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Good morning!

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

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The snow report today is snowy, with orographic snow showers, heavy at times, giving us up to 3” of new snow. Snow flurries continue all day, with the snow level at 500’ early, rising to 1500’ in the afternoon with NW wind at 25-35 all day.

Tomorrow looks sunny and dry, with the free air freezing level (FAF) at 500’ early, rising to 4000’ by 2pm, rising to 5500’ by 11pm. Winds will be light early, building to E 10-20 by 2pm.

The snow level will rise to 6000’ by Sunday morning. The day starts off dry, with light rain moving in sometime around noon. Winds will be s 10-15 early, gong to E 20-30 around 11am, switching to SW 15-20 as the front approaches around 4pm.

The snow level drops Saturday night, hitting 5000’ by 2am and 3500’ by 5am, with the rain switching to snow overnight for .3” water value or 1-3” of new by 5am. Moderate snow continues during the day for another .5” water value or 4-6” of new snow. The wind Sunday will be SW 35-40.

The snow continues flying Monday and Tuesday. Winter ain’t over yet.

Gorge Wind Forecast

The wind will be 23-26 from Mosier to Arlington this morning, picking up to 28-32 from Rowena to Arlington this afternoon. If you stay under the clouds in Hood River and Stevenson, you’ll have gusty 16-19.

This system moves through today and high pressure builds in tonight, setting up a glassy morning on the Columbia tomorrow. East winds will pick up in the afternoon, blowing 15-20 or so down at Stevenson and Rooster Rock. The wind looks light on Saturday.

Tonight is the first Post and Pint ride for the season. Meet at Dirty Fingers at 5:30 for a lap around Post Canyon. If you finish the ride, you’ll be rewarded with a pint afterwards. Also tonight is the Hood River Crit series down by the Event Site in Hood River. Head down there and watch some high speed bikeracing.

Coming up on Saturday, there’s a work party on Seven Streams trail in Post Canyon. Whether you run it, bike it, or hike it, come by from 9am – noon and help make it better.

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Temira

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Good morning!

The clouds moved in early this morning, so we have high overcast skies on the mountain. The free air freezing level (FAF) is around 1000’ right now and will rise to 4000’ this afternoon. Winds will be SW 10-20, dropping to 10-15 by 2pm. It should be dry today, but we’ll see some snow flurries starting around 11pm, for an inch or so of new snow overnight.

Flurries continue tomorrow, with the snow level at 1000’ and another 1-2” of snow. Winds tomorrow will be NW 30-35+ all day long.

Friday looks sunny. The FAF starts at 1000’ and rises to 4000’ in the afternoon. Winds will be NW 10-15 in the morning, switching to SE 15-25 in the afternoon.

Saturday starts off dry and cloudy with the FAF at 6000’ and S wind at 10-15. Precip, likely in the form of rain, moves in around noon. The precip becomes heavy overnight for .75-1.0” of (mostly) rain, becoming snow by about 2am.

Snow will fly all day Sunday with WSW wind in the 25-35 range. We’ll see a total of .5-.75” water value for 6-8” of new snow, possibly more, depending on the storm track, continuing through Sunday night. Monday looks like a nice new snow day. It looks like the jet stream will be pointed right at us for much of next week, bringing cool, wet systems. Sorry if you were hoping for sunshine. Personally, I’m okay with another powder day or two.

The wind forecast for today says light wind in the morning, switching to W 17-20 from Hood River out to Arlington by mid-afternoon as a system moves in. It’s going to be gusty today. Tomorrow looks better, with an upper low in the desert and high pressure off the coast. We’ll have 21-24 early from Doug’s to Arlington, building to 27-30 in the afternoon. Hood River and Stevenson will probably be cloudy tomorrow, meaning we’ll see gusty 16-19 in the western Gorge. Friday looks sunny and calm.

In the organized events world, for you team players, tonight is the first race of the summer for the Hood River Yacht Club. Race starts at 6:30, so be at the docks at 5:45 with a six-pack of beer if you’d like to talk your way onto a boat. Tomorrow is the first Post n’ Pint ride of the season (Dirty Fingers, 5:30, for a lap around Post Canyon) and tomorrow is also the Hood River Crit Series at the Event Site (OBRA sanctioned).

Coming up Saturday there’s another work party in Post Canyon. This one’s for everyone’s favorite trail, Seven Streams (and yes, it’s in perfect riding shape right now). Meet at 9am at the kiosk at the bottom of Post Canyon Road.

Have a great day today!

Temira