Weather
Mt. Hood is about to get hammered. NOAA has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Mt. Hood, OR that begins tonight and goes through Friday morning. 12-24″ of snow is forecast. Snow levels will be a problem rising as high sa 6,000-feet on Thursday night.
Timberline Lodge ski resort on Mt. Hood, OR has gotten 18″ of snow in the past 72 hours, 142″ of snowfall this season, and they have a 55″ deep snowpack right now.
NOAA is forecasting 12-24″ of snow for Mt. Hood, OR & Mt. Adams, WA.
* ACCUMULATION...12 TO 24 INCHES...HEAVIEST BETWEEN MOUNT HOOD AND MOUNT ADAMS. - NOAA Portland, OR today
Snow levels will start low before rising as high as 7,000-feet on Thursday night on Mt. Hood. Timberline Lodge = 8,500′ – 4,850′, Mt. Hood Meadows = 7,300′ – 4,523′, and Mt. Hood Ski Bow = 5,000′ – 3,500′ so all these resorts will get some rain.
* SNOW LEVELS...STARTING OFF AROUND 2500 FEET TONIGHT THEN RISING TO 6000 TO 7000 FEET FOR MOST AREAS THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER SNOW LEVELS FROM MOUNT HOOD NORTHWARD WILL BE SLOWER TO RISE...NOT REACHING 6000 TO 7000 FT UNTIL THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS IN THE SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES EAST OF MOUNT SAINT HELENS MAY REMAIN BELOW 4000 FT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. - NOAA Portland, OR today
WINTER STORM WARNING for OREGON:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 230 PM PST WED DEC 16 2015 NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MOUNT ST. HELENS ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES AND NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. THIS CHANGEOVER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES THURSDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BE SLOWER TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN FROM MOUNT HOOD NORTHWARD...WHERE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN DURING THE TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN. * SNOW LEVELS...STARTING OFF AROUND 2500 FEET TONIGHT THEN RISING TO 6000 TO 7000 FEET FOR MOST AREAS THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER SNOW LEVELS FROM MOUNT HOOD NORTHWARD WILL BE SLOWER TO RISE...NOT REACHING 6000 TO 7000 FT UNTIL THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS IN THE SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES EAST OF MOUNT SAINT HELENS MAY REMAIN BELOW 4000 FT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATION...12 TO 24 INCHES...HEAVIEST BETWEEN MOUNT HOOD AND MOUNT ADAMS. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY CREATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON HIGHWAYS 26 AND 20 WITH TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS EXPECTED NEAR PASS LEVEL. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY...RESULTING IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
