Sunday: a return to snowy weather…

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The Forecast

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
Sunday 5500′->3500′
Monday 3500′->1500′
Tuesday 1500′->4000′->3000′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

A cloudy, spring-day start to Sunday gives way to a return to winter this afternoon. Snow continues through Monday. We’re back to sunshine on Tuesday and Wednesday before we descend into increasingly wintry weather through next week end. Models don’t agree on how much snow will fall next week, but they do agree that it’ll be snow (maybe even potentially at your house!) through the extended period.

Sunday starts off cloudy and turns snowy by late morning or early afternoon. The free air freezing level will be 5500′ to start, but by the time the snow arrives, the snow level will be 4000-5000′. It falls to 3500′ overnight. About 0.2” water equivalent (WE) is forecast for the afternoon, for 1-2” of heavy snow. Another 0.2” WE is forecast overnight. That’ll be a bit lighter and should groom out into packed powder. Wind: S 5-10 to start, S 15-30 in the afternoon, and W 20 after midnight.

Snow continues through Monday evening. The snow level will be 3500′ in the morning, 2500′ in the afternoon, and down to 1500′-2000′ under mostly cloudy sky overnight. About 0.3-0.6” WE is forecast during the day for 3-6” of new snow. Up to one inch of snow falls at the tail end of this system overnight. Wind: W20 in the morning, W 30 in the afternoon, and S 5-10 after midnight.

Tuesday will be mostly cloudy to start but should quickly clear. The free air freezing level will be 1500′ in the morning, 4000′ in the afternoon, and 3000′ overnight. Get the snow early for the best packed powder results – the sun is strong enough to warm it despite the low freezing levels. Wind: S 5-10 in the morning, E 10-15 from early afternoon on through the night. Wednesday looks sunny and then partly to mostly cloudy with a trace of snow overnight. Steadier snow moves in midday Thursday and continues on and off through the weekend and start of the following week. Probably. Models disagree on snow amounts, but they’re pretty sure it’ll be snow that falls and not rain. Hi winter. Welcome back!

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Easterlies on Sunday give way to westerlies on Monday, variable wind on Tuesday, and (probably) several days of chilly westerlies for the second half of next week. Sunday starts with 30-35 at Rooster and 20-25 at Stevenson. The wind briefly rises to 25-30 at Stevenson and drops to 20-25 at Rooster. In the afternoon, the wind drops to light easterly at all locations as drizzle arrives. Monday starts with light west wind. Afternoon westerlies rise to gusty 15-18 west of The Dalles and gusty 25-29 from The Dalles to Threemile. Don’t forget to stop at Amayah’s Indian in Biggs on your way home! High temp: 49F. Tuesday starts with westerlies at 15-20 out east and 5-10 in the west. The wind turns around midday. Rooster to Viento pick up to 10-15mph, and the eastern gorge rises to E 5-10. High temp: 55.

Jones, Sauvie Island, Coast – Done for the Season

Hood River Weather Forecast

High clouds this morning thicken today and drizzle arrives early afternoon. Temps will be near 40 early and in the low 50’s later. Easterlies. 19% chance of rainbows. Monday will be intermittently drizzly. Temps start in the low 40’s and rise to the upper 40’s. Light westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Tuesday will be dry. Partly cloudy sky starts the day and sun finishes it. Temps will be in the low-mid 30’s early and mid 50’s later. Light westerlies early switch to light easterlies later. No rainbows.

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Local-ish Events

Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know!
The Meadows Strava Nordic race started 3/17. There’s a seed swap and plant sale at Rockford Grange at 2pm on Sunday the 19th. April 2nd is an end-of-season party at Meadows Nordic. April 15th at 10am is the “Run with the Wild 5k” fun run to support the Wildland Firefighter Foundation.

Regular weekly events: NK Studios in Bingen has a donation-based yoga class at 7:30am every Tuesday. Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. There’s meditation with monks at 5:15pm (an hour) and 6:30pm (30 minutes plus a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. At 7am on Friday morning, there’s a run from Pine Street Bakery. On Fridays at 2:30pm, there’s a free meditation and stretching class at Yoga Samadhi. On Saturday at 9am, there’s a by-donation outdoor group fitness on the 2rd floor deck about Ferment Brewing. There’s a weekly group paddle to the Event Site on Sunday at 11 am followed by a free pint at the fire pit at Ferment. That’s the “Paddle n’ Pint”. Also: Wednesday Paddle Sprints at the Event Site at Noon.

Cycling

Many of the trails will be muddy with the exception of Syncline. Please avoid the muddy trails (Hospital Hill, Whoopdee, Post) – if you ride them, you’ll do major damage and ruin the next person’s ride.. You might be able to ride the Deschutes or Klickitat trails or Syncline, but you’ll be most successful on gravel. If it was below freezing the night before your ride, don’t ride trails that are exposed to the open air. Those trails will have freeze-thaw conditions, and you’ll do major damage. Consider gravel riding! If you’re parking at Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.