MT HOOD SNOW FORECAST
Hey skiers and snowboarders! While we, meaning Mt Hood, are likely to pick up a touch of snow during a period of time Friday into Saturday, that snow will be bookended by a couple periods of potentially heavy rain. The likelihood of ski season starting in the next couple of weeks seems low.
Wednesday on Mt Hood starts with high clouds and simply adds more clouds. The free air freezing level will be around 4500′, and it’ll rise to 6500′ after midnight. Wind: WSW 5-10 in the morning, NW 15-20 in the afternoon, and NW 10 overnight.
Thursday starts cloudy and quickly turns wet. The snow level will be 6500′ in the morning, and it’ll eventually rise to 9500′. About 0.6” rain is forecast during the day. Another 2.4” rain is forecast overnight. We could even see more thanks to very strong orographic support: NW 10-15mph in the morning, WNW 35-40mph in the afternoon, and WNW 50-55mph after midnight. Whoa. Friday starts out rainy and eventually switches to light snowfall as the snow level drops from 9500′ to 3500′. About 0.8” rain is forecast during the day. After 1pm, the rain switches to snow. We pick up 0.2” to 0.5” water equivalent (WE) for 1-4” snowfall. There’s a slight chance of more thanks to orographic assistance: wind will be WNW 50-55 early, W 45 in the afternoon, and W 45 all night long.
A trace of snow is forecast on Saturday as the snow level drops from 4500′ to 3500′. Wind: W 45 in the morning fading to W 20 in the afternoon and SW 15-25 after midnight. Temps rebound upwards on Sunday. Drizzle is forecast for much of Sunday and Monday. That’s followed by another round of rain on Monday night with a potentially torrential round of rain Tuesday into Wednesday.
Hmph. That’s not exactly the cold/wet La Nina we were promised – this seems rather warm and wet. Looking deeper into the future… temps at 850mb (~5000′) stay too high for snow through at least the 12th. After that, uncertainty is too high to make predictions, and as you may have noticed, previous long-range model suggestions about incoming cold/wet combo have fallen apart. Advice: continue with the dryland training program!
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GORGE WIND FORECAST
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today’s gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! Hopefully a bunch of you made it out yesterday to take advantage of the Hatch westerlies. I was working pretty much all day – seems like my luck lately! Next chance for wind is likely to be Friday into early Saturday when a cold front and low pressure system approaches from the NNW and combine with strong upper-level wind for Hatch/Rufus westerlies. Remember that this Saturday is the Big Winds Locals’ Appreciation Day sale. This is a good one. Doors open at 9am.
Looking at Wednesday, we see not much at all. Light easterlies in the morning, calm wind midday, light westerlies later. River flow over the last 24 hours was 85-182kcfs, river temp is 51.1F, and high temp forecast is 46F.
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tomorrow’s gorge wind forecast
Looking at Thursday – a weather system approaches from the NNW. This setup tends to give us wind between Stevenson and Viento (sometimes the Hatch) and potentially east of The Dalles. For Thursday, we have gusty, wet 16-19 from Stevenson to Viento (maybe the Hatch) all day with areas east of Rufus eventually rising to gusty 14-17mph. High temp: 48F.
extended Gorge wind forecast
Friday sees a much stronger system move inland. Models still don’t agree on how strong it will be, and they also don’t agree on the timing. This setup generally leads to very strong wind at Viento and Rufus. Models have the wind strongest after noon and continuing overnight. It’s likely to be raining hard west of Mosier (or Hood River), so you may far better out east. Models have anything from 20mph to 40mph average speeds. Whatever the deets, it’s likely to be windy. Hopefully it happens prior to dark.
On Saturday morning, you might have a shot at lingering westerlies before the wind fades to nothing in the afternoon. I’ll do one more forecast tomorrow before I head out to retreat on Friday. Hopefully that’ll get you through the next week!
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Clouds this morning, mostly cloudy later. Temps start in the mid 30s and rise to the mid 40s. Light/variable wind. No rainbows. Thursday will be drizzly then rainy. Temps start in the upper 30s and rise to the upper 40s. Light to moderate westerlies. 71% chance of rainbows. Friday will be very rainy. Temps start in the low 40s and rise to the mid 50s. Moderately strong to strong westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows.
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HYPERLOCAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE COLUMBIA GORGE
THE DALLES, HOOD RIVER, WHITE SALMON, TROUT LAKE, STEVENSON, CASCADE LOCKS, PARKDALE, ODELL, HUSUM, BZ, MILL A, WILLARD, GOLDENDALE, RUFUS, ARLINGTON, boardman
Good morning, neighbors! Roads this morning appear clear of ¡ce, but you may find some icy roads at the higher elevations where temps are below freezing. Enjoy the dry weather today, because we head into a much wetter period starting Thursday. While those of you to the east may be rain-shadowed for parts of this Pineapple Express playtime, others of you (Mill A, for example) are going to take a soaking on the ol’ noggin. Between now and Wednesday, we’ll have some periods of very unpleasant driving through the western Gorge: Thursday morning into Friday morning, Sunday and Monday evenings, and then (the worst) Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning. Timing of all that is likely to shift some, but the general picture is in place. Between now and next Wednesday (when I return from retreat), we’re looking at 6-9” moisture for the Cascades and 1-4” for The Dalles. Wow.
Glenwood this morning and today’s Gorge weather forecast
Wednesday won’t be wet unless you get deep in your butt crack, where it’s always a bit damp. Get that outside stuff done, but make sure that crack stays covered! Glenwood started the day at 26 degrees, ten degrees warmer than Hood River and The Dalles. Temps rise to the mid 40s today under cloudy sky with light/variable wind. Boring.
Thursday’s Gorge weather forecast
Rain arrives from the northwest on Thursday morning. Heaviest rainfall will be west of Hood River and east of Arlington, but even the rain-shadowed folks in that in-between zone will pick up some drizzle. After starting the day in the upper 30s, temps rise to the upper 40s. We’ll see west wind at 15mph or so west of Hood River and east of The Dalles with lighter wind in between. Driving to/from the metro area? Expect rain all day with heavy rain from mid-morning on into the night.
Friday’s Gorge weather forecast
Rain stays west of Mosier on Friday thanks to the direction of an incoming system. We’ll have moderate rain all day in the usual tricky driving areas. Also potentially scheduled: strong to very strong wind between Stevenson and Hood River and also east of The Dalles to Arlington. While the forecast range of wind speed is wide, the higher end possibilities could knock down some trees given the wet soil. Most likely area for this: between Iwash (RELEASE THE PEDO-FILES) Rock and Hood River. High temps on Friday: mid 50s – yeah, that’s warm, and that’s thanks to the Pineapples incoming with this system.
Extended Gorge weather forecast
We’ll see on-and-off drizzle through the weekend with temps in the 50-55F range. That’s not record territory – records are near 60F – but it’s still quite warm for this time of year. Next up: possible heavy rain west of The Dalles Monday night and potentially very, very, very heavy rain Tuesday into Wednesday. That one you’ll have to sort out on your own, because I’ll be splashing around in puddles on a meditation retreat. My housesitter has declined to take over forecasting responsibilities. So there we have it. I’ll see you tomorrow, and then I’m gone for a week. Safe travels. -TATAS
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