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The Forecast
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| Friday 6500′->4000′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Today’s not the day you were hoping for on the mountain, but tomorrow sure might be. Unless you’re looking for spring skiing. There’s none of that in sight! We’ll have mixed precip for Friday, a stormy, snowy Sunday, and then a lovely day on Sunday with alpine turns at Timberline (meadows will be closed with no hiking allowed) and groom at Teacup.
Details for Friday included mixed precipitation all day long with a switch to snow in the evening. The snow level will be 6500′ this morning, 5500-6000′ this afternoon, and 4000′ overnight. About 0.5” water equivalent (WE) is forecast during the day today. No snow at 5000′. Between 5pm and 8pm or so, the precip transitions with a bag: 0.4” WE in the three-hour period. Call that 1-2” wet snow. Overnight, an additional 0.7” WE is forecast. That brings 5-7” dense new snow to the slopes. Dare we call it base-building snow this late in the season? Wind will be SW 25-40 during the day, WSW 35-40 in the evening, and W 35 overnight.
Saturday looks snowy all day. Snowy enough to call it storm skiing. Not the nicest weather for the Pond Skim at Meadows, but hey, you’re not going to complain about a fresh tracks day in May, are you? The snow level will be 4000′ in the morning, 2500-3000′ in the afternoon, and 1500-2000′ overnight. Wind: W 35 all day into the evening fading to W 15 overnight.
Sunday: Timberline and Teacup hosts you. Meadows will be done for the season, and hiking is NOT allowed that day. You will have to wait until Monday. The day starts cloudy, turns clear in the afternoon, and adds some clouds and instability and perhaps some flurries in the afternoon. It’s totally unpredictable how much, if any, snow will fall overnight. The free air freezing level will be 1500′ in the morning, 4000′ in the afternoon, and 1000-1500′ overnight. Wind: W 15 in the morning, NW 5-10 in the afternoon, and NW 20-25 overnight. Precipitation decreases Monday and Tuesday, but temps stay cool. More snow is forecast for Wednesday. Break out your backcountry gear and you’ll still be riding for many, many weeks!
Note on wind speeds. Different wind directions are experienced in different ways on Mt. Hood. For example, west wind at 50mph will hit the slopes and exposed ridges at W 50. SW 50 may hit the ridges at SW 50, but will likely only be SW 20 below tree line. Hence the ranges for wind. Depends where you are on the mountain. Hopefully that helps clarify.
Gorge Wind Forecast
The three-day forecast has two days of “not too much” and one day of “it might be too much for some people”. Actually, I think Saturday will be the day many of you have been waiting for despite some complicated weather dynamics that could make things on the gusty side.
First, let’s look at Friday. We’ll have calm wind or very light westerlies through about 2pm. After that, westerlies pick up to gusty 11-15 east of The Dalles. It’ll be rainy pretty much all day and probably pouring in the afternoon, so take that into account. River flow is 233kcfs, river temp is 51F, and high temp forecast is 57F.
The Oregon High School sailing state championships happen Saturday 11am-5pm between Wells Island and the sandbar. Please avoid the area. Saturday sees a low move inland and transient high pressure build offshore. Not perfect, but not bad. The day starts with 11-14 weest of Bingen and 22-25+ from Mosier to Boardman. Midday westerlies climb to 28-32 from Lyle to Boardman with gusty 20-23 in the western Gorge accompanied by drizzle and rainbows. Saturday’s sweet spot will be the mid-afternoon session between Avery and Threemile: 31-36mph. High temp: 53F in Hood River. 56F in Arlington. Brr! That would be a record low-high for the date.
Sunday starts with light westerlies at 10mph or less. The light wind holds through early afternoon. We’ll then see a slow build to 10-13 from Stevenson to The Dalles with a little more wind possible in the evening east of Mosier. Add in instability for a low-probability outcome. High temp: 54F. Again, a record low-high for the date. The extended forecast currently has westerlies in the mid-20’s Monday.
Coast, Jones, Coast
Done until spring, unless there’s an obvious Coast or Sauvie’s or Jones day.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Cloudy weather stays that way all day and adds rain that becomes heavy this afternoon with downpours and a wee shot at thunder. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 50’s later. Light westerlies. 28% chance of rainbows. Saturday will be showery and drizzly. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and low 50’s later. Moderate westerlies to start. Strong westerlies most of the day. 99% chance of rainbows. Sunday will be mostly dry in the morning with instability-driven showers in the afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and mid 50’s later. Light westerlies most of the day. Moderate in the afternoon. 99% chance of rainbows.
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Cycling
Courtney Road (the road that goes up above Syncline) is closed until October. Do not attempt to use it to access trails. Starting this summer, you will need a parking pass to park at Post Canyon. This money will support trails. Speaking of trails… it’s too muddy to ride them right now, and it will stay that way for a while. If you ride wet, sloppy trails, you will do significant and potentially permanent damage. Please don’t. Hospital Hill: cows are out – no dogs allowed. Underwood: do not enter areas that are closed due to logging operations. Post: snow on the upper part of Eldorado. Recommendation: ride gravel roads and pavement for a while until the trail systems dry out.
Local Events
Please let me know about events. I often only hear about them if you folx let me know!
The Oregon High School sailing state championships happen Saturday 11am-5pm between Wells Island and the sandbar. Please avoid the area. Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. At 7am on Friday morning, you can get a donut and coffee for going for a run at Kickstand Coffee. The Small Boat paddlers have a group paddle on Sunday at 11am at the Event Site. The Dirty Fingers Sunday Service rides happens at 9am – this week is the last one. They are fast-paced. If you are not, bring a buddy. The ride is followed by bike race viewing and beer drinking at the shop. Post and Pint happens Thursday evenings at 5:30 when Post is not too wet to ride.
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