Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
If you’re hoping for snow on the mountain, there are good things in this forecast for you. Over the last 24 hours, the predicted 5000′ temps for the Tuesday and Thursday weather systems have come down quite a bit. Both of those systems have a fair bit of moisture, so if nothing changes between now and then, we’ll see a sizeable dumping of snow next week. Fingers crossed that the models don’t swing back to warmer between now and then! Continued after the chart…
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, continued…
For today, Saturday, we first have a couple of events: Meadows has a “preview” day with a rail jam. The rail jam park is open 3pm to 7pm and is free to the public. Timberline is hoping to open Bruno and Palmer today, weather permitting. It currently looks very foggy up there. Anyway… today’s weather: Expect a cloudy day with on and off snow flurries early with a on and off wet flurries or mixed precip after 1pm. The snow level will be 5000′ early and 6000′ or a touch higher after 1pm. We’ll see less than 1” of new snow today. Wind will be SW 30 early and SW 15 in the afternoon and evening.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, finished
Sunday starts off cloudy and turns snowy (hopefully – there’s a chance it’ll be mixed precip) around 10am, continuing through 4pm. A second round of snow hits around 1am. The snow level will be between 5000′ and 5500′ during the day, dropping to 4000′ or so with the overnight round of snow. We’ll see .2-.3” water value (WV) during the day, for 1-2” of new snow at most. We’ll see another .2-.3” WV overnight, for 2-3” of snow. Wind on Sunday will be SW 30 early, fading to SW 20 in the afternoon and turning to WSW 30 in the evening.
Monday brings on and off snow flurries interspersed with sunshine. The sky should clear in the afternoon. The snow level will be 4000′ early and 2500′ later in the day. We’ll see less than 1” of new snow on Monday. Wind will be in the W 20-25 range all day.
Tuesday starts off clear, turns cloudy in the afternoon, and ends up snowy overnight. As of right now, it looks like the snow level will be around 4000′ on Tuesday night, but that could change. Models currently show .4-.6” WV Tuesday night, for 4-6” of new snow. Snow flurries continue Wednesday. Yesterday’s model runs showed Thursday’s system with a 6500′ snow level. Today’s run shows a 4000′ snow level. Fingers crossed for the lower one, because there’s significant moisture associated with this system.
Gorge Wind Forecast
It’s rainy and windy in the western Gorge on this cloudy Saturday morning. Expect easterlies at 35-40 or so at Iwash (Rooster) Rock through early afternoon. Steven’s Locks should join in with 20-25 mid-morning. Both locations will back off to E 15-20 late in the afternoon. Sunday starts with a quick burst of E 15-20 and switches just as quickly to W 5-10. Monday looks like W 15-18 for most of the day from Mosier to Arlington with W 10-13 from Steven’s Locks to Bingen.
Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
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Random Morning Thoughts
Gotta run and do some trail work. Have an awesome day!
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Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s a cloudy, rainy morning here in the Gorge, and I’m really trying to experience some joy for the 50% of summer residents and visitors who are currently on Maui, in Mexico, or basking on a beach in Brazil. For those of you who are somewhere near 97031, you’ll have clouds and sprinkles all day today with temps in the low 40’s early and the upper 40’s in the afternoon. East wind. 2.8% chance of rainbows. Sunday looks mostly cloudy with sprinkles. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and the upper 40’s in the afternoon. Light east wind early, light west wind later. 88% chance of rainbows. Monday looks mostly cloudy with showers. Temps will be near 40 early and near 50 in the afternoon. Light to moderate west wind. 99% chance of rainbows.
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White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
It’s still to muddy to ride in Post Canyon without messing up the trails. It’s too muddy to ride the Whoopdee. It’s probably even too muddy at Syncline, but maybe not. It’s too muddy to ride Hospital Hill. Instead of messing up the trails, you could come to a work party on the Whoopdee Trail today. More info below. In road biking news, it’s wet, cold and rainy. Have fun!
Upcoming Events
Happy Saturday morning. Every Saturday morning at 7am, there’s a Spanish language yoga class at Flow. At 8am, there’s a trail run in Post Canyon. At 10:30 today, there’s a free community yoga class at Pure Yoga in The Dalles.
Today is the Gorge Gear Swap (aka the Ski Swap) at HRVHS. There’s a work party on the Whoopdee Trail at 8:45am. Meet about 1.5 miles south of the Whoopdee parking lot. Meadows has a rail jam and pray for snow party at the resort today. As of 7am, there were no details on the website. Timberline has a pray for snow party at 10 Barrel Brewing in Portland tonight, and they have a birthday party for their St. Bernard on Sunday. Free cake. Let them eat cake!
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
