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NWS NBM 18Z 15 Nov · Mt. Bachelor, OR

Snow Briefing · Ski area

Mt. Bachelor, OR

Ski area • base 6,057 ft • summit 7,742 ft • NBM 18Z 15 Nov 2026 • issued 19:39Z

The blend has 2.4″ of snow for Mt. Bachelor over the next three days, 1.3″ of it in the first 24 hours, and 10.7″ over its ten days. Verdict: shovel it.

Snow Briefing card for Mt. Bachelor, OR: NBM 18Z 15 Nov 2026. Next 24 h 1.3″, 72 h 2.4″, ten days 10.7″.
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The next ten days

Plow verdict on the 72-hour total: Shovel it

HorizonSnowRange 10–90%IceChance ≥1″Chance ≥6″
Next 24 h1.3″0.2–2.9″0.00″48%0%
Next 48 h1.3″0.2–3.2″0.00″48%0%
Next 72 h2.4″—0.00″——
5 days3.3″————
7 days5.6″————
10 days10.7″————

Snow is the blend's deterministic forecast; the range is its 10th to 90th percentile and the chances are its own exceedance probabilities. Ice is freezing-rain accretion.

Day by day

Climate day (12Z–12Z)Snow90th pctChance ≥1″Chance ≥6″
Tue 17 Nov0.1″0.3″0%0%
Wed 18 Nov0.5″———
Thu 19 Nov1.3″———
Fri 20 Nov0.2″———
Sat 21 Nov0.6″———
Sun 22 Nov1.5″———
Mon 23 Nov1.7″———
Tue 24 Nov1.1″———
Wed 25 Nov2.0″———

Climate days run 12Z to 12Z, the window the NWS national snowfall analysis scores. Percentiles and chances are available for the first two days.

Two weeks out · ECMWF ensemble

Byp10Medianp90Members ≥1″Members ≥6″
Day 34.6″5.9″7.6″100%46%
Day 57.7″9.3″12.4″100%100%
Day 78.3″11.2″14.7″100%100%
Day 1011.9″15.9″20.5″100%100%
Day 1519.7″32.7″50.0″100%100%

ECMWF open data, 50 perturbed members at 0.25°, snow at a fixed 10:1 ratio, run 00Z 15 Nov. Cumulative from the run.

Density, level and trend

Density at 48 h4.9 lb/ft³
Load at 48 h0.6 lb/ft²
Snow-to-liquid ratio at 48 h13:1
Snow level at 24 h / 48 h— / —
Freezing rain chance, 48 h0%
Trenddown 0.1″ vs the previous run (48 h)

How good is this forecast?

The blend's day-1 snowfall this season, scored against the NWS national snowfall analysis: mean absolute error 1.12″, bias −0.21″, critical success index at 6″ 0.06 over 71 scored days. Last scored day: 14 Nov 2026.

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