12/15 Mt. Hood snow forecast

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Well. It’s nice to have new snow on the mountain, but I sure didn’t see the freezing rain coming. Neither did NOAA. When I called them to complain this morning, they were as baffled and stunned as I was. Sorry guys, but we have no explanation. Maybe the upper level low dragged some warm air along its southern portion as it crossed Washington early this morning?

Anyway, I think we’re going to see continued orographic precipitation on Mt. Hood today. I would guess it will switch back to snow around 10am, with another 1-2” of accumulation. The freezing level will be around 1500’ (not that it’s helping, with the precip falling as supercooled liquid). Wind will be W 15-25 early, fading slowly to W 5-10 by 7pm.

Tomorrow sees an inversion build under clear skies. The freezing level will be 8000’ early, rising to 10,000’ by 4pm. Mt. Hood wind will be N 10-20 early, going to NW 15-25 by 10am and swinging to W 10-15 by 4pm.

Saturday looks dry as well, with a continuing inversion and the freezing level around 10,000’. Mt. Hood wind will be SW 5-10 early, going to W 20-30 by 4pm.

Sunday looks a bit odd, with limited moisture in the atmosphere coalescing around 5000’ to form either fog, freezing fog, low clouds, light freezing rain, or possibly some random light mix of frozen precip in the morning hours. We’ll have to wait and see on this one. The freezing level will be around 5500’-6000’ early, dropping to 4000’ in the afternoon. The wind will be W 10-15 going to NW 10-20 in the afternoon.

In mountain biking news, Post Canyon was still awesome yesterday. I don’t know if the ½” of snow we had in the Gorge last night will affect the awesomeness, but it’s probably worth checking if you’re not headed to the mountain. Riding Post beats the heck out of riding your trainer in front of your TV.

Coming up this weekend, Santa will be at Skibowl all day Saturday. Saturday is also the first Meadows rail jam of the season. Sunday is the NW demo tour at Meadows. Free demos of all the latest gear… this is your chance to try all the coolest, newest, raddest stuff.

Have an awesome day today!

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10/27 Forecast

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Oh wow. Today is like the day after Christmas in a good way. Pacificorp gave us a beautiful present yesterday in the form of a free White Salmon, and that’s a present that will last forever. Over the next year, they’ll be rehabilitating the former Northwestern Lake (maybe we can have a contest to rename that section of river, as well as the sandbar that will likely form at the mouth). The “new” section of river is scheduled to open for recreation in September 2012. If you’d like to paddle or raft now, the White Salmon is still open for business above Northwestern Lake, and the river is currently at 1.9 feet.

Also for you paddlers, Heather Herbeck talked the Hood River Pool into opening for kayaking practice from 7-8pm on Thursday nights. Please be there to support this trial period, because if you don’t show up, you can kiss year-round weeknight pool access goodbye.

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If you didn’t have a chance to see the Condit Dam breach video, you can find plenty of versions on YouTube. Check Columbia Riverkeeper’s website for a more in-depth video that should be posted at some point today. Many thanks to Cloudcap for the drone footage. That’s what I call a good usage for an unmanned drone.

For you wind Johnnies, today looks like east wind at 15-18 this afternoon. Tomorrow looks like east 10-15 early, switching to west 15-18 later, and west 24-28 even later than that with some rain. Saturday doesn’t look so windy, and neither does Sunday.

In other events, Saturday is the “Jimmy T and Me” work party on the 450 trail. Shuttle buses are provided from Dirty Fingers at 9am. On Sunday, it’s Meadows pass photo day from 9am to 4pm or maybe it’s 5pm. I can’t remember.

Now, just to shake things up, the Fashion Show is on an early date this year, early enough that even mountain employees can make this not-so-late-in-the-evening event. November 3rd at the Hood River Inn, doors at 6pm, show at 7pm, tickets $20. The Fashion Show benefits the Hood River County Christmas Project, a community service that gets holiday food and childrens’ gifts to families in need. If you’re not in need, please come to the fashion show, or make a donation by sending a check to PO Box 872 in Hood River. Your donation is tax-deductible.

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