Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
Today, Tuesday, looks cloudy on Mt. Hood. Light rain starts up sometime this morning, becoming heavy after 4pm. The free air snow level will be 9000′ (enjoy the ice at your house) all day, dropping to 8000′ after midnight. Rainfall totals will be around .3” before 4pm, followed by 2” of rain or more tonight. Wind today will be SW 30 in the morning and WSW 40-45 after midnight. Continued after the chart…
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, continued…
Wednesday starts off rainy and turns snowy after 4pm or so. The snow level will be 8000′ early, falling to 3500′ after midnight. The precip is currently forecast to be relatively light on Wednesday. We’ll see approximately .3” of rain in the morning with .2” WV that falls as snow overnight, giving us a couple inches of new snow. Wind on Wednesday will be WSW 40-45 for much of the day, SW 40 in the afternoon, and WSW 20 after sunset.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, finished
Thursday sees a few scattered snow flurries in the morning, partly cloudy sky midday, and a few more flurries overnight. The snow level on Thursday will be 3000-3500′ all day long. Widn will be WSW 20 early, becoming SW 15 in the afternoon and SE 30 after midnight. We’ll see a trace of new during the day and an inch or so overnight.
Friday currently looks snowy, but a lot depends on the storm track of this system. The snow level will be around 3500′ or so with this system, but may also drop snow to the valley floor for a period. We’ll have to wait and see. Anyway, we’re currently forecast to see .3” WV or so, for a few inches of new snow. Wind will whip around from SE 30 to SW 30 as this low pressure system moves past. The general weekend forecast is for continued snowfall.
Gorge Wind Forecast
East wind at 50-55 for much of the day today (Tuesday), slowly fading to E 35-40 this afternoon and E 15-20 overnight. Wednesday looks like E 15-20 early and calm wind in the afternoon with light westerlies near Rooster Rock. It looks like we’ll see very light west wind on Thursday morning with light easterlies on Thursday afternoon.
Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
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Random Morning Thoughts
I’m sitting here looking out my window at the snowy Gorge and the hungry birds at my feeder. Somewhere out in the Pacific, a very warm and very wet weather system is headed this way, setting up a massive ice storm. There’s nothing I can do. And there’s some peace in that for me.
Life can feel like endless work, endless doing, and endless series of actions to make things happen. Most of us have a lot on our plates. We feel like jugglers of our lives. We have to act to make things happen.
Maybe this incoming storm can give all of us a moment to pause. We can’t do anything to stop it. Let’s just set down all the projects and the shoulds and the have-tos and the musts for a few hours. Let’s just be with the waiting. There’s nothing we can do, and there’s nothing to do. The storm is coming. Let yourself have a couple hours of peace before it happens. Have an awesome day.
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist (but I could be 40 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
Expect clouds and snow, sleet or freezing rain this morning, switching to clouds and freezing rain this afternoon. Temps will be in the teens early and the mid 20’s later. 1” of ice tonight, mostly after 4pm. No rainbows, damnit. Freezing rain continues tomorrow. Temps will be in the mid to upper 20’s early and, if the models are right (I don’t buy it) in the mid 30’s later. Either way, you can expect a cloudy day with light freezing rain or maybe even just a cloudy day. I think we’ll go above freezing for a short period late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Thursday looks cloudy with temps in the mid to upper 30’s. Next chance for precip, possibly snow, is Friday.
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White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
Your trainer bike will be happy to see you today. And so will your XC skis.
Upcoming Events
I’m guessing everything is canceled today and this evening in the Gorge. Get out and enjoy the snow before it becomes an ice skating rink.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira