GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… While mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies will stay with us for most of the day, there will be just enough moisture moving in over slightly warmer temperatures to give us a chance of showers and late-day thunderstorms. Highs will be in the mid 60’s and NW winds will stay gentle
Continue ReadingGOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… While mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies will stay with us for most of the day, there will be just enough moisture moving in over slightly warmer temperatures to give us a chance of showers and late day thunderstorms. Highs will be in the mid 60’s and NW winds will stay
Continue ReadingGOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… We’ll wake up to some chilly temperatures, but continue a warming trend that looks to take us to the mid to upper 60s in the warmest part of the day. Winds will remain pretty mild around 5 mph but turn northerly. Partly cloudy skies bring a 20-40% chance of scattered rain
Continue ReadingOver the last 24 hours, there wasn’t enough precipitation in the mountains to cause noticeable levels of accumulation, still we are seeing some. More snow is 50% likely to fall on the Cascades tomorrow, so we will see how that affects these numbers.
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Happy Tuesday evening, Central Oregon! I hope you had a great weekend, and an even better Monday! Today on the High Desert, we’ve stayed mostly dry and warmed up just a bit to the upper 50s. Its the start of a beautiful warming trend that will carry us into the 80s by this weekend. Winds
Continue ReadingAfter some morning snow, Mt. Bachelor will see a chance of mixed showers today. Highs will be in the low 40’s. A chance of mixed showers will last through Wednesday, and then the Cascades will see clearing skies. Skies will continue to clear, and by the weekend we will see sunny skies, with highs well
Continue ReadingGOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… The storm center that is now perched over Eastern Oregon will gradually weaken and move out of the area, thus beginning a clearing and warming trend for Central Oregon. Our skies become partly cloudy to mostly sunny today. Highs will only be in the mid 50’s, like yesterday, but northerly breezes
Continue ReadingGOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… The storm center that is now perched over eastern Oregon will gradually weaken and move out of the area, thus beginning a clearing and warming trend for Central Oregon. Our skies become partly cloudy to mostly sunny today. Highs will only be in the mid 50’s, like yesterday, but northerly breezes
Continue ReadingRise and shine Central Oregon! The week is shaping up nicely. Clearing and warming will actually start today. Highs will be near 60, under mostly sunny skies. Skies will continue to clear for the rest of the week and into the weekend. By the time we get to the weekend, we can expect to see
Continue ReadingMount Hood Meadows, Hoodoo and Ski Bowl are closed for the season. Timberline is reporting two inches of snow. Mount Bachelor’s hours are now 8:30am to 1:30pm. Willamette Pass will be open this Saturday and Sunday from 9am until 4pm.
Continue ReadingGood Monday evening Central Oregon! Doppler radar is tracking a strong thunderstorm overMetzger, or south of Portland Downtown, moving southeast at 5 mph. This is a hazard as winds could be in excess of 30 mph and pea size accumulating hail. Here on the High Desert, tonight, expect scattered showers with possible thunderstorms. Some of
Continue ReadingMt. Bachelor is expecting another 2-3 days of snowfall out of this current system, with the heaviest snow expected through the day today. 4-10″ could accumulate over the next 24 hours, with more snow showers expected through Wednesday. By Thursday, skies will be mostly sunny, with highs around 50. The mountain is on spring operating
Continue ReadingGOOD MONDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… Storm activity for the next 24 hours will begin to break up Tuesday, and what follows should be very pleasing. It is likely that we will see rain all day today, with a chance of thunderstorms later in the day. Highs will only reach the mid 50’s and westerly winds will
Continue ReadingThere’s a chance of showers on Monday and possibly thunderstorms. Showers may continue into Monday night. The mountains are expected to see some snow. By Tuesday, we’ll start to see some clearing to partly sunny skies as our temperatures begin to rise into the 60’s and from there, it’s all sunny skies, warm temperatures and
Continue ReadingWe’ve made it to the weekend, Central Oregon! It’s looking too be a chilly, cloudy and most likely wet weekend. Saturday is looking more likely to rain than not. We’re sitting at about a 50-60% chance of seeing some scattered rain showers, under partly cloudy skies. Winds will turn northwesterly and subside to between 5-10
Continue ReadingHere’s the Local Alert Weather Snow Report for Friday evening, May 5th
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Happy Friday evening, Central Oregon! To close out our work week, we’re under mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the low to mid 50s. While we’ve stayed dry so far, we’ll carry a 20-40% chance of seeing some scattered showers throughout the evening and overnight. Winds will remain relatively gusty, around 10-15 mph, but could
Continue ReadingColder temperatures and snow showers return to Mt. Bachelor today. For the weekend, highs will be around freezing, and snow is likely. Five to 10″ are expected to accumulate by Monday morning. This morning, most of the mountain roads are seeing rain, so watch for wet roads and some spots of ice. You must carry
Continue ReadingGOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… The low-pressure center that has been locked down over the central California coast will track to the NE and bring some scattered showers with it. Cold air continues to wrap into the system, so we do not warm much above the low to mid 50’s. NW breezes at 5-15 mph will gust
Continue ReadingGOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… Today we’ll wake up from some chilly but mild overnight lows, and we won’t warm up very much. It’s shaping up to be the coldest day of the week, with temperatures in the low 50s for most of us. We’ll continue to have a chance of rain, but the likelihood falls
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