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| Friday 5500′->3500′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Friday morning started off rainy on the mountain, but the precipitation switched to snow in time for the early morning snow reports. Snow continues to fall on Friday and Saturday before a return to rain on Saturday night. Sunday starts rainy and then brings a period of heavy snowfall.
For Friday, expect temps to drop during the day, bettering the snow quality. A brief period of partly cloudy and dry weather in the afternoon gives way to clouds and snow after midnight. The snow level will be 5000′ early and 3500′ from mid-afternoon on. Precip: 0.3” water value (WV) during the day, for 2-3” of wet snow. A trace falls overnight. Wind: SW 20 early, WSW 30 in the afternoon, and SW 15 overnight.
Saturday looks snowy until midnight. The snow level will be 3500′ in the morning, 4500′ at peak heating, 3500′ in the evening, and 6500′ after midnight. About 0.4” WV falls during the day, for 4” of new snow. 1.0” rain falls after midnight. Wind: SW 15 early, SW 30+ through the evening, SW 40+ around midnight, and WSW 45 after midnight.
Sunday starts with a downpour and switches to heavy snow before clearing overnight. The snow level will be 6000′ early and 4000′ after 10am or so. About 0.7” to 1.0” rain falls before the switch. Then we’ll see 0.3” to 0.7” WV that falls as snow, for 3-6” of new. Another 0.1” WV falls overnight, for just another inch. Wind will be WSW 45 early, WSW 25 mid-morning, and W 25-30 in the afternoon. The wind backs off to NW 10 as the sky clears overnight.
Gorge Wind
A series of low pressure systems travels up the west coast over the next few days. Wind response: bouncing back and forth between easterlies and westerlies. Friday starts with light easterlies in the west and light westerlies in the east. Around noon, the wind will turn to westerly: gusty 10-13 in the west and gusty 22-27 from The Dalles eastward. The wind will back off after 5pm.
Saturday starts with E 10-15 near Rooster and E 5-10 near Stevenson. Easterlies pick up to 15-20 midday and turn westerly after 2pm: busty 22-28 from Stevenson to Arlington for just a few hours. Sunday starts with light easterlies and quickly turns west. 7-10mph in the west and 18-22 from The Dalles to Arlington. That big Tuesday forecast we were looking at? The GFS is backing off on the strength and steadiness. The Euro still holds promise of a good day.
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Hood River Weather Forecast
It’s a showery morning in Hood River, and the rain will increase this afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and mid 50’s later. Light and variable wind early picks up to moderate westerlies in the afternoon. 99% chance of rainbows. Saturday starts off cloudy with drizzle and stays that way. Heavy rain moves in overnight. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and mid 50’s later. East wind early. Gusty westerlies late afternoon. 99% chance of rainbows. Sunday brings heavy rain. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and upper 50’s later. East wind early. Westerlies mid-morning on. 99% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
So far we have received about 0.1” rainfall, which means the trails will be slick. Significant rainfall over the next few days will make the trails muddy and sensitive to damage. Please don’t. Trails that are snow-free: Syncline, Hospital Hill, Post below Bad Motor Scooter, Lower Whoopdee (upper half is still muddy, so maybe don’t?), Columbia Hills.
Upcoming Events
At 7am on Friday, there’s the Kickstand Coffee Run, where jogging or walking 4 miles gets you a free cup of coffee and a donut. Saturday is the first Garden Party and Potluck of the year at Pacific Hermitage. Potluck starts at 10:30. Work party starts at 1pm. Saturday is also the Fred Meyer Fuchsia Sale from 7am to 4pm – bring your own pots and they will fill them with Black Gold soil. Sunday is the Gorge Gravel Grinder in The Dalles (sold out) and Hood River Appreciation Day at Meadows. Dirty Fingers has the “Sunday Service” ride Sunday morning.
Random Morning Thoughts
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
