Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
It’s a partly cloudy start to Thursday on Mt. Hood, and the sky should stay partly cloudy or sunny all day long. The free air freezing level will be 1500′ this morning and 2500′ this afternoon. Expect light SW wind all day long. Continued after the chart…
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, continued…
Friday starts off clear on the mountain, but clouds will move in sometime between 10am and 5pm. Hey, it’s an inexact science! Depending on how much cold air sticks around during the day, we’ll see some light snow, light rain, or light freezing rain overnight. The snow level will be 3000′ early, rising to 5500′ in the evening, although one model suggests the snow level will be more like 6000-6500′. Anyhoo, we’ll only see .1-.2” water value (WV) between 7pm Friday and 4am Saturday, so at least it’s not a gullywasher if it falls as rain. It will fall as some form of semi-frozen something or other. Wind on Friday will be SE 30 for much of the day, turning to SW 25 after 5pm.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, finished
Saturday is rather up in the air as a weather system may or may not make it far enough inland to drop precipitation on the mountain. At best, it’ll be cloudy all day, turning clear just before midnight. The middle option is wet snow. At worst, it’ll rain. I know… I’m so helpful, aren’t I? Anyway, the snow level on Saturday will be 6000′ to 6500′ all day, falling to 4000′ after the precip ends. Daytime precip quantity is completely unpredictable at this point. We’ll see a couple tenths of mixed precip or wet snow overnight. Wind on Saturday will be SW 25 in the morning, SSW 15 in the afternoon, and SW 40 overnight.
It’s worth noting that Meadows has a rail jam planned for Saturday. Timberline has a pray for snow or some sort of party at 10 Barrel Brewing in Portland on Saturday night. On Sunday, Timberline has a 1st birthday party for their St. Bernard. Looking at the weather Sunday, you can expect clear sky early and snow or mixed precip in the afternoon. The snow level will be 5500′ to 6000′ with .3-.4” WV expected in the afternoon and evening. You know, it would be really awesome if Mother Nature could bump the snow level either up or down by 1000′. That would give all of us a lot more clarity in the forecast.
Gorge Wind Forecast
It’s a light and variable Thursday morning, and it’ll be a light and variable Thursday midday and afternoon. East wind picks up after sunset, increasing all night long. Expect east wind at 40-50 on Friday morning. Actually, expect E 40-50 all day long on Friday at Rooster with 30-40 at Steven’s Locks. Saturday looks like E 30-35 early and E 20-25 in the afternoon.
Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
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Random Morning Thoughts
I’m finding myself without much to say this morning, so I’ll just send out the forecast and leave you with this: you’re awesome. Have an awesome day!
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist (but I could be 51 graduate school credits from now). I am your weather forecaster. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, and consult with your actual therapist about your mental health issues. One other thing: I plan to keep doing this forecast indefinitely, even when I am a therapist.
Gorge Weather Forecast
There’s a whole lot of Nothing out there this morning unless you happen to be on Underwood Mountain. If you are, you’re currently enjoying sunshine and a view of the murky Hood River Valley. (Well, you were until the Nothing moved in an swallowed you up) Expect Nothing with a couple sprinkles in the morning with partly cloudy sky later. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and the upper 40’s in the afternoon. Light wind. 1% chance of rainbows. Friday starts out with Nothing. Higher level clouds move in during the afternoon followed by light showers overnight. Temps will be in the low to mid 30’s early (watch for icy roads) and mid 40’s in the afternoon. East wind. No rainbows. Saturday will be cloudy at the least and rainy at the worst. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and the upper 40’s in the afternoon. East wind. 50/50 chance of rainbows.
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White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
Whoopdee and Post are definitely too muddy to ride. Syncline is a maybe, especially this afternoon, when it might be more than a maybe. Just a reminder: ride through the puddles, not around them. That way we keep singletrack single. In other news, I’m guessing Gunsight Ridge is gone for the season. Not sure about the 44 Road trails… maybe a couple inches of snow? Perhaps you could go check it out and let me know! In road biking news, it’s too f’ing cold for anyone except Marcroft this morning. Tomorrow looks just as cold. Might I recommend you get some barrmitts?
Upcoming Events
It’s Thursday, and there’s community yoga tonight at 6pm at Samadhi, Tai Chi at Our Savior Church in Bingen at 6:30, and Zumba at St. Francis House in Odell at 6:30. Tomorrow morning is the Kickstand Coffee and donut run. Meet at the coffee shop at 7am. Jog 4 miles. Receive a free cup of coffee and a donut.
Coming up this weekend: a work party at the Whoopdee Trail on Saturday and the HRVHS Gorge Gear Swap. Meadows has a “preview” event on Saturday.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
