Mt. Hood snow and Gorge wind forecast | The Gorge is my Gym

Good morning!

I think I might be almost caught up on sleep now. =)

This morning’s ski report has a couple inches of new at both Meadows and Timberline, where the dusting of new should be enough to turn the groom into packed powder, with dust on crust off the groom. With the snow level at 2000’ today and northwest wind blowing across the mountain, there will likely be more afternoon snow flurries on Mt. Hood today with another inch or so of new.

The next couple of days bring more NW wind with partly cloudy to sunny skies on the mountain. It looks like there’s a pretty good chance of significant snow Saturday night into Sunday, so keep that in mind if you’re hoping for one more powder day this season.

We’ll see wind on the mountain all day, but Gorge wind is going to be hindered by high pressure today. The early gradient is at .05, which is enough for 10-15 near Hood River. I think we’ll see another round of 15-18 this afternoon from Stevenson to Hood River. Tomorrow looks windier in the afternoon, but will start off light with another cold morning. West winds pick up early tomorrow afternoon, building to 17-21 from Stevenson to Doug’s in the afternoon.

The mountain biking report is a happy one today. Yesterday’s riders report near-perfect conditions in Post Canyon, but if you’re headed to the Washington side to ride Hospital Hill, make sure you leave your dogs at home because the cows are out. It’s also very poopy over there, so leave your squeamishness at home.

If you want to paddle, the Hood’s around 5.5 feet, the Klickitat’s at 2700 cfs and the White Salmon is at 4 feet even.

Finally, this week is the first week for the Hood River Yacht Club’s Wednesday night race series, and it’s also the first week for the Post and Pint ride out of Dirty Fingers on Thursday.

Have an awesome day!

Temira

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Good morning!

There’s a stalled front well south of Mt. Hood this morning, and that’s giving us some high clouds, but we should see filtered sun or straight up sunshine today. The free air freezing level will rise to around 5-6000’ with the sunshine today, hopefully thawing out the ice on the ground. NW winds will slowly decrease today, dropping to 15-25 by 2pm.

Tomorrow starts off clear, with high clouds moving in by 2pm. The FAF starts at 500’, rising to around 5000’ in the afternoon. Winds will be NW 15-25 all day. We’ll see a couple inches of snow overnight tomorrow night.

Tuesday looks cloudy early with clear skies by noon. Winds will be NW 20-30 early, going to W 10-15 by 2pm.

Wednesday looks clear and sunny.

The wind forecast is starting to look good as well. High pressure sets up over the Pacific with a low pressure trough along the coast. Without daytime heating, we won’t have super strong westerlies, but there will be enough wind for sailing the next few days. The gradient is at .08 this morning, so give it a couple of hours and we’ll have 17-21 from Stevenson to the Sandbar, filling in to Doug’s and Maryhill this afternoon in the 18-22 range.

Tomorrow starts off with light wind, but it will pick up to 17-20 from Stevenson to Hood River by 1pm. Doug’s and Mosier see 22-25 in the afternoon.

Tuesday looks light as high pressure builds across the Cascades.

Tomorrow and Tuesday look windy at the coast as well, with 25-30 at Pistol and 20-25 at the central coast with a 5 foot SW swell at 9 seconds.

Sailboat racing season starts this Wednesday.

Have a great day today!

Temira

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