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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Saturday
Sunday
Monday

Quick and simple: Today will be sunny with north wind at 20-30. The freezing level will be around 3000’ early, rising to 5500’ in the afternoon.

Tomorrow looks sunny with north wind at 20-30. The freezing level will be around 5500’ all day.

Monday looks sunny with north wind becoming light and variable in the afternoon. The freezing level will be 5500’ early, rising to 9000’ in the afternoon.

Tuesday looks warm and sunny with the freezing level around 9000’ with NW wind at 15-20 all day.

At this point, models don’t suggest any large change in the pattern any time soon, although they’re hinting at the high pressure starting to break down in the middle of next week.

Gorge wind conditions include westerlies today at 17-21 near Hood River. Sunday looks light. Monday brings east wind at 15-18, and Tuesday looks like 21-24. Apparently it is possible to launch from the new kite beach, but take a friend in case you need help escaping the quicksand. =)

In events, there’s not much going on other than Occupy Hood River at Jackson Park and various snow dances taking place in living rooms across the Gorge and great Portland/Vancouver metro area.

Mountain biking conditions are off the charts for this time of year. Syncline is perfect, and Post Canyon from Family Man to the top of 8-Track is in near-perfect shape. Get out and ride!

Have an awesome day today!

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Friday
Friday
Saturday

There’s really not much to say about the weather on Mt. Hood for the next week to ten days, unless something changes drastically in the weather picture.

Today looks mostly clear, with some high clouds brushing the area from a nearby no-precip frontal system. Winds will be N to NW in the 20-30+ range. The freezing level is theoretically going to be around 1000’, but obviously, that’s not the case with temps in the upper 30’s at 6000’. Call it above freezing on the slopes today and call it good.

Tomorrow starts off with a similar picture: clear skies, N wind at 20-30, the freezing level around 6000’. Ditto on Sunday. Ditto on Monday, with the freezing level rising to 9000’ on Monday afternoon and the wind finally dying back to light and variable.

As long as this blocking high pressure system sits off the west coast, we’re stuck in this pattern. At least the ridge is also keeping bitterly cold temps from draining into the PNW from Canada…

If we saw this setup in summer, I’d be calling for day after day of strong westerlies in the Gorge. Unfortunately, with cold overnight temps and (weaker) high pressure in the desert, it’s not quite an ideal setup. However, we’ll see westerlies at 17-20 today, tomorrow, and Sunday morning, before the wind dies on Sunday afternoon. Monday looks weak, but Tuesday holds potential for a big westerly afternoon as a weak weather system sneaks by the ridge, leaving us with high pressure off the coast and low pressure in the desert. I want to hear from you if you try launching from the new sandbar. Watch out for quicksand. No, seriously. Watch out for quicksand.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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