It is raining on the slopes of Mt. Hood this morning, and temps will be too warm to support anything other than rain until tomorrow morning. Fortunately, there’s not a lot of rain in the forecast. The snow level will be 8000′ this morning, rising to almost 10,000′ for a period this afternoon before slowly dropping back to 5500′ by 4am tomorrow. We’ll see .2-.4” WV during the day today (all rain) followed by .2-.5” WV after midnight (this really depends on the actual location of the next front – a shift by 50 miles could make a huge difference). That after-midnight round of precip may turn to snow at the end, for 1-2” of new. Or maybe not. Tricky forecast, that one… Wind today will be SW 30-40 all day. Continued after the chart.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, continued…
Tomorrow starts off with mixed precip, switching to snow mid-morning and clearing midday. Another round of precip moves in after midnight. The snow level tomorrow will be 5500′ early, dropping to 5000′ mid-morning and rising to 5500-6000′ in the afternoon and evening. Borderline snow levels like these make for tricky forecasting… We’ll see .2” WV (depending on the location of the weather system – could change!) in the morning, for mixed precip, or maybe an inch of snow. Another system moves in after midnight with .2” WV, for mixed precip or maybe an inch of snow. Wind on Friday will be SW 20 early, falling to SW 10 in the afternoon and picking up to SW 15 overnight.
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Saturday looks colder with light snowfall. The snow level will be at 5000′ early, falling to 3000′ during the day and 1500-2000′ after midnight. We’ll see .3” WV during the day, for 3” of new, followed by another .4” WV after 7pm, for 4-5” of new by Sunday morning. Wind Saturday will be SW 20 early, S 10 midday, and NW 20 in the evening. Sunday looks windy and sunny with the snow level around 1500-2000′.
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Gorge Wind Forecast
East wind at 40mph at Rooster all day today. East wind at 20-30 tomorrow early, switching to west wind at 10-13 by 10am and light and variable wind late in the day. Saturday looks like E 30-40 in the morning and light and variable wind in the afternoon.
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Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s a cloudy morning, and the clouds probably aren’t going anywhere today. Expect temps in the low 40’s this morning and mid 40’s this afternoon. Rain falls in the western Gorge all day, becoming heavy after midnight. The rain may or may not make it as far east as Hood River. East wind. No rainbows.
Tomorrow looks showery in the morning, partly cloudy midday, and rainy after midnight. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and the upper 40’s in the afternoon. East wind early, west wind after 10am, 99% chance of rainbows.
Saturday looks cloudy with on and off showers. Best chance of a dry period is between 7am and noon. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and the mid 40’s in the afternoon. East wind early. Light and variable wind late. 11% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
After seeing several Strava recordings from Syncline over the last few days, I decided to go take a look myself. First, you people have done an amazing job of not riding when the trail is muddy or in freeze-thaw. I’ve never seen Syncline look so good in the winter. Next, Maui and Moab were tacky and rideable, minus the fact that the bridge near the bottom of Maui was under water. The doubletrack is really too wet to ride without damaging it. I didn’t go above the fence, so I don’t know what’s happening up there. This doesn’t mean Syncline is totally good to go, but it does mean that I would ride up-Maui-down-Moab without worries.
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