Good morning my friend! well, we are getting some serious snow at mt. Hood Meadows this week. The national Weather Service has issued their first winter storm watch of the season and it`s only October! The La Nina building is the strongest since the epic winter of 2000 so Mt. Hood may set snow records if the weather patterns stay the way they are setting up. The stuff brewing out in the Gulf of Alaska is looking really good so far. You get your ass to Canada my friend and if I have to sneak you into Bush-land behind the iron curtain in my trunk, you can ride Mt. Hood with me till the Gestapo turns up and we`ll sneak you back to Canadian freedom!
Hope this helps brighten your day!
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
423 AM PDT TUE OCT 2 2007
ORZ011-013-WAZ019-022200-
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOVERNMENT CAMP...DETROIT..
SANTIAM PASS...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS..
COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS
423 AM PDT TUE OCT 2 2007
...SNOW EXPECTED DOWN TO THE CASCADE PASSES IN SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY..
SIGNIFICANT EARLY SEASON SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE SOUTH
WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS
A VIGOROUS COOL UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE AREA. SNOW LEVELS WILL
BE DROPPING DOWN TO BETWEEN 3500 AND 4000 FEET ON WEDNESDAY AND
TO BETWEEN 3000 AND 3500 FEET ON THURSDAY. THIS IS BELOW THE
ELEVATIONS OF THE MAIN PASSES THROUGH THE CASCADES.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AT THE PASSES COULD EXCEED 6 INCHES ON
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH A FOOT OR MORE POSSIBLE ABOVE
5000 FEET SUCH AS AT THE SKI RESORTS DURING THOSE SAME TWO DAYS.
HIKERS...CLIMBERS...HUNTERS...AND THOSE TRAVELING THROUGH THE
CASCADES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE EARLY SEASON CHANGE TO MUCH
COLDER AND SNOWY WEATHER. CARRY CHAINS AS SOME ROADS WILL LIKELY
BECOME SNOW COVERED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
Conditions