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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Saturday’s going to be a stormy one on the mountain. Cooler weather and lighter snowfall moves in form Sunday followed by a few days of dry and sunny weather Monday through Wednesday.
For Saturday, it’s just going to be a big mess on Mt. Hood. A snow-rain mix during the day gives way to heavy rain then heavy snow overnight. Very strong wind will blow all day long. Snow level 8000′ early, 6000′ in the afternoon, 3000′ after 11pm and 1500′ early Sunday. Precip: 0.6” water value (WV) daytime, mostly as rain, with no accumulation. Overnight precip will be 1.2” to 1.7” WV. The first 0.5”-1.0” will fall as rain. A switch to snow late in the evening brings in 5-8” of new. Very strong west wind will likely impact lift operations: W50-55 in the morning, W 60 in the evening, and WNW 45 after midnight.
Sunday starts out with orographic snow flurries and some sunbreaks. Snow level: 1500′ falling to 0′ after midnight. Precip: 0.2” WV during the day, for 2-3” of new snow. A trace may fall overnight. Wind will be WNW 45 early, NW 25 in the afternoon, and N 20-30 after midnight. Many lifts will probably require deicing on Sunday morning.
Monday looks clear. Free air freezing level: 0′ early, 500′ ‘in the afternoon, 0’ overnight. Wind: N 20 -30 early, NE 20 in the afternoon, N 15 overnight. Tuesday and Wednesday also look dry during the day. Models disagree after that: the Euro brings in a warm, wet system on Wednesday night. The GFS holds off until Friday morning. So… no forecast past Wednesday midday.
Gorge Wind Forecast
For Saturday, we’ll have west wind. Gusty 15-20 in most locations in the morning picks up to gusty 25-30 west of Bonneville and gusty 25-30 from The Dalles to Biggs. The central Gorge will probably see very gusty 20-25 midday. Overnight, there will be a short period of 30-40 between Multnomah Falls and Hood River – something to keep in mind if you’re driving somewhere late. Sunday starts with 22-25 east of The Dalles and 13-16 west of The Dalles. Afternoon westerlies fade to 14-17 in all locations. Monday looks like E 20-25 all day at Stevenson and Rooster.
JONES, SAUVIE’S, COAST: now on vacation for the fall and winter. Will return in spring.
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Gorge Weather Forecast
Saturday’s starting off cloudy. There might be some partly cloudy periods today, but there will be heavy rain tonight. Temps will be in the upper 40’s all day. Moderate west wind. 79% chance of rainbows. Sunday looks partly to mostly cloudy. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and mid 40’s later. Moderate west wind. 99% chance of morning rainbows. Monday looks dry. Temps will be right at freezing early and near 40 in the afternoon. East wind. No rainbows.
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White Sprinter Van of the Week!
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Road and Mountain Biking
Stay off the trails – it’s too muddy. Even if you have a fat bike. You’re damaging delicate dirt and undoing the hard work of many, many volunteers. Syncline is freeze-thaw, and therefore extremely delicate, above the fence. Please don’t ride it or you’ll do major trail damage. The Power Station has a really wonderful virtual bike setup. I know it’s not the same, but it’s better than damaging the dirt.
Upcoming Events
There’s a free bootcamp workout at Sorosis Park at 10am today. On Sunday, there’s by-donation yoga at Samadhi at 9am. There’s ping pong at the Skamania County Fairgrounds at 10:30, pickup touch rugby for all ages at 11am at the Hood River Marina, and indoor Ultimate Frisbee at 5pm at Horizon Christian School.
Random Morning Thoughts
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
