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Tomorrow’s forecast status: as of 9:53am. Thank you Paula C., and everyone else, for your support!

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday

Good morning,

Well, this is an interesting start to my day off. I woke up at 4:30am… sigh… Apparently my body is incapable of telling the difference between ‘workday’ and ‘day off’.

Anyway, first glance at the morning radar image shows a big blob of green and yellow headed towards the Gorge and Mt. Hood. My incredible forecasting powers predict precipitation in the Gorge this morning, dissipating this afternoon. Along with the rain, we’ll have light west wind. Tomorrow brings a few rain showers, with very light west wind. Thursday brings light east wind, clouds and showers.

If, by some miracle, the rain should sidestep the central Gorge, it’ll be a lovely day for riding mountain bikes. Washington side are screaming, “Ride me!” with perfect dirt and light wind. They were yesterday, anyway. Family Man and 8-Track are snow-free as well, should you having a curse-the-Hood-River-Bridge kind of day. Reports are that Whoopdee still has snow.

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On Mt. Hood, snow will fall, refreshing the faux spring snowpack into something more closely resembling mid-winter snow. The snow level today will be 4000′ early, dropping to 2500′ in the afternoon. Mt. Hood will see .2-.4” water value by 4pm, for 2-4” of new snow. Another .2-.4” WV falls tonight, for 2-4” more. Wind today will be WSW 30-35 all day.

Tomorrow brings light snowfall, with the snow level at 1500′ early and 2500′ in the afternoon. We’ll see .1-.2” WV by 4pm, for 1-2” of new snow. Another .1-.2” falls in the wee hours of Thursday morning, for 1-3” by 4am Thursday. Wind Wednesday will be WSW 35, becoming SW 30 in the afternoon.

Thursday brings more snow flurries, with the snow level at 2500′ all day. Snowfall will be light, with .1-.2” WV by 4pm for 1-2” of new snow. Wind Thursday will be SW 30 early, dropping to SW 20 mid-morning.

Friday starts off partly cloudy, becoming clear, with north wind and the freezing level at 1500′. The weekend looks sunny on Mt. Hood.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

It’s the 1st annual Winter Pledge Drive!

Tomorrow’s forecast status: Thank you, Michael M., for your donation! Everyone have a great day!

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday

Good morning,

Hello Monday. Nice to see you! Guess what tomorrow is? Saturday! That’s right – my first day off in two weeks! Hooray! No, don’t worry. You’ll still get a forecast. It will just be (hopefully) late, ‘cuz getting up at 4am isn’t something I like to repeat on my days off.

Quick reminder: For those of you who like to ride trails (or run or ride horses or play in the woods), the Hood River County Trails meeting is tomorrow night at 5pm at the Hood River Extension Office.

Now, on to the weather. It’s partly cloudy in the Gorge this morning, with no icky inversion. We should see partly cloudy sky this morning and cloudy sky later. Temps in the valley will be mid-thirties early and low forties in the afternoon. Tuesday looks cloudy with a chance of a few sprinkles throughout the day. It will be in the upper thirties. Wednesday looks cloudy and chilly, with temps in the upper thirties and a few sprinkles. Wind today will be light. Tomorrow brings light wind in the morning and westerlies at 18-23 in the afternoon.

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Up on Mt. Hood, the spring skiing is about to come to an end. Today starts off partly cloudy, becoming cloudy in the afternoon, with the free air freezing level (FAF) at 5500′. It’ll rise to 8000′ in the afternoon, for a final slushfest. Wind will be W 20 early, becoming SW 15 in the afternoon. No precip.

Tuesday starts off with cloudy sky and a few snow flurries. The snow level will be 5000′ early, 4000′ at 7am, 2000′ at 1pm, and 1500′ overnight. We’ll get .2-.3” water value (WV) during the day, for 2-3” of new, followed by another .2-.3” WV for another 2-3” of new overnight. Wind will be SW 25 early, 30-35 midday and WSW 35 overnight.

Wednesday morning starts with partly cloudy skies, with snow flurries by mid-morning. The snow level will be 1500′ early, 2000′ mid-morning and 3000′ for the rest of the day and night. At this point, it looks like the bulk of the moisture will stay south and west of Mt. Hood, but that could change. As of now, we’ll see flurries during the day, for an inch or two of new. Another .2-.3” WV arrives overnight for 2-3” of new snow by Thursday morning. Wind Wednesday will be WSW 30 early, and SW 20-25 for the rest of the day.

Thursday brings more snow, with the snow level around 2000′. Models are all over the place with precip amounts, so let’s play wait-and-see. After Thursday, high pressure rebuilds for more warm and sunny mountain weather over the weekend.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira