MT HOOD SNOW FORECAST
Hey skiers and snowboarders. It’s a sad state of affairs on Mt Hood right now, but the forecast contains good news: the intraquartile range (25th percentile to 75th percentile) for snow through next Friday is 27-39”. After that, we head into another dry spell, but the snow we get this upcoming week (mostly with the snow level below 2000′!) should hold us for a good long while!
Short term Mt Hood snow forecast
Saturday is just plain old sad. We’ll see a gray day with light drizzle that transitions to wet snow overnight. The snow level will be 6000′ during the day and will slowly fall to 5000′ after midnight. During the day, we’re expecting about 0.2” rain or very wet snow. Overnight, we’re expecting 0.8” water equivalent (WE). During that time period, temps at 5000′ fall from 34F to 32F. Let’s call it 2-4” wet snow at 5000′ with more at higher elevations. Wind will be SW 25-35 this morning, SSW 40-65 this evening, and SW 20-35 after midnight.
Snow is expected on Sunday. The snow level starts around 5000′, falls to 3000′ by afternoon, and drops to 2000′ overnight. We’re expecting 0.4” WE during the day for 3-4” dense snow. Overnight, another 0.4” WE is in the cards for about 4” additional snow. Wind Sunday will be SW 20-35 all day and WSW 20-25 after midnight.
Extended Mt Hood Snow Forecast
Light snow is forecast Monday with dry weather overnight. The snow level will be 2000′ in the morning, 1500′ in the afternoon, and 1000′ overnight under cloudy sky. About 0.2” WE is forecast during the day for 2-3” dry powder. Overnight: 0.1” WE for an inch of new. Wind will be WSW 20-25 in the morning, W 15 in the afternoon, and WSW 20-25 after midnight.
Heavy snow (THANK THE STARS) is forecast on Tuesday. Models suggest about 1.0” WE with the snow level around 1000′. That works out to 10-12” fluffy powder. Wind: WSW 30-35. Additional heavy snowfall is forecast on Wednesday (maybe) with another foot possible. That’s followed by light snow on Thursday and the potential for a dry day Friday. If all that pans out, the resorts will be sitting pretty by next weekend. Yes! Patience through this weekend, my friends. We’re going to get some snow next week!
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GORGE WIND FORECAST
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SHORT-TERM gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! East wind today followed by westerlies of some sort for perhaps the next four days. I have no guarantees that those westerlies will be 1) strong enough or 2) during daylight hours. We’ll have to see how the timing plays out and also the strength of the systems driving the westerlies.
Models aren’t agreeing with reality this Saturday morning. We have pressures of 29.62/29.71/29.71 with easterlies at 30mph near Iwash, 10mph near Stevenson, and 15mph near Viento. Models insist Stevenson will rise to 30mph midday and drop to 20mph this afternoon while Iwash slowly fades to 15mph. River flow over the last 24 hours was 173-204kcfs, river temp is 43.9F, and high temp forecast is 44F with incoming rain.
RIVER FLOW FOR SITES BETWEEN AVERY (EAST OF THE DALLES) AND RUFUS: CLICK HERE FOR JOHN DAY DAM FLOW.
RIVER FLOW FOR SITES BETWEEN STEVENSON AND DOUG’S BEACH (WEST OF THE DALLES): CLICK HERE FOR THE DALLES DAM FLOW
LONGER-TERM gorge wind forecast
Sunday starts with easterlies at 10mph at Stevenson and westerlies at 10mph at Iwash (Rooster). Models hint at a switch mid-morning with 13-16mph from Stevenson to Viento, light wind from Swell to Avery and the potential for low to mid 20s east of John Day Dam. If we see that wind out east, it will drop off to 10mph mid-afternoon. High temp: 48F and cloudy to the west with partly cloudy sky to the east.
Monday brings light westerlies. Strongest wind will be in the upper teens between Avery and Hermiston. High temp: 45F with clearing sky. Tuesday and Wednesday and potentially Thursday have some potential for westerlies, but the signs in the models are far from consistent, and the timing would have to be just right for this to work out. My fingers are crossed for you!
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Clouds all day with drizzly this afternoon. Temps start in the mid 30s and rise tot he mid 40s. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Sunday will be rainy. Temps start in the upper 30s and rise to the upper 40s. Light westerlies. 19% chance of rainbows. Monday will be cloudy in the morning and sunny in the afternoon. Temps start in the mid 30s and rise to the mid 40s. Light to moderate westerlies. 2% 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! A few of you are doing some overachieving this morning and hanging on to freezing fog, freezing drizzle, and icy roads. Gloat in your messiness while you can – stronger wind aloft tonight should clear out any lingering cold air. Our attention then turns to the Monday through Thursday time frame, when the snow level will fall as low as 500-1000′ at times. Elevated folks have the potential to pick up noteworthy amounts of snow for the first time this winter. Beyond the end of next week, models drag us right back into another dry spell.
Glenwood this morning
Up in Glenwood this morning, nobody wants to go out and kidnap or capture anything or anyone because it’s 33 degrees and gray. But they are sitting around discussing the words “capture” and “kidnap” in various scenarios. Elsewhere in the region, we have some folks below freezing with lingering freezing drizzle: Middle Mountain, parts of Parkdale, Dufur, Sevenmile, Trout Lake, and Goldendale. Watch out for icy roads if you’re out and about this morning.
Today’s Gorge weather forecast
For the rest of today, we have intermittent drizzle to The Dalles through late morning. A fresh, new, more powerful system arrives around 1pm. This one brings heavy rain as far east as Mosier with light rain as far east as (fuck, I can’t read my handwriting) The Dalles (apparently) with heavy rain likely in the hills on the Washington side of the Nch’i Wana (Big River). Today’s temps max out in the mid 40s. Snow level: 5500′ or so. Wind: east 30mph near Iwash (dong) Rock and 20mph near Stevenson with light wind elsewhere.
Sunday’s Gorge weather forecast
Rain continues on Sunday morning as far east as The Dalles then moves east to the Arlington Equilateral Bermuda-kin Triangle. Another system close on the heels of that one brings another round of rain for areas west of Mosier. Temps: upper 30s to start and upper 40s to finish with the snow level falling from 5000′ to 2000′. We’ll see west wind at 15-20mph west of Hood River and east of Biggs with light wind in the middle. Clouds stick around all day in the west, and partly cloudy sky is forecast in the afternoon east of The Dalles.
Extended Gorge weather forecast
On Monday, we start out cloudy to the west and partly cloudy to the east. Watch out for black ice anywhere stars are visible early in the morning. Those of you above 2000′ are likely to wake to a dusting of snow. Lowland temps start the day in the mid to upper 30s, and they finish in the mid 40s with west wind at 10-15mph. Overnight into Tuesday, colder air arrives. Icy roads are possible all around the region.
Much more interesting weather is forecast Tuesday and Wednesday as moderate to heavy precipitation arrives with -4C temps aloft. This would take the snow level down to 1500′ for sure and as low as 500′ in any period of heavy precipitation (thank you, evaporative cooling). We’ll keep a close eye on this as we get closer, as we could see school impacts due to heavy snowfall in Parkdale. We’ll continue like this into Friday, after which temps start to warm. By next Sunday, dry weather takes hold again, potentially for quite a while. Safe travels. -TATAS
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