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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday

It looks like the Nothing has arrived, bringing low clouds to the Gorge (or fog if you’re in the clouds). It’s a little better up on the mountain, where there are breaks in a high cloud deck, but sadly, the sunny day I thought we’d get isn’t going to happen today. On a brighter note, there is a fresh trace of snow on Mt. Hood, a start for the winter’s snowpack.

If you want to play outside today, it should be pretty dry, at least until 5pm. Tomorrow morning brings light sprinkles, enough to wet your gore-tex, but not wet enough to drench you. Sunday looks dry, as does Monday morning.

For those of you looking for wind for windsurfing or kiting, you’ll have to look in Baja or Maui, because it’s not going to be windy here in the Gorge the next few days. There are a lot of events going on, so you’ll have lots to do this weekend.

First off, the Hood River Area Trail Stewards have a mountain bike movie premiere at the Pint Shack tomorrow night. The movie will be great, but this is more about building community than watching a show or drinking a cold one. 6:30pm. Come get your trail stoke on!

Or if that’s not your thing, there are plenty of trail work parties this weekend. The big Post Canyon work party is next Saturday, the 10th, but until then, you can dig at these events: Hood River County has a motorized trail work party tomorrow, meeting at Binn’s Hill Staging Area at 9am. Help the County get in-kind dollars for their grants. This is really important. If you can be there, please do. Also tomorrow, there’s a work party on the White Salmon Bike Park from 9-noon. Then on Sunday, the Girls Who Love Dirt have a work party from 10-2, meeting a Family Man. And… WTA has a work party Saturday on Syncline, 9-noon. Yeah. Lots of work parties.

In snow news, the news isn’t exactly pretty. The week or two of winter has gone to Baja with the snowbirds, and we’re back to spring on Mt. Hood. The freezing level today is 8000′, but it will drop to 7000′ around 2pm. Rain starts around 5pm, with .4-.5” falling by Saturday morning. Wind today will be SW 15, dropping to SSW 10 in the afternoon and picking up to SW 25-30 overnight.

Saturday morning starts off with the snow level at 9000′, with a trace of rain in the morning. Rain starts up again around 8pm, with another .1” or so by Sunday morning, when we’ll have picked up an hour from changing the clocks. Wind on Saturday will be SW 20-25.

Sunday looks dry, but the snow level, starting at 10,000′, rises to >12,000′. Wind will be WSW 15-20 early, going to W 15 midday and WNW 20-25 in the afternoon.

Warm weather continues through Tuesday. By Friday, low pressure from Alaska makes its way to the Oregon coast, bringing colder, wet weather with the snow level at or below the passes. The long-term, not very reliable models suggest a return to dry weather next weekend.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

It’s a lovely morning out there today, with low clouds and fog and sprinkles and a generally wintry look to the world, other than the 55 degree reading on the thermometer. That’s rather springlike.

This weather will continue today, with rain increasing after noon and decreasing after 5pm. Tomorrow looks rainy during the day, with decreasing rain in the evening. Friday starts out sunny, with high clouds moving in late in the day. Saturday will likely be cloudy, mostly dry, with occasional showers.

In wind news, you’ll have a chance tomorrow midday into the afternoon, as westerlies fire up through the gorge. Expect it to be gusty and inconsistent. Wind speeds will hit 26-30 tomorrow east of Hood River, with a brief period of useable wind in the central Gorge too.

On the mountain, the Pineapple Express continues, although rainfall amounts will decrease today. Not that it matters… the snow we were skinning and skiing on last week is completely melted away. The snow level this morning will be 10,000, falling to 8000′ by 2pm and 6500′ by 11pm. Precip today includes .3” by 5pm and .1” by 5am. Wind today will be SW 30-35 early, picking up to SW 40 late in the evening.

Tomorrow morning sees the snow level at 6500′ in the morning, falling to 6000′ in the afternoon, when some wet flakes might start falling at the higher ski areas. Mt. Hood gets .5” of water value by 5pm, followed by showers. Let’s just call it all rain at 5000′, with an inch or two of wet snow higher up. Wind Thursday will be SW 45-50 early, swinging to a delightful W 40 around 2pm and slowly dropping to WNW 20 by 8pm.

Friday, finally, starts out clear and sunny. High clouds move in during the afternoon. The snow level will be at 6000′ early, rising to 9000′ mid-afternoon. Wind will be SW 15-20. Some sprinkles may fall overnight Friday into Saturday. On Saturday, the snow level will be around 9000′, with a few orographic rain showers keeping the dirt on Mt. Hood nice and moist.

In events this weekend, it’s the annual HRVHS ski swap both Saturday and Sunday, but you know the best bargains will be at the early bird shopping at 7:30am Saturday morning. Also Saturday morning, three trail work parties: one working on motorized trails (like Dirt Surfer and Borderline), meeting at 8:30am at Binn’s Hill Staging Area. The second work party is at the White Salmon Bike Park at 9am. The third is at Syncline. The weather should be good for working on dirt, and it should be dry enough to ride your bike after you work!

On Saturday night, the Hood River Area Trail Stewards have a mountain bike movie premiere at the Pint Shack at 7pm. You’ll want to be there to support the organization that supports your trails. Also, there are great raffle prizes. And a movie. A pretty sweet mountain biking movie!

Have an awesome day today!

Temira