4pm and to the surface tonight. I think we’ll see snow at river level, but not sticking snow on the roads and just an inch or so at most off road. Oh please let me be right so there’s no snow on the mtb trails this next week when it’s cold enough for solid-frozen ground.

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However, the roads will freeze solid into a sheet of ice tonight, so expect sparkly, black ice conditions everywhere tonight and Thursday morning. Please be careful so Erin Mason doesn’t have to deal with any ugly wrecks if he’s working tonight.

Thursday looks partly cloudy in the Gorge, and Friday now looks clear. Please, please, please let me be right! Gorge wind will be W 21-24 central and 30+ east today, W 15-18 (and sub-freezing) tomorrow and W 21-24 (sub-freezing) on Friday.

Up on Mt. Hood, things are going to improve today (considering it’s a sheet of ice and refrozen crud right now, improvement is easy). Snow will be flying by early morning, with .8” water value (WV) during the day for 7-9” of new snow between 4am and 4pm, most of which will fall before noon. Another .1-.2” WV at most falls overnight, for less than 2” more. The freezing level will drop to 1000′ by 9am, 500′ by 4pm and less than 500′ tonight. Wind will be WSW 40 early, W 30-40 by mid-morning and WNW 25-30 in the afternoon and evening.

Thursday looks partly cloudy and cold, with the freezing level at the surface. Wind will be NW 20 early, N 15-20 mid-morning and N 20-30 late (but dang those north winds are hard to predict…) No precip.

Friday looks partly cloudy becoming clear as a bell mid-morning. It’ll be well below freezing with N wind at 15-25 or more. Saturday also looks clear and cold, with high clouds moving in late afternoon. There’s no significant precip in the extended forecast through the middle of next week.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday

Good morning,

It’s raining out there in the Gorge this morning, which is much better than freezing rain and better even than snow. The rain should continue to fall heavily through 10am, and then taper off, at which point I can go play outside, because damnit, that’s what I want to do on my day off. It should also warm up to near 50 here today. It’s already warmer outside than I am years old, so it’s a good start to the day. Tomorrow also looks wet and rainy, and colder, with the bulk of the precip falling between 7am and 4pm. Thursday looks dry and cold, and with west wind in the Gorge, we’re likely to see at least some sun. Friday looks very cold, but not windy at all, so we’re more likely to see gloom in the lowlands.

As you all might have figured out, I’m obsessed with mountain biking. If you are too, remember that the trails are mudbogs right now and your tires will do damage, so if you ride, commit to some trail work days. However, with sub-freezing air returning, and very little, if any snowfall expected Thursday below 1000′, the trails should snap and become fast and fun. BTW, sorry, Parkdale and Odell, but you’re going to get more snow Wednesday mid-morning on.

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Speaking of snowfall, it’s raining and sleeting on Mt. Hood right now, after a brief interlude of light snow last night. Very heavy rain/sleet mix will continue through 10am, for 1” water value by 10am and 1.1” by 4pm and trace amounts after that. The snow level will be 6500′ at 7am, rising to 7500′ by 10am and dropping just a bit to 7000′ by 4pm. With mostly clear sky overnight, the snow should snap hard into a big ice block by Wednesday morning. Wind today will be W 45 early, W 50 at 10am and W 55 at 4pm. That should be plenty of wind to affect lift operations.

Wednesday starts off horrid, with a sheet of ice on the ground, although groomed runs should be fun, soft, ground-up ice (aka sugar snow) with spots of blue ice. It will be cloudy first thing in the morning. Precip starts falling around 7am, and should fall as snow, with .8” WV by 4pm for 7-9” of new snow. After 4pm, precip ends and partly cloudy sky returns. The freezing level will be 6500′ at 4am, but don’t worry. It will drop to 4000′ by 7am when precip starts and 1000′ by 10am, falling to less than 500′ overnight. Wind Wednesday will be SW 50-60 early, dropping to SW 30 mid-morning and going to NW 20-30 in the afternoon.

Thursday looks clear and cold, with the potential for a few orographic flurries. The free air freezing level will be less than 500′, and the wind will be NW 25-30, becoming NNW 30 in the late afternoon.

Friday looks partly cloudy and cold, with the free air freezing level at the surface and NW wind at 20-30. Models are disagreeing over the weekend weather, so we’re going to wait and see.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira