The bases continued to shrink today as not enough precipitation fell on the mountains for any new accumulation. That may change as soon as tomorrow, as snow is expected throughout the day with the Cascades continue to deal with lingering storm activity.
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Good Thursday evening, Central Oregon! A chillier day for us on the High Desert, with temperatures only reaching the low to mid 60s in the warmest parts of the day. We’ve seen some on-and-off rain showers, and keep a chance of more throughout the evening and overnight. Winds have picked up throughout the day, mainly
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Continue ReadingWe are under a powerful inversion this morning, so temperatures at the mountain are very mild this morning. Rain through the day will turn to snow tonight as lows drop into the 20’s. Snow is expected in the mountains through the weekend, with a few inches expected to accumulate by the middle of next week.
Continue ReadingGOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… That low-pressure center over central California has not moved, so we can expect to see more rain, heavy at times, and thunderstorms today. Highs will be much cooler, in the mid 50’s to low 60’s. NW winds will pick up to 5-15 mph, with gusts to 20 mph. Those NW winds will
Continue ReadingGOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… We’ll begin a cooling trend today that looks to drop our daytime highs about 10 degrees to the mid 60s. Under mostly cloudy skies, we’ll carry a 50% chance or greater of seeing continued scattered rain showers. Some more thunderstorms are also possible. Winds should remain gentle out of the northwest
Continue ReadingA storm system that we’ve been tracking for a couple days has made its temporary home off the coast of central California. It looks to spin some more precipitation to Central Oregon including the Cascades. We’ll keep an eye on the storm over the next couple of days to watch for any new accumulation.
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Good Wednesday evening, Central Oregon! We continued to warm up today, to what looks to be our warmest day this week. Today we’ve enjoyed temperatures in the mid 70s, but will begin a cooling trend tomorrow. Winds out of the north will be a bit gustier than yesterday, between 10-15 mph. Mostly clear skies this
Continue ReadingMt. Bachelor will see a 40% chance of rain and thunderstorms today. Highs will be in the low 50’s. Mixed showers are likely tonight as lows will be in the low to mid 30’s. More rain is likely Thursday. Cooling temperatures will turn rain to snow beginning Friday and snow showers are likely to continue
Continue ReadingGOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… Moisture moving in over some warm daytime highs today will take a mild day and turn it stormy. Highs will be in the mid to upper 70’s and westerly winds will pick up to 5-15 mph, gusting to 20 mph. Clouds will thicken and we will see about a 30% chance
Continue ReadingGOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… Moisture moving in over some warm daytime highs today will take a mild day and turn it stormy. Highs will be in the mid to upper 70’s and westerly winds will pick up to 5-15 mph, gusting to 20 mph. Clouds will thicken and we will see about a 30% chance
Continue ReadingGOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… Today, our warming trend will peak. We’ll feel highs in the low-to-mid 70s for our warmest day of the week. After about 11 a.m., we’ll pick up a 20% chance of some lingering scattered rain showers. Winds will remain gentle at 5 – 10 mph and turn westerly. Overnight lows will
Continue ReadingAs Central Oregon continues to stay dry and warm up, the base levels at the resorts continue to fall. Lingering precipitation may cause some fresh snow to fall on the mountains this week, and we’ll continue to look for any new accumulation.
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Happy Tuesday, Central Oregon! We’ve warmed up a bit from our highs of yesterday. Under sunny skies, we’re feeling temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s in the warmest parts of today. Winds out of the south are remaining pretty consistent, around 10 mph. Overnight lows will remain pretty mild, in the low to
Continue ReadingMt. Bachelor will see a chance of some scattered rain showers today, with mixed showers likely for the rest of the week…snow overnight and rain during the day. A few resorts are closed for the season and the rest are on spring operating hours. Check the websites for each situation. This morning, we have seen some
Continue ReadingGOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… A slow-moving system center in California has rotated showers in our direction all night, but we will see some clearing today. Skies will become mostly sunny and highs will stay warm, in the low 70’s. Wind directions will be shifting through the day, but velocity will stay gentle at 5-15 mph.
Continue ReadingGOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… We’ll wake up to some fairly weak lingering storm activity that will give us a 20-40% chance of some early morning rain. The precipitation will clear as the day goes on and take away some of the cloud cover with it. In the warmest part of the day, we’ll feel temperatures
Continue ReadingMt. Bachelor’s base level has officially dipped below 100 inches, as two more resorts have closed for the season. A low-pressure center might bring some more precipitation to the mountains today to refresh the snowpack for the remaining three resorts.
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Good Monday Evening, Central Oregon! What a beautiful weekend we had! It’s been a bit cooler and much cloudier today. We currently have a 20-40% chance of some scattered rain showers for the rest of the evening and overnight. Similarly low but lingering odds will stick with us for the rest of the week, but
Continue ReadingMt. Hood Meadows, Ski Bowl and HooDoo have closed for the season. Willamette Pass Ski Resort will be open Saturday and Sunday for the next two weekends. Mt. Bachelor is open daily from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm. Mostly cloudy skies hang over the mountains this morning. There will be a chance of snow showers
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