It was snowing on Mt. Hood as of 6am, and should continue to snow for a few more hours before we see a switch to rain late this morning. The snow level today will be 4000′ early, rising to 6500′ by noon, 8000′ this evening, and dropping to 5000′ tomorrow morning after the precip is pretty much done. We’ll see .9” water value (WV) between this morning and 4pm. We’ll probably see 2-4” of dense snow followed by rain. Models aren’t all that clear on the amount of rain tonight. Given the strong SW wind (not as orographically favorable as W or NW) and model tendencies to underestimate Pineapply events, I think we’ll see 1-2” of rain tonight. Wind will be SW 10-15 early, rising to SW 30 by 1pm and picking up to SW 40 in the afternoon and evening. You can double those wind speeds for 9000′! Continued after the chart.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, continued…
Thursday starts off with some lingering orographic snow flurries. A snowier system moves in during the afternoon, followed by clearing in the evening. The snow level Thursday will be 5000′ early, 3500′ midday and 4500′ overnight. We’ll see trace snowfall early, followed by .2-.4” water value (WV) between 10am and 4pm, for 2-4” of new snow. Wind on Thursday will be SW 25 early, becoming WSW 35 mid-morning and turning back to SW 25 in the afternoon.
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Friday looks partly cloudy early, but we’ll see precip move in by 7am, continuing through 4pm, followed by clear sky overnight. The snow level Friday will be 5500′ when the precip hits, dropping to 5000′ in the afternoon and 2000′ overnight. We’ll see .2-.5” WV (sorry for the spread, but the models are unclear), for 2-4” of dense new snow. Wind on Friday will be S 10 early, becoming SW 15-20 in the afternoon and evening.
Saturday currently looks quite snowy, possibly mixed with some rain for a period. Sunday looks clear to start and snowy in the afternoon.
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Gorge Wind Forecast
Wednesday is starting off with easterlies in the 10-20 range at Steven’s Locks and Cock Rock. The wind will pick up to E 40-50 at Cock Rock between 12pm and 4pm, fading to E 15-20 in the evening. Thursday starts off light and variable and picks up to W 13-16 from Steven’s Locks to Arlington, briefly picking up to 20-23 mid-afternoon at the Rowena stretch of the river before backing off in the evening. Friday starts with E 40 at Cock Rock and E 20ish at Steven’s Locks, slowly backing off during the day. The wind will switch to gusty W 26-30 after 4pm.
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Gorge Weather Forecast
As I was writing this report at 6am, sipping a cup of cold, day-old coffee with heavy cream, it was still dry outside. Don’t you worry, little friends. That won’t last long. It’s going to be a wet one today! Expect rain between 8am (or earlier) and 4pm, becoming showery after that. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and the upper 40’s in the afternoon. East wind. 23% chance of rainbows.
Thursday looks mostly cloudy to start with a chance of a stellar sunrise. Rain picks up around 2pm, continuing into the evening. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and the low 50’s in the afternoon. Light wind early, moderate west wind mid-afternoon.. 97% chance of rainbows. Friday looks rainy and cloudy for most of the day. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and the low 50’s in the afternoon. East wind early, strong west wind after 4pm. 87% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Syncline was off the freakin’ charts yesterday with perfect dirt and tons of wildflowers. OMG was Moab perfect. Yeah! It’s going to rain today and mess up all the trails, but maybe, just maybe if you’re up with the sun you’ll get some before it’s gone.
Upcoming Events
Coming up this morning, there’s community meditation at Flow at 8:15am, community Hatha Yoga at the Heartgate Sanctuary in Oak Grove at 8:30, and there’s therapy with my therapist at 12:15 (sorry, you can’t come to that). There’s ping pong at 5pm at the Armory, and there’s Aikido at Trinity Natural Medicine at 6pm. I heard a rumor that there is a meeting today at 1pm at the Rockford Grange to discuss hate crimes that have been happening in Hood River. I have no details and no confirmation on that, but it sounds like a great idea to me.
Coming up Thursday, the Telluride Mountain Film Festival is happening in Portland. Here in the Gorge, we have community yoga at 6pm at Samadhi and Zumba at 6:30pm at the Parkdale Community Center.
Coming up Saturday, the HRATS have a trail work party at Family Man at 9am. Big Winds has a SUP demo and other stuff happening at the Nichols Boat Basin from 1pm to 4pm on Saturday.
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