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

Good morning!

Mountain Weather Forecast:

It’s another beautiful day on Mt. Hood, and no, I didn’t wear my bikini to the mountain today. However, it looks like we’ll see more bikini weather next week, so there’s another chance for all of us to remember our fair-weather clothing.

We’ll see clear skies for the morning, at least, with high clouds moving in during the afternoon today. The free air freezing level, at 2000’ or so right now, will rise to around 9000’ later today, possibly as high as 10000’ by this evening. West wind at 10-15 this morning will rise to W 25-35 by noon, going to NW 25-35 by 8pm. I

Tomorrow looks wet on Mt. Hood, with light rain starting by 2am, becoming moderate by 10am, becoming light again in the evening, and ending by 4am Saturday. Total precip will be .25” to .5”. I’m thinking we’ll see closer to .5” of rain. The snow level tomorrow will be around 7500-8000’ for the entire day, falling to 6000’ by Saturday morning. Winds on Friday start at W 20-25, building to W 30-40, and switching to NW 30-40 by 8pm. I think all lifts at Meadows will run through this system.

Saturday morning looks cloudy, with partly cloudy skies by afternoon. It should be dry on Saturday, with the free air freezing level around 6000’. Morning winds will be N 10-15, decreasing to light W wind by evening.

Sunday looks dry and sunny, with the free air freezing level around 6500 feet. Winds will be light and variable. The early part of next week looks relatively warm, sunny and dry.

Gorge Wind Forecast:

We’ll see light westerlies today, building to 14-18 by early afternoon. Tomorrow starts off light, but with the passage of a cold front mid-afternoon, we’ll see westerlies pick up into the 22-27 range from Hood River down to Doug’s. However, this may not happen until after dark, and it may be rainy, which will destroy the wind quality. Saturday brings light wind to the Gorge.

Enjoy the sunshine!

Temira

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Good morning!

It’s a beautiful bluebird day on Mt. Hood today, and my brain is already looking forward to sunshine and Vitamin D overload. Unfortunately, I forgot my bikini today, but I won’t be so foolish tomorrow.

Mountain Weather Forecast:

Today looks sunny and clear all day, with light and variable wind. The free air freezing level will be 2000’ in the morning, rising to 4000’ in the afternoon.

Tomorrow starts off clear, with the freezing level at 4500’, rising to 7000’ by midday and 9000’ by late afternoon. High clouds will move in sometime in the early afternoon. Winds start off light and variable, rising to W 10-20 by noon and increasing to WNW 20-30 by 7pm. Precipitation should hold off until midnight or so Thursday, but when it comes in, it will come in as r**n for Friday, with the exception of a possible brief period of freezing rain overnight Thursday into Friday morning.

The snow level will be around 7000’ early on Friday, falling to 6000’ by 4pm, possibly briefly dropping to 4000’ overnight, but rising quickly to 8000’ by Saturday morning. The rain will be light between midnight and 11am, becoming moderate from 11am to 4pm, and turning to light sprinkles for the rest of Friday. Total precipitation will be somewhere between .25” and 1”, depending on the exact storm track. Winds on Friday start at WNW 20-30, rising to WNW 30-40 by noon, dropping slowly to NW 20-30 by midnight.

Saturday looks warm, with possible light sprinkles through 10am, or possibly just dry conditions. Total precip will be less than .1”. It’s going to be fairly warm, with the free air freezing level somewhere between 6000’ and 10000’. Winds early Saturday will be somewhere between W and N at 15-20, becoming light and variable by noon.

Sunday looks dry and warm.

That concludes your morning weather forecast. The moonset was amazing, the sunrise is beautiful, as always, and you should make at least one run today! Have a great day!

Wind forecast:

Today and tomorrow look quite light in the Gorge, but there’s a very good chance we’ll see sailable west winds in the 24-27 range in the Corridor on Friday, as a summer-like high pressure system sets up off the coast.

Temira

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