MT HOOD SNOW FORECAST
Hey skiers and snowboarders! Timberline, Meadows, and Teacup are still holding it together, and there’s good news in the forecast, even for lower-elevation Skibowl. Cool, dry weather sticks around for a couple more days, and then we fall into a cooler period of light (maybe more?) snowfall that continues on and off through much of next week. At the end of next week, models insist on a big pattern change to colder, much wetter weather that should give a decent boost to the snowpack. Through the middle of next week, we’re expecting a total of 10-18” of new snow. Through the 27th of February, that jumps to 53.4” to 72.6” for the intraquartile range with 5-8” snow water equivalent. Yay!
Short term Mt Hood snow forecast
Thursday, however, will bring no snow. Partly cloudy sky early gives way to clouds midday, clear sky in the afternoon, and high clouds overnight. The free air freezing level starts around 5000′, rises to 6000′, and falls to 4500′ overnight with max temps at 5000′ around 34F. Snow surface is a mix of packed powder, hardpack, and granular depending on elevation and sun exposure. Teacup skating was awesome yesterday – I was on purple wax. Wind today: W 15 pretty much all day, perhaps a little stronger in the afternoon, and SW 10-15 after midnight.
An approaching system on Friday gives us clouds that thicken all day. Snow starts around 4pm or 7pm and continues overnight. The snow level will be 4500′ early, 3500′ in the afternoon, and 3000′ after midnight with temps in the upper 20s to low 30s at 5000′. We’re expecting about 0.1” to 0.2” water equivalent (WE) overnight for 1-2” new snow. Wind will be SW 10-15 early, SW 15-25 in the evening, and SW 10-15 after midnight.
Extended Mt Hood Snow Forecast
Light snowfall continues on Saturday with the snow level at 3000′ all day and 4500′ after midnight. Temps at 5000′ hover right around 32F. About 0.1” to 0.2” WE is forecast during the day for an inch or two of snow. Another inch (or less) is forecast overnight. Wind will be SW 10-15mph all day and all night.
Sunday brings clouds and few flurries. The snow level will be 4500′ early, 3000′ in the afternoon, and 2500′ after midnight. Temps hover around 32F at 5000′. Wind will be SW 10-15 all day and all night. Clear sky Monday morning gives way to snow (snow level 3500-4000′) overnight. A couple inches of new snow are forecast with the wind under 25mph.
Looking deeper into the future…. models have quite the range of precip possibilities next week; some call for light snowfall, and some call for a lot more. As we move into the end of the week, models are more hopeful about significant snowfall. They’re also very hopeful that temps at 5000′ will stay below freezing for the extended forecast. Given that there’s a lot of moisture (5-8” total) forecast with the cooler weather, we should be getting quite a bit of snow over the next couple of weeks. Finally!
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GORGE WIND FORECAST
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SHORT-TERM gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! Not much wind happening over the next week or so. Models hint at the possibility of a big west wind day or two at the end of next week as a big pattern change happens. Given the dynamic nature of this, we’ll have to wait until we get closer to the end of next week to make any precision forecasts.
For Thursday, today, we start with light easterlies at 5-10mph west of Hood River. Afternoon wind switches direction, but is unlikely to be strong enough to get you on the water. Expect west wind at 11-14mph this afternoon from Stevenson to Arlington. River flow over the last 24 hours was 140-178kcfs, river temp is 41.4F, and high temp forecast is 51F with intermittently cloudy sky after a mostly clear start.
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LONGER-TERM gorge wind forecast
Friday brings light west wind under 10mph. High temp: 48F with cloudy sky. Saturday looks like a calm day. High temp: 47F with drizzle pretty much all day long. Sunday: also calm or nearly so. High temp: 46F. Monday brings widespread moderate east wind at 15-25mph as a low pressure system moves along the coast. Not much is forecast until the end of next week.
Looking at the end of next week, we have a pattern change to NW flow as a strong cold front is forecast to move through. Also possible: a lower pressure system moving inland. As I said earlier, details are unclear. This is the sort of pattern that could lead to a big west wind day, so we’ll keep a close eye on the Thursday through Saturday time frame. In the meantime… it’s the Gorge, and there’s something else fun to do around here!
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Clear, then some clouds, then clear again. Temps start near 30 and rise to 50. Light east wind early. Light west wind later. No rainbows. Friday will be cloudy with rain from mid-evening on through the night. Temps start in the upper 30s and rise to the upper 40s. Light westerlies. 29% chance of rainbows. Saturday will be drizzly. Temps start in the upper 30s and rise to the upper 40s. Calm wind. 27% chance of rainbows.
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Good morning, neighbors! Nice morning out there – pretty sunrise, filtered sun, partly cloudy sky… enjoy it, because winter (wet, cool) is finally going to make an appearance in the Gorge. There’s even a chance of lower-elevation snow in the forecast starting late next week! Do. Not. Panic. Yet.
Glenwood this morning
Looking around the Gorge this morning, our vision hones in on Glenwood. Low temp there this morning: 24F. Elsewhere: warmer – temps this morning were generally running in the 28-36F range. Do watch out for frosty roads – 35 has been especially frosty in the shady spots above Sunday Drive and below Sawtooth. I’m sure there are other roads around the Gorge that have been slick too. No signs of !CE on the roads this morning, but that’s likely to change as they wind down the Minnesota surge.
Today’s Gorge weather forecast
For the rest of today (Thursday), we have this forecast: a band of clouds slides through midday from west to east, but it does nothing more impactful than serve as a sunblock. By afternoon or evening, we’ll be back to clear sky in the west with clouds to the east. High temps make it to 50 or so all across the lowlands. Wind will be light easterly in the morning and west 10-15mph from Stevenson to the Arlington Triangle in the afternoon.
Friday’s Gorge weather forecast
Overnight, we’ll have enough clouds to keep us a little warmer than on Thursday morning. Friday starts in the mid to upper 30s and finishes in the upper 40s (west) to 50F (east). Rain, well, drizzle, arrives from the west around 8pm and extends as far east as Hood River before settling in for the night. Travel impacts look minimal. Friday wind: light/variable all day and all night.
Saturday’s Gorge weather forecast
Drizzle continues on Saturday. From mid to late morning on, the drizzle extends its reach past Hood River all the way to Arlington and into south Wasco and Sherman Counties. After 10pm, dry weather returns. Saturday morning temps will be in the upper 30s with the snow level around 3000′. Afternoon takes temps into the mid-upper 40s (west) and low 50s (desert). Calm wind is forecast. This lowers the chances of rainbows as clouds will be loath to break up, but rainbows still remain a possibility!
Extended Gorge weather forecast
Sunday looks calm, cloudy, and mostly dry with temps in the mid to upper 40s. Some sunshine is possible east of the Cascade crest on Monday, and some drizzle is likely overnight. Beyond that… quite a bit of uncertainty exists for the middle part of next week around precipitation quantities. Dry weather is unlikely. Starting late next week, Thursday or Friday, a major pattern shift takes over. Cold, wet weather is likely. At some point late next week, the snow level may drop down to 1000′ or less thanks to NW flow. As I implied, the details of all this aren’t clear, but a couple things are: actual winter is likely, and the mountain snowpack is almost certain to get a big boost. Thank goodness – the mountain snowpack is currently 32% or normal which puts us at the zero percentile, the worst snowpack we’ve ever seen. That’s gonna change. Yay. Safe travels. -TATAS
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