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Good morning!

Mountain Weather Forecast:

It’s another beautiful day on Mt. Hood, and no, I didn’t wear my bikini to the mountain today. However, it looks like we’ll see more bikini weather next week, so there’s another chance for all of us to remember our fair-weather clothing.

We’ll see clear skies for the morning, at least, with high clouds moving in during the afternoon today. The free air freezing level, at 2000’ or so right now, will rise to around 9000’ later today, possibly as high as 10000’ by this evening. West wind at 10-15 this morning will rise to W 25-35 by noon, going to NW 25-35 by 8pm. I

Tomorrow looks wet on Mt. Hood, with light rain starting by 2am, becoming moderate by 10am, becoming light again in the evening, and ending by 4am Saturday. Total precip will be .25” to .5”. I’m thinking we’ll see closer to .5” of rain. The snow level tomorrow will be around 7500-8000’ for the entire day, falling to 6000’ by Saturday morning. Winds on Friday start at W 20-25, building to W 30-40, and switching to NW 30-40 by 8pm. I think all lifts at Meadows will run through this system.

Saturday morning looks cloudy, with partly cloudy skies by afternoon. It should be dry on Saturday, with the free air freezing level around 6000’. Morning winds will be N 10-15, decreasing to light W wind by evening.

Sunday looks dry and sunny, with the free air freezing level around 6500 feet. Winds will be light and variable. The early part of next week looks relatively warm, sunny and dry.

Gorge Wind Forecast:

We’ll see light westerlies today, building to 14-18 by early afternoon. Tomorrow starts off light, but with the passage of a cold front mid-afternoon, we’ll see westerlies pick up into the 22-27 range from Hood River down to Doug’s. However, this may not happen until after dark, and it may be rainy, which will destroy the wind quality. Saturday brings light wind to the Gorge.

Enjoy the sunshine!

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