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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.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
Good morning skiers and snowboarders! I went for a skin at Meadows yesterday, and the snow coverage was pretty darn good for this early in the season all the way to the top of Cascade. It was so warm up there that the snow was actually sticky! But you can say goodbye to spring conditions. We’re entering a week or more of significant precipitation and fluctuating snow levels; there will be periods of heavy snow and also periods of rain. All that said, if the Monday-Tuesday system performs as expected, lift-serve ski season is right around the corner!
Saturday on the mountain will be cloudy. A bit of drizzle or mixed precip arrives overnight, but it’ll just be a bit. Maybe 0.1” water equivalent (WE) overnight. The snow level will be 9000′ this morning and will fall to 5500′ overnight. Call it a trace of wet snow at 5000′ with up to an inch up high. Wind will be variable to 10mph this morning becoming WSW 10-15 overnight.
Sunday starts partly cloudy and turns increasingly cloudy. Rain (sad) moves in overnight. The snow level will be 5500′ to start, 7500′ in the afternoon, and 6000′ overnight. Temps peak around 40F at 5000′. About 0.2 to 0.3” rain is forecast overnight, starting around 4pm. Wind: W 10 in the morning builds to SW 15-25 in the afternoon and keeps building to SW 25-50 overnight.
Rain early Monday morning switches to snow around sunrise. It continues all the way into Tuesday. Yay! The snow level Monday morning will be 6000′, but it quickly drops to 4500′ and then eventually falls to 3500′ after midnight. A brief bout of rain or mixed precip prior to sunrise drops a quick 0.4” WE as rain-then-wet-snow. During the day, we’re expecting 0.5” to 0.6” WE of relatively dense snow for 4-5” new. Overnight, the snow will be slightly less wet, and we’ll pick up 0.7” to 0.8” WE. Call that 7-10” new snow. I added that high-end potential thanks to the wind speed and direction – it could help the mountain over-perform. Wind on Monday: SW 25-50 in the morning, WSW 30-35 in the afternoon, and W 40 overnight.
Strong west wind and additional moisture continues into Tuesday. We should pick up another half a foot of snow at 5000′. Overnight, the snow level and temps start to rise; by Wednesday morning, the snow level will be around 6000′ with temps at 5000′ in the 33-34F range. Models are all over the place on precip amounts Wednesday into Thursday, but they do indicate it’s likely to be raining much of the time below 6500′. That rain switches back to snow on Thursday afternoon and continues into Friday. Again, models don’t have a handle on snow amounts for that period. It does seem like we’re going to pick up at least a foot or two of new in that Monday-Tuesday period followed by more snow Thursday night into Friday. Hopefully that gets those resorts open for the season! Fingers crossed – yesterday’s spring skiing was fun, but powder is where it’s at. Have a great weekend!
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Gorge Wind Forecast
Hi friends! Not much going on in the extended forecast. Best chance of some wind is Monday or Tuesday afternoon out east, but the ensembles are really not on board with this, meaning the chances are low. For Saturday, we started with easterlies around 15mph at Iwash (Rooster) Rock, Viento, and Stevenson. The wind quickly goes calm and then switches direction. This afternoon, we might get lucky with a few hours of 13-16 from Stevenson to Hood River before the wind drops back to 5-10mph with the arrives of drizzle in the afternoon. River flow over the last 24 hours was 96-167kcfs, river temp is 54.8F, and high temp forecast is 58F.
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Sunday stats calm. Easterlies pick up to 15-20mph near Cascade Locks in the evening ahead of an incoming system. High temp: 55F. Monday sees a system swing through. The western Gorge stays in the 5-10mph range all day. East of The Dalles, from Avery to Arlington, we may get lucky with gusty 19-23mph from mid-morning on. There’s a chance of slightly stronger wind out east midday Tuesday. Despite the deterministic GFS (the main model driving this forecast) calling for wind, the ensembles of the Euro are not. So… low probability of anything happening. Looking deeper into the future, the ensembles have basically zero sign of a big day in the next couple of weeks. But then again, you may be turning your attention to the mountain soon! Have a great day today!
Jones, Sauvie Island, Oregon Coast: done for the season
Alan’s Sauvie Island Wind Sensor
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
Clouds this morning. Drizzle tonight. Temps start in the mid 30s and rise to the upper 50s. Light westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday will be cloudy with rain overnight. Temps start in the low 40s and rise to the mid 50s. Calm wind early. Light easterlies later. No rainbows. Monday will be very rainy early then drizzly the rest of the day. Temps start in the low 40s and rise to the low 50s. Moderate westerlies. 99% chance of 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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