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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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Good morning!

I wrote this forecast on Drew Parker’s 6am employee bus this morning.

It’s snowing on the hill. The snow level is around 1500’ this morning, and there’s plenty of moisture headed this way on the radar. We’ll see moderate snowfall through 8pm, becoming snow flurries after that. Precip today will total .75-1.0” WV for 6-9” additional snow. Most of that will fall before 4pm. Winds will be W 30-35 this morning, dropping a little bit to W 25-30 by 11am.

Tomorrow looks colder, with the snow level at 500-1000’. However, the sun is so strong that with partly cloudy skies tomorrow we’ll probably see higher apparent freezing levels with the sun affecting snow quality at lower elevations. We’ll see mostly clear skies with a couple of flurries. Wind tomorrow will be NW 15-20.

Friday looks clear, with the free air freezing level at 2000’ early, rising as the spring sun warms the slopes. Winds will be N 10-15, going to NW10-15 around 4pm.

Saturday looks snowy, with the snow level at 2000’. Even so, the atmospheric profile looks pretty stable, meaning the snow will be heavy. We’ll see .3-.5” WV starting around 5am for 3-5” of new. Winds Saturday will be W 20-25 in the morning, building to W 25-30 by 2pm.

Sunday is a long ways out, but holds potential for very messy weather as an upper level low swings up the coast from the south, bringing very strong wind and the (not very likely) potential for above-freezing temperatures on the hill, along with 1-1.5” WV and strong wind. Monday looks epic.

If you want wind, your best chance is gusty westerlies in the upper teens to low twenties in the desert today. The next few days look weak.

Have a great day today!

Temira

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