Monday: Merry Christmas. ice for the gorge. rain for the mountain. wind on the river.

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The Forecast

Snow level	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
Monday 6500′->7000′->4000′
Tuesday 4000′->9500′
Wednesday 9500′->5000′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Good morning snow folks. Models don’t hold much for snow through the end of the year, but they’re starting to perk up for the first week or ten days of January. The ECMWF sets us on a colder path to start next year. The GFS lags behind a bit, but appears to like the idea too. Percentiles for snow through January 9th are… 50th: 18” total. 90Th: 28” total. That’s not epic, by any means, but it would be enough to keep the slopes open and perhaps get some more (and some Nordic skiing, please – if you want that right now, you’re headed to Bachelor or to Mazama).

First thing to note on today’s forecast is the road conditions above Hood River on Highway 35. An ice storm is in progress. If you don’t have to, don’t. Up on the mountain, snow early quickly transitions to rain. Overnight, it switches back to mixed precip and then a little snow. The snow level will be 6500′ by sunrise, 7000′ in the afternoon, 5500′ around midnight, and 4000′ after midnight. About 0.5” rain is forecast today followed by 0.4” mixed precip (we could get an inch or two of snow if we’re lucky). Wind: SSW 10-20 early rising to SW 15-30 by sunrise, SW 30-50 in the evening, and WSW 30-40 after midnight.

Tuesday starts off with a few flurries and quickly turns clear and sunny. High clouds arrive in the afternoon and perhaps drag in a trace of rain overnight. The snow level will be 3500′ early, 8000′ in the afternoon, and 9500′ after midnight. Wind: WSW 30-40 early fades to S 5-15 int eh afternoon and rises to S 15-35 overnight.

Rain is forecast on Wednesday. The snow level will be 9500′ in the morning. It falls to 5500′ in the afternoon and 5000′ overnight. Unfortunately, the precip will pretty much be done by the time the snow level falls. As of this morning, we’re looking at 0.4” rain during the day followed by a trace of snow, just flurries, in the evening. Wind: S 15-35 in the morning, SW 25-40 in the afternoon and overnight. A trace of mixed precip is forecast on Thursday. Models hint at a more organized system late next week, but the details are far from clear. No consensus on that one yet. Looking out deeper into the future, the Euro drags temps downwards to start next year. Vote for that. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Gorge Wind Forecast

Hi friends! Merry Christmas! If it weren’t going to be raining all day, it’d be a great day to chase some easterlies. Don’t panic. East wind continues on and off through the next week. You’ll get some. Temps should remain above freezing for the next week or so.

The wind starts near 50mph at Iwash (Rooster) Rock and holds. Stevenson starts at 30mph and rises to 35. Viento is 20 to start and should hold. River flow yesterday was 114-142kcfs, river temp is 45F, and high temp forecast is 36F. Tuesday starts with E 20-25 at Iwash and Stevenson. The wind holds through midday and then picks up to 30-35 at Iwash and 30 at Stevenson. High temp: 43F. A windy, rainy day is on tap Wednesday. We’ll start with 60mph at Iwash and 40 at Stevenson. Afternoon wind falls to 20-25 at Iwash and 25-30 at Stevenson. High temp: 41F.

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Hood River Weather Forecast

Rain sticks around all day. Go up above river level, and you’ll run into ice. Temps start in the low-mid 30’s and rise to the mid 30’s. Easterlies. No rainbows. Tuesday will be rainy before sunrise and dry after. Temps start in the mid 30’s and rise to the low 40’s. Partly to mostly cloudy. Easterlies. 3% chance of rainbows. Wednesday will be rainy. Temps start in the mid 30’s and rise to the low 40’s. Easterlies. No rainbows.

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Local-ish Events

Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know!

Teacup has an après ski fundraiser at the Ruins on January 27th. $25. Amayah’s Indian Cafe (Biggs) offers a free meal every first Thursday from 1-4pm.

Regular weekly events:. NK Studio’s by-donation Tuesday morning yoga class is back. Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. There’s meditation with monks at 5:15pm (an hour) and 6:30pm (30 minutes plus a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. The Tri Club is done for the season. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. At 7am on Friday morning, there’s a run from Pine Street Bakery. On Fridays at 2:30pm, there’s a free meditation and stretching class at Yoga Samadhi. On Saturday at 9am, there’s a by-donation outdoor group fitness on the 2rd floor deck about Ferment Brewing.

Cycling

Regarding the trails in general: don’t ride in the mud. You’ll damage the trails. Don’t ride trails if it was below freezing the previous night and is above freezing when you want to ride. Ride gravel. Ride your trainer. Build trails. There are trail builders seeking extra hands on seven additional miles of trail on Whoopdee. Contact HRATS for more information. If you’re parking at Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.