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The Forecast
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| Tuesday 6000′->6500′->2500′ |
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| Wednesday 2500′->6000′ |
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| Thursday 6000′->1500′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
If you have a desire to get above the clouds, you’ll find your sunshine on the slopes today, Wednesday, and Thursday. After that, light precip returns to the slopes, taking away the blue sky.For Tuesday, expect a sunny morning and high clouds in the afternoon with a few flurries on the lowest slopes overnight. The freezing level will be 6000′ early, 6500′ in the afternoon, and 2500′ after midnight. Wind: WNW 30 early, W 25 in the afternoon, and W 45 after midnight.
Wednesday looks sunny. The freezing level will be 2500′ early, 4000′ in the afternoon, and the free air freezing level will be 6000′ overnight. Wind: W 45 early, WSW 15 in the afternoon, and SW 20-30 overnight.
Thursday looks clear during the day and cloudy after midnight with scattered light flurries. The snow level will be 6000′ early, 4500′ in the afternoon, and 1500′ after midnight. Just 0.05” to 0.1” water value (WV) falls overnight, for 1/2” to 1” of new snow. Wind: SW 20-30 early, SW 20-40 in the afternoon, and SW 20-30 after midnight.
Light snowfall continues on Friday with the snow level at 1500′ early, 2000′ in the afternoon, and 1000′ after midnight. Just 1-3” falls in the 24 hours period. Wind: SW 20-30 most of the day, and W 10 after midnight. Saturday starts with flurries and then turns sunny. Sunday looks sunny and beautiful with light wind.
Gorge Wind Forecast
Moderate westerlies continue for the next few days. You’ll also have a couple chances in the next five days for zero wind, if that’s something you need. For Tuesday, westerlies start at 11-14 or so through the entire Gorge. Afternoon wind will be 12-15 in the west and 22-25 from Rowena to Arlington. River flow is 131kcfs and temp is 40 degrees.Wednesday starts with 14-17 through the whole Gorge. High pressure builds inland during the afternoon, likely dropping the wind to “light and variable”. Thursday starts with E 5-10 near Stevenson and Viento and E 10-15 near Rooster. The wind turns around in the afternoon to W 14-17 from Stevenson to Biggs. Friday looks like W 13-16, and your best bet for zero wind is Sunday morning.
COAST, JONES, SAUVIE’S: Detailed forecast is on winter break.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Mostly cloudy sky will probably turn partly cloudy and then high overcast on Tuesday. Scattered sprinkles are possible in the morning and then again after midnight. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and mid 50’s later. Moderate westerlies. 14% chance of rainbows. Wednesday looks cloudy in the morning and clear in the afternoon. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and low 50’s in the afternoon. Moderate morning wind goes calm in the afternoon. No rainbows. Thursday looks sunny in the morning and partly cloudy in the afternoon. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and near 60 later. Light east wind early, moderate west wind in the afternoon. No rainbows. Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.Cycling
Given yesterday’s weather and the lack of significant precip in the forecast today, I’m thinking there’s some darn fine dirt out there at Post, Hospital, Underwood, Ronnoc, and Syncline. Nestor report is “a little bit of snow at the top with one tree down on the trail”.Upcoming Events
It’s Tuesday: at 6am on Tuesdays, you can do the Kaino’s coffee run in The Dalles for a free cup of coffee, or you can do Zen meditation at Trinity Natural Medicine in Hood River. At 5:15 tonight, there’s a silent hour of meditation at Yoga Samadhi, and there’s guided meditation at 6:30. There’s free youth yoga at HAVEN in The Dalles at 6, and there’s Zumba Gold at the Hood River Adult Center at 6.
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Have an awesome day!
Temira