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The Forecast
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| Saturday 7000’ish->5500′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
The forecast for Mt. Hood the next week is probably not what you want, but it’s definitely going to be interesting. Get up there Saturday, Sunday and Monday for the best weather. After that, rain returns for a 36-48 hour period followed by plummeting temps and some orographic snowfall accompanied by hurricane-strength west wind. Fascinating, right?!For Saturday, though, there won’t be much excitement. The mountain starts out clear and picks up clouds in the afternoon and evening. The free air freezing level will be 7000’ish early and will fall to 5500′ overnight. Wind will be NW 10 early, WSW 10-15 in the afternoon, and W 10 overnight.
A trace of snow falls on Sunday under cloudy sky. Clouds dissipate after midnight, leaving stars and clear sky. The snow level will be 5000′-5500′ on Sunday, falling near the surface in the Gorge; mountain temps will be in the -1 to 2C range. All that said, we’ll just see a trace of moisture, most likely wet snowflakes. Wind will be W 10 early, SE 10 in the afternoon, ESE 15 in the evening, and NE 15 after midnight.
Monday looks clear and dry, and warms a lot! The free air freezing level will be 1000′ early, 8000′ in the afternoon, and truly impressive 10,000′ overnight. Wind will be NE 10-15 during the day and NW 10 after midnight.
Now, let’s look at Tuesday afternoon through Friday. Your friendly jet stream takes aim at the Pacific Northwest. Before I get in too deep, I want to say that this is quite far out to be predicting, so things could change, and I’ll be on vacation all week and unable to update this. Anyway, mountain temps appear to be in the 2-6C range for this period, equating to a snow level of 5500′ to 8000′. Massive snowfall will occur up high. Heavy rain will fall on the lower slopes. As of Saturday morning, It appears that 3-5” of rain will fall on the mountain.
Then… a massive and super-duper powerful cold front accompanied by a 160-170 knot jet comes out of the NW and slams into Mt. Hood early Friday, dropping the snow level from 7500′ to 1000′. Add to this the fact that this system has a tropical moisture tap. Very heavy rain will transition into very heavy snowfall aided orographically by 50-70mph west wind. This leads to a good chance of lift shutdowns on Friday morning. The general picture after that is intermittent systems coming out of the NW, which is a good setup for Mt. Hood snow. I’m almost sad I’ll be on a retreat and won’t be around to watch this play out!
Gorge Wind Forecast
Light easterlies on Saturday morning pick up to 20-25 between Rooster and Viento. River flow is 84,200 cfs and temp is 43 degrees. Sunday’s max wind will be 40-45mph near Rooster early afternoon with 25-30 near Stevenson. On Monday, you’ll find E 30-35 near Rooster and 10-15 near Stevenson in the morning. Afternoon wind levels out at 20-25 both locations.COAST, JONES, SAUVIE’S: Detailed forecast is on winter break.
Hood River Weather Forecast
The Nothing is out down low this morning, but you can escape it by going up. It should clear out this afternoon, leaving us with high clouds. Temps will be right near 40 all day. East wind. No rainbows. Scattered snow flurries or rain fall on Sunday, but not enough to cause trouble. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and near 40 later. East wind. No rainbows. Monday looks Nothing early and clear in the afternoon. Temps will be right at freezing early and in the low 40’s later. East wind. No rainbows. Heavy rain is expected Tuesday evening through Friday. Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.Road and Mountain Biking
All trails are under a freeze-thaw alert. Syncline, especially, is susceptible to this, as it is south-facing. Please don’t ride it, because you’ll do significant damage to those thawing trails. Your best bet for riding today is anything under the canopy of trees. Don’t ride up Seven Streams, as areas in the clearcut are freeze-thaw. A fun thing to do is ride up Post Canyon Road and ride down Mitchell Ridge. Repeat.Upcoming Events
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