Saturday: a little snow for the mountain. lots of west wind days for the Gorge.

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Snow level	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
Saturday 4500′->3000′
Sunday 3000′->2000′
Monday 2000′->3000′->1500′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Ma Nature just isn’t delivering the snow like the models say she’s going to. The resorts picked up an inch or two last night at their bases. There is more snow forecast in the next several days, but models do tend to overestimate snowfall in the spring. Before I forget, today is Teacup’s last day of the season. Meadows is on Friday-Sunday operations next week. Timberline, as always, just keeps trucking along.

Saturday will be partly cloudy wit flurries to start. Steadier light snowfall moves in this afternoon. The snow level will be 4500′ this morning and will fall to 3500′ in the afternoon. About 0.05” water equivalent (WE) falls prior to 5pm for half an inch of new or so. Overnight, another 0.2” WE is forecast for an inch or two more. Wind: W 20 this morning turns to WSW 25 this afternoon and SW 20-30 overnight.

Sunday starts out clear above 6000′ with clouds below. A few flurries are possible during the day. Models suggest heavier snow overnight. The snow level will be 3500′ or so all day and 2500′ overnight. About 0.6” WE is currently forecast for Sunday night. If that actually happens, we’d see 4-6” new snow. I’m skeptical. Wind: SW 20-30 in the morning, W 30 in the afternoon, and NW 25 after midnight. Okay… looking at the wind direction, I’m a little less skeptical.

Monday starts with light snowfall and turns clear. The snow level will be 2500′ in the morning. The free air freezing level will be 3000′ in the afternoon with clear sky and 1500-2000′ after midnight. About 0.2” WE is forecast in the morning for a couple inches of snow. Wind: NW 25-30 in the morning, WNW 25-30 in the afternoon, and W 25 overnight. Additional snow is forecast Tuesday into Wednesday. After that, there’s too much disagreement in the models to make a prediction. Have fun on the slopes!

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Active weather continues, and this keeps the gusty westerlies coming. The strongest day of the next three looks like Monday, out east, in the afternoon. Saturday kicks off with pressures of 30.06/30.00/29.94 for gradients of 0.06 and 0.06. A weather system is slated to arrive late in the afternoon. With this setup, we’ll start with 15-18 from Stevenson to Swell, 10-13 form Mosier to Doug’s, and gusty 16-19 out east. Afternoon wind holds at 15-18 west of The Dalles, adds drizzle near Hood River after 5pm, and rises to 20-23 from Avery to Arlington. River flow over the last 24 hours was 140-180kcfs, river temp is 53.24F, and high temp forecast is 59F.

Another weather system is planned late Saturday. The day starts with 10-13 form Stevenson to Avery and 5-10 east of there. By late morning, we’ll have gusty 12-15 west of The Dalles and gusty 23-26 from Avery to Boardman. Afternoon wind rises a bit more: 15-18 on the west side and gusty 25-28 out east. High temp: 58F. Monday starts with drizzle and light westerlies in the west and partly cloudy sky and 15-18 east of Biggs. By mid to late morning, the wind should build to 25-28 from Lyle to Boardman with 15-18 from Stevenson to Mosier. Models suggest the stretch from Avery to Rufus, perhaps to Arlington, will climb to 27-30 in the afternoon. Watch out for surface-based instability; that could throw a monkey wrench in all this by destabilizing the air mass. High temp: 53F. Let’s leave it there for now. Models are increasingly uncertain after Wednesday, so it’s not possible to do an extended forecast. See you on the water!

Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Forecast – On vacation ‘til summer unless otherwise noted

Very basic Hood River weather forecast. Don’t plan your life around this. You really should read Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook

Clouds this morning add some drizzle this evening. Temps start I the upper 40s and rise to the upper 50s. Moderate westerlies. 18% chance of rainbows. Sunday will be partly cloudy. Temps start in the mid 40s and rise to the upper 50s. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Monday will be drizzly. Temps start near 40 and rise to the low 50s.

Local-ish Events

Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know!

On 4/26, we have the community mountain bike sale/swap on the lawn behind ferment from 3-7pm. This is brought to you by Brave Endeavors. Hood River Cider Fest is 4/27 at the Hood River Event Site. This will impact access for wind sports.

Regular weekly events:. NK Studio’s by-donation Tuesday morning yoga class is back. 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. The Tri Club is done for the season. 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.

Cycling

Cows are out on Hospital Hill. NO DOGS. That means you, all of you, even your dog that’s [insert adjective]. No dogs. Do not risk access for everyone. No parking at the corral. Whoopdee flowers are in full bloom. Hospital Hill and Syncline have ticks, oaks, and flowers. Columbia Hills is full of flowers and open to your bike. It’s trail-building season. Get on the HRATS mailing list if you’d like to help out. If you’re parking at Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.