Meet Temira, your Gorge and Mt. Hood Forecaster
For almost 30 years, Temira (they/them) has been making the most of what the Gorge has to offer: riding river swell on a foil or windsurf board, carving fresh lines through the snow, and cycling all the gravel and pavement and trails. This is Temira’s playground, their gym… their life’s work.
That’s why in 2006, Temira took it upon themselves to create the most accurate, hyper-local weather forecasts possible. Inaccurate predictions had left too many fellow adventurers caught off-guard and in harm’s way. Temira was determined to change that. Today, Temira’s forecasts have become an essential resource for thousands of skiers, snowboarders, wind sports enthusiasts and travelers through the Gorge. With their guidance, you can plan ahead, time your sessions perfectly, and stay safer on the water, snow, and trails.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
Hey skiers and snowboarders! The wild ride, the roller coaster, continues on Mt. Hood. Another 4” or so fell last night before temps climbed into the rain zone. We’ll see a slow fall in those temps today, snow on Thursday, and dry weather Friday into Saturday morning. Saturday night into Sunday looks messy: snow turns to rain and then switches back to snow on Sunday morning with strong wind. That results in potential icing of lifts, depending on timing. Snow returns Sunday afternoon into Monday and is followed by dry, warmer weather for the middle part of next week. Maybe. Some models actually aim the Pineapple Express fire hose at us. That’s far out into the future, and obviously unclear as of yet, so let’s look at today – Wednesday.
The morning starts with mixed precip, wet snow, or rain at 5000′. The snow level falls from 6500′ early to 5000′ in the afternoon and 4000′ overnight. During the day, we’re expecting about 0.6” water equivalent (WE). With temps hovering right around freezing, that’s 1-3” wet snow at 5000′ and more above 6500′. Overnight, 0.3” WE is forecast for 2-3” of less dense, but still dense snow. Wind: SW 25-30 in the morning, SW 20-40 in the afternoon, and WSW 30-40 overnight.
Snow continues Thursday daytime, continues in orographic (terrain-enhanced) fashion in the afternoon, and tapers off overnight. The snow level will be 4000′ in the morning, 3000′ in the afternoon, and 2000′ overnight as temps drop from the 31-33 range to the upper 20s. About 0.4” WE is forecast during the day for about 4” decent quality new snow. Overnight: 0.1” WE for another inch. Wind: WSW 30-40 in the morning, WNW 20-25 in the afternoon, and NW 15-20 overnight.
Friday starts with some high clouds and filtered sun. Afternoon: clear and sunny! The free air freezing level will be 1500′ in the morning, 2500′ in the afternoon, and 1500′ overnight. Wind: NW 15-20 early, NW 10-15 in the afternoon, and NNW 5-10 overnight. Dry, sunny weather Saturday morning adds mixed precip then rain around sunset as the snow level rises to 7000′ (temps mid 30s). Overnight, the precip intensity and wind pick up. As the snow level drops on Sunday morning (time is unclear as of yet), strong wind and heavy precip may result in icing of lifts. Vote for this to happen after the lifts are turning, not before, otherwise you may be waiting for hours to shred! Snow continues, heavy at times, Sunday afternoon into Monday, when we have the potential for a nice powder day. Speaking of powder days, I literally dreamed I was skiing long powder runs last night. Soon!
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Gorge Wind Forecast
Hi friends! As you may have noticed, the weather’s been quite active. This will generally continue through Monday. Given timing changes in systems moving through, it’s tricky to forecast. Generalities are handy here! Wednesday’s easy: calm all day. River flow over the last 24 hours was 81-143kcfs, river temp is 53.8F, and high temp forecast is 54F.
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Thursday sees ANOTHER wet system swing through. Morning wind will be 7-10 west of The Dalles and gusty 18-23 east of The Dalles. After 1pm or so, the wind drops off out in the far east and settles in at 15-18 from Viento to Rufus. Stevenson: 7-10. East of Rufus: 7-10. High temp will be 51F with increasing sun in the afternoon. Friday sees high pressure rebuild off the coast. This starts us with W 12-15 from Viento to Swell. We’ll finish with 14-17 from Stevenson to Hood River and 7-10 to the east. High temp: 48F under mostly clear sky. Extended: Saturday looks calm. Ensembles have about a 30-35% chance of a big day out east on Sunday. Another 20-30% have moderate wind out east. The rest are not optimistic. The trend over the last day has been upwards in strength, so fingers crossed!
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Very basic Hood River weather forecast. Don’t plan your life around this. You really should read Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook
Rain this morning tapers off midday and turns to intermittent heavy shower this afternoon. Temps start in the mid 40s and rise to the mid 50s. Calm wind other than in those heavy showers. 99% chance of rainbows. Thursday will be rainy in the morning then mostly dry in the afternoon. Temps start in the low 40s and rise to 50 or so. Moderate westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Friday looks dry with partly cloudy sky., Temps start int eh upper 30s and rise to the upper 40s. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows.
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Cycling
Please see the HRATS/Hood River County for complete details on Post Canyon closures. Newly reopened in Post: lower Trail 100 paralleling the lower part of Post Canyon Road. The Twin Tunnels Trail between Hood River and Mosier has reopened. Kreps and Green Diamond Lands have reopened. That includes Whoopdee, Hospital Hill, and Underwood. Closed: Gorge 400 and lots of other trails due to the Whisky Creek Fire. Trail near Mt. Adams due to the Williams Mine Fire. Remember that E-bikes are not allowed on USFS non-moto trails. They are allowed on moto trails.
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