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The Forecast
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| Friday 8000′->5500′->7500′ |
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| Saturday 7500′->13000′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
All that lovely snow on the slopes and the meadows took a drenching last night – as of 5am, Meadows had picked up 0.66” rain overnight. The forecast for the next 10 days is disheartening if you’re looking for snow – there’s essentially zero and also zero chance; temps will be well above 0C at 5000′ through next weekend.
Friday starts with lingering drizzle on the slopes and turns dry in the afternoon. There could be a short burst of mixed precip at the end of this, but it won’t be enough to add to the snowpack. The snow level will be 8000′ this morning, 5500′ this afternoon, and 7500 under cloudy sky overnight. Just 0.1” rain is forecast this morning (after the forecast gets posted). The weather will be dry from early afternoon on. Wind: WNW 30 in the morning, W 20 in the afternoon, WSW 10-15 in the evening, and SW 10-20 overnight.
Saturday starts cloudy and turns rainy midday. The sky clears above the slopes overnight and stays cloudy down below them. The snow level will be 7500′ in the morning, 10,000′ in the afternoon, and 12,000′-13,000′ overnight. About 0.2” rain is forecast during the day, and 0.3” rain is forecast overnight. Wind: SW 10-20 in the morning builds to WSW 30-40 in the afternoon and turns to SW 20-45 overnight. Sunday currently looks high overcast all day. The free air freezing level will be 12,000′ in the morning, 10,000′ in the afternoon, and 8500′ overnight. Wind: SW 20-40 early, WSW 20-30 in the afternoon, and W 15 overnight.
Looking into the extended forecast, we see warm, relatively dry weather this week. We’ll be on the south side of intermittent atmospheric rivers. These seem programmed to make landfall well north of the OR/WA line. Models agree that 850mb (5000′ ish) temps will remain several degrees above freezing at least through next Friday and possibly through next weekend; model spread is significant beyond that. Not only is the temp range significant, it encompasses a range from +3C to -3C, so there’s still no guarantee of snow. Between now and then, you can drop off your gear and get it all tuned up. Winter will come eventually.
Gorge Wind Forecast
Not much to talk about here today… westerlies at 10-13 east of The Dalles and west of Swell hold until midday and then go calm this afternoon. River flow is 66,800cfs, river temp is 49F, and high temp forecast is 53F. Saturday starts with easterlies at 10-15 at Rooster and Stevenson. It picks up to 20-25 at Stevenson midday and fades back to 10-15 in the afternoon. The wind turns westerly overnight. High temp: 50F. Sunday will be calm in the central Gorge with westerlies at 10-13 to the far west and far east. That sticks around all day. High temp: 59F.
Coast, Jones, Coast
Done until spring, unless there’s an obvious Coast or Sauvie’s or Jones day.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Rain this morning turns to dry, cloudy weather this afternoon. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and low 50’s later. Light west wind turns calm later. 39% chance of rainbows. Saturday will be cloudy, then rainy, then partly cloudy overnight. Temps will be near 40 early and near 50 later. Muggy! Light easterlies. Sunday looks partly to mostly cloudy. Temps will be in the upper 40’s in the morning and upper 50’s (if the inversion breaks enough) in the afternoon. Nearly calm with a touch of west flow. No rainbows.
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Cycling
FREEZE-THAW ALERT: if you notice that temps were below freezing last night and will be above freezing today, don’t ride any trail that’s not under a tree canopy. If you do so, you WILL do significant damage. DON’T DO IT! Plentiful rain recently means most tree-covered trails are muddy. Please don’t ride them either. If you do, you’ll be doing significant and possibly permanent damage. No really, please don’t. There are lots of gravel roads and lots of pavement you can ride instead. Enjoy!
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