NOAA is forecasting the biggest snow storm since 2014/15 to slam into the Cascade mountains of Oregon this weekend bringing 25-foot waves to the coast, 60mph winds, and 20-inches of snowfall to the mountains on Sunday and Monday.
...BEST SNOW POTENTIAL SINCE LAST WINTER FOR THE CASCADE PASSES AND FOOTHILLS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY... - NOAA Portland, OR
NOAA is forecasting 10-20″ of snow above 6,000-feet in Oregon on Sunday and Monday.ย Mt. Hood and Mt. Bachelor ski resorts are above 6,000-feet and will be getting this big snow.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE HEAVY ENOUGH AT TIMES TO
PRODUCE PERIODS OF HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE CASCADES AND
HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITHIN THE FOOTHILLS COULD SEE 10 TO 13 INCHES
OF SNOW OVER THE COURSE OF THE 36 HOUR PERIOD FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. UP TO 20 INCHES IS POSSIBLE AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS IN THE CASCADES. - NOAA Portland, OR today
Very high snow probability for Oregon’s Cascade mountains on Monday. image: noaa
Snow levels are forecast to fall as low as 2,000-feet by Sunday afternoonn.
SNOW LEVELS WILL DRAMATICALLY LOWER BELOW THE PASSES EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...ULTIMATELY FALLING TO AROUND 2000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. -NOAA Portland, OR today
Breaking waves on the Oregon coast will be as high as 25-feet tall this weekend.ย High surf warnings are in effect in coastal areas.
STORM FORCE WINDS OFFSHORE WILL PRODUCE BREAKING WAVES IN EXCESS OF 25 FEET ALONG SOUTHWARD FACING SHORELINES. - NOAA Medford, OR today
No ski resorts are yet open in the state of Oregon but Mt. Bachelor, the highest ski resort in the Pacific Northwest, will be opening on November 25th.ย
Bachelor might think about opening early after this storm…
Mt. Bachelor, OR Conditions Report: Less Baseshots, More Faceshots – November 12th, 2015
your prediction was an epic fail.
It was NOAA’s prediction, not ours. We don’t do any forecasting ourselves. NOAA forecasted 10-20″ of snow for the Cascades and Mt. Bachelor got 13″. That’s within their forecast range.
We have a report up from skiing in the OR backcountry Monday and it looks deep: http://snowbrains.com/ski-season-in-oregon-is-off-to-a-great-start-conditions-and-photo-tour/
thanks
You may want to consider putting a date in the byline on articles like this, that are only relevant for a few hours.
Copy that, Andrew. We have it at the bottom. We’re working on getting it moved to the top as we speak. New website design and we’re still working out the bugs. thanks.
Snowbrains, where did you get this report? Just did a search for latest NOAA forecast and iot shows no difference from this mornings report for the weekend. High 40’s/low 50’s daytime and high30’s/low 40’s overni9ght for Friday 11/19/2015 thru Monday 11/22/2015.
Hey Mike, this report is for the current weekend. thanks.
What do you mean the current weekend.
The one behind us or the one coming at us this week.
A weather report about last weekend is as good as useless.
The report for the coming weekend shows relatively clear.
Hey Marion, we’ll get the date moved up to the top. This report was for Nov. 14-15, 2015 weekend. Thanks.
Great website.
Let it snow let it snow
Yikes