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The Forecast
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| Monday 12000′->3500′ |
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| Tuesday 3500′->2000′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
The short-range forecast for the mountains has a nice coating of snow between Monday night and Tuesday afternoon. The long range forecast looks positively dreadful – after the Monday night system, 850mb (5000′ ish) temps stay above freezing through the beginning of December.
Monday starts off clear. Precip moves in around 4pm and continues through the night. It may start off as rain, but will quickly switch to snow. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be 12,000′ this morning and 8000′ this afternoon. When the precip arrives, the snow level will be 8000′, but it will quickly fall to 4000′ this evening and 3500′ after midnight. About 0.4” water equivalent (WE) is forecast overnight, for perhaps 2-3” of wet snow, then less-wet snow. Wind will be WSW 20-25 this morning, SW 20-35 this afternoon, and W 25 in the evening. It builds to WNW 35 overnight.
Tuesday starts off with orographic (terrain-enhanced) snowfall and tapers off to flurries. The snow level will be 3500′ in the morning, 2000′ in the afternoon, and will drop to 1500′ overnight after the precip ends. About 0.4” to 0.5” WE is forecast during the day. That’s 4-5” new snow at 5000′. Just a trace is forecast overnight. Wind: WNW 35 in the morning, NW 25-30 in the afternoon, and WNW 15-20 overnight.
Wednesday looks clear to start and high overcast later. No precip for the day. The free air freezing level will be 1500′ in the morning, 6000′ in the afternoon, and 9000′ overnight. Wind: WNW 15-20 in the morning, SW 5-15 in the afternoon, and WSW 15-25 overnight. Models are far from agreeing on Thursday’s outcome. It will be warm, but it’s unclear yet if it’ll be wet and if it is, how wet it will be. As I said in the opening paragraph, the long-range forecast looks awful for snow accumulation. That said, it looks 5-10 degrees warmer than normal in the lowlands, so you’ll be able to get outside and enjoy other activities.
Gorge Wind Forecast
Easterlies start of the workweek and quickly fade. Westerlies return on Tuesday. Not much wind is forecast for Wednesday. Pre-dawn wind on Monday was 30-35 at Rooster and 15-20 at Stevenson. By 10am, the wind will drop to 10-15 at Stevenson and 10ish at Rooster. In the early afternoon, the wind goes calm, and then it switches to westerly. After 4pm, you’ll find W 10-13 at Stevenson and nowhere else. River flow is 37,700 cfs, river temp is 50F, and high temp forecast is 49F.
Tuesday starts with W 14-17 from Stevenson to Arlington with rain in many locations. The rain ends a couple hours after sunrise everywhere except west of Viento. Models suggest the wind will pick up to gusty 23-27 from Viento to Boardman. Viento is likely to overperform, and the Swell to Doug’s stretch is likely to underperform. If you’re going for it, move quickly: the wind drops to 17-20 by early afternoon. Wait a couple more hours, and all you’ll have is 5-10 in the weest and 11-14 in the east. High temp: 48F. Wednesday starts calm and picks up to E 10-15 from Rooster to Stevenson in the afternoon.
Coast, Jones, Coast
Done until spring, unless there’s an obvious Coast or Sauvie’s or Jones day.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Nothing cloud the morning should burn off late today. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and mid 40’s later. Easterlies in the morning. Calm wind midday. Light westerlies late. No rainbows. Tuesday will be rainy through Sunrise and then partly cloudy with scattered sprinkles. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and upper 40’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Wednesday will be cloudy. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and mid 40’s later. Calm wind. 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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