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The Forecast
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| Friday 1000′->5500′->2500′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Hopefully giant snowstorms are your thing, because that’s all that’s going to happen on Mt. Hood through Sunday night (with the brief exception of a short period of mixed precip Friday). By the end of the weekend, Mt. Hood should add five to seven feet of new snow. For reals. If you are heading to the ski areas or over the passes, please throw a shovel in the car. You will need it to extricate yourself from the parking lot when you are done having fun. I am serious about this.For Friday, the day starts snowy, likely switches to mixed precip briefly between 10am and 2pm, and turns back to heavy snow and blizzard conditions overnight. The snow level will be 500-1000′ early, 5500′ late morning, 4000′ in the afternoon, and will fall to 2500′ overnight. About 0.7” water value (WV) falls during the day, for 3-5” of snow with a period of mixed precip or very wet snow. About 1.5” WV falls overnight, for 12-16” of new. Wind will be W 40 in the morning, SW 30-40 (60 above treeline) midday, W 55 in the evening (affecting lift ops) and W 45 after midnight.
Blizzard conditions continues all day on Saturday. The snow level will be 2500′ early, 1000′ in the afternoon, and 1000′ overnight. It’s going to be a heck of a powder day. About 1.7” WV falls during the day for 16-20” of fluffy (but wind-affected) powder. Another 0.9” WV falls overnight, for 9-11” of pow-pow. Wind will be W 45 early, WNW 50 (affecting lifts, for sure) mid-morning, WNW 45 in the afternoon, and W 35 after midnight.
The fun continues on Sunday! Snow level: 1000′ early, 3000′ mid-morning, 1500′ in the afternoon, slowly falling to 0-500′ (depending on location) overnight. As of right now, the GFS calls for 2.0” WV during the day, for a ridiculous 24” of new snow. Another 0.7” is forecast overnight. That’s 6-8” more. Wind: W 35 early, WSW 25 mid-morning, WNW 50 early afternoon on through the evening, affecting lifts.
The freezing level / snow level drops down to the surface on Monday with mountain temps in the teens. Light snowfall continues along with strong west wind. One more reminder: take a shovel with you if you are going to the mountain any time between Friday night and sunday night.
Gorge Wind Forecast
Fun wind stuff coming up in the next few days! For Friday, nothing much: 20-25 in the far west and far east this afternoon with light westerlies in between. Very strong offshore high pressure builds Saturday and a solid low pressure system moves inland. NUKING westerlies blow through the whole Gorge, all the way from very rainy Stevenson to sunny (?) Boardman. Call it averages of 30-40+ with gusts into the 50’s. River temp is 41 degrees, so please play with a partner and keep them in sight. PS: Laura would go! On to Sunday… not as perfect a setup as Saturday, but still windy, maybe too late to take advantage of it. Westerlies start at 15-20 in the far, far west. Calm wind central. W 5-10 out east. The wind picks up late in the day to 28-33 from Mosier to Arlington.COAST, JONES, SAUVIE’S: Detailed forecast is on winter break.
Hood River Weather Forecast
It’s cloudy out there this morning – Nothing to be exact. We’ll see light rain this morning and increasingly heavy rain this afternoon. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and low 40’s later. Light and variable wind turns light westerly. 4% chance of rainbows. Saturday looks rainy. Temps will be 43 degrees, according to NOAA, all day long. NUKING west wind. 99.99% chance of double rainbows. Sunday looks rainy. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and low 40’s later. Strong west wind. 99.9% chance of rainbows. Cold air moves in Sunday night for an icy Monday morning with a chance of flurries. Extended forecast available in TATAS. Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.Road and Mountain Biking
It’s very wet on the trails. Very muddy. Please do not ride them, or you will damage them. Thank you for protecting these valuable, volunteer-maintained resources!Upcoming Events
The Kickstand Coffee and donut run is this morning at 7am – free cup of coffee and a donut if you do it. There’s Zumba Gold at the Hood River Adult Center at 9am. Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon has a $5-$10 yoga class at 4pm.
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