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The Forecast
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| Friday 1000′->6000′ |
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| Saturday 6000′->3500′ |
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| Sunday 3500′->1000’** |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
While there’s definitely some rain in the forecast for the slopes on Saturday, the forecast from Saturday evening on through the start of next week more than makes up for that if the best scenarios come out on top. The GFS is a lot more aggressive with the precip than is the ECMWF, so cross your fingers for the former. Generally speaking, the models give us a range of 2.0” to 3.5” total precip by Monday night. Most of that will fall as snow! Looking long range, we see nice cold weather around for the extended forecast.
Friday starts out clear and cold. Wax for it. Clouds may pop up intermittently/ models suggest they will deepen this afternoon. Snow starts up overnight and switches to a snow/rain mix after midnight. Just a trace is forecast. The snow level will be 1000′ this morning, 4000′ this afternoon, and 6000′ overnight. Wind: SW 5-10 during the day building to SW 15-35 overnight.
Mixed precip or drizzle is forecast during the day Saturday followed by heavy snow overnight. The snow level will be about 6000′ during the day, 4500′ in the evening, and down to 3500′ (or less, given the isothermal environment) overnight. About 0.1” water equivalent will fall during the day. Another 1.2” WE is forecast overnight (models have a wide range, though). Perhaps 0.2 to 0.4” will fall as rain followed by 6-8” dense, heavy snow. Wind: SW 15-35 in the morning, WSW 30-45 for a few hours in the afternoon, and SW 20-45 overnight.
Heavy snow is forecast all day Sunday. Again, models do not agree on total precip amounts, so let’s generalize. The snow level will be 3500′ in the morning, 2500′ (or less) in the afternoon and overnight. Somewhere between a foot and 2.5 feet of snow are forecast for the 24 hour period. Hopefully we’ll have a better idea tomorrow. Wind fore the period will be SW 20-35 in the morning and SW 10-20 for the rest of the day. That snow is going to lay down nicely! Another round of heavy snow is forecast during the day Monday before we enter a short dry period Monday night. After that: cooler weather with lack of agreement on just how much snow will fall. Sounds good to me. Enjoy!
Note on wind speeds. Different wind directions are experienced in different ways on Mt. Hood. For example, west wind at 50mph will hit the slopes and exposed ridges at W 50. SW 50 may hit the ridges at SW 50, but will likely only be SW 20 below tree line. Hence the ranges for wind. Depends where you are on the mountain. Hopefully that helps clarify.
Gorge Wind Forecast
Light westerly or light and variable conditions start Friday. The wind turns easterly and picks up to 20-25 this afternoon at Rooster and Stevenson. River flow is 106kcf, river temp is 46F, and high temp forecast is 42F. Saturday starts with easterlies at 20-25 plus drizzle at Rooster and Stevenson. In the afternoon, the wind turns westerly at Rooster, calm in the central Gorge and gusty westerlies at 10-20 east of The Dalles. High temp: 42F. Pouring rain is forecast Sunday. The wind will be light westerly prior to dawn, calm for a bit, and then will build to easterly at 20-25 from Rooster to Viento in the afternoon with E 5-10 east of The Dalles. High temp: 43F.
Coast, Jones, Coast
Done until spring, unless there’s an obvious Coast or Sauvie’s or Jones day.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Clouds stick around all day with drizzle late tonight. That could turn to freezing drizzle. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and low 40’s later. Light and variable wind early. Light easterlies later. No rainbows. Saturday will be misty all day with heavy rain starting around sunset. Temps will be in the low 30’s early and low 40’s later. Light and variable wind. 3% chance of rainbows. Colder air starts to push in overnight, and snowflakes could mix with the rain. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and low 40’s in the afternoon. Depending on when colder air arrives, we could see snow Sunday night. Calm wind becomes easterly in the afternoon and evening. 2% chance of 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!
Local Events
Please let me know about events. I often only hear about them if you folx let me know!
Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is back. Meet there at 6pm. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. There’s a night-lit shop mountain bike ride at Syncline on Tuesday evenings at 5:45pm.
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