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The Forecast

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Monday 9000′->7500′->8500′
Tuesday 8500′->2000′
Wednesday 1000′-2000′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

The Mt. Hood snow forecast is a rain forecast for the next day and a half, but then we’ll be piling up snow for a couple of days. And by piling, I mean really adding on to the snowpack as a massive storm takes a swipe at the Northwest.

For Monday, though, it’s just rain. The snow level will be 9000′ in the morning, 7500′ in the afternoon, and 8500′ overnight. About 0.7” rain is forecast between 4am and 4pm. That’s followed by about 1.7” additional rain by 4am Tuesday. Wind: SW 30-50 during the day, SW 20-30 in the evening, and building wind to SW 40-50 overnight.

Tuesday’s mountain weather will be high-impact as massive precipitation and nuking west wind cause all sorts of chaos. The snow level starts at 8500′, falls to 5500′ (think mixed precip) by 10am, drops to 3500′ in the afternoon and falls as low as 1500-2000′ overnight. During the morning, we’ll pick up half an inch of rain. Then we pick up 1.0” water equivalent (WE) of mixed precip for 4-5” or more of dense new snow. Overnight, at least 1.4” WE is forecast. BUT… powerful westerlies will cause intense orographic effects. Multiple feet of snow are likely. Let’s just call this 1.5 to 2.5 feet of new, increasingly fluffy, snow. Caveat: very strong wind will impact snow quality and likely form it into wind slab and sastrugi. Wind will be SW 30-50 early building to SW 60-85 mid-morning. Early in the afternoon, the wind whips around to W 75 knots and shuts down all the lifts. You will not want to be driving the passes when this happens, because you won’t be able to see a damn thing. Overnight, the wind slowly fades to W 40. It’s also worth noting that the dropping temps combined with the wind are likely to cause significant snow/ice buildup on lifts.

Moving on to Wednesday… The snow level will be 1500-2000′ early, 1000-1500′ midday, and 1500′-2000′ overnight. About 0.3” WE is forecast, but wind will improve performance. Call it 3-5” new snow during the day followed by a trace overnight. Wind: W 40 in the morning, W 35 in the afternoon, and SW 10-15 overnight. Snow continues on Thursday and probably into Friday. As a matter of fact, models indicate (with a couple possible exceptions) snow building up all the way through the first week of 2023. Excellent!  

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Easterlies stick around all day Monday. They’ll be in the 20-25 range from Rooster to Viento in the morning, 10-15 midday, and 25-30 in the evening. River flow readings are 122-145kcfs, river temp is 39F, and high temp forecast is 30-35F depending on location. Tuesday starts with east wind at 15-20 at Stevenson and west wind at 15-20 at Rooster By early afternoon, we’ll have W 30+ from Rooster to Viento, 10-15 central Gorge, and 30+ east of The Dalles. High temp: 46F. Wednesday starts with W 13-16 west of The Dalles and 22-26 to the east. Afternoon: west wind at 12-15 all through the Gorge.  

Jones, Sauvie Island, Coast – Done for the Season

Hood River Weather Forecast

Freezing rain this morning probably gives way to rain later. Temps will be near 30 early and maybe 33 later? Easterlies. No rainbows. Tuesday will be rainy. Temps start just above freezing (hopefully) and warm to the mid 40’s mid-afternoon as west wind arrives. East wind early. West wind in the afternoon. 76% chance of rainbows. Wednesday will be showery. Temps start in the upper 30’s and rise to the mid 40’s. Moderate westerlies. 99% chance of 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!
Regular weekly events: Monday brings forest bathing and meditation walk. Meet at 5:15pm Mondays in November at the corner of Arrowhead Ave and Indian Creek Road. Suggested donation up to $20. Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. 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 Friday’s at 2:30pm, there’s a free meditation and stretching class (brand new) at Yoga Samadhi. There’s a weekly group paddle to the Event Site on Sunday at 11 am followed by a free pint at the fire pit at Ferment. That’s the “Paddle n’ Pint”. Also: Wednesday Paddle Sprints at the Event Site at Noon. The sprint course is 2 two laps around the sailing buoy near Wells Island and back – 3.5 miles.  

Cycling

Now it’s snowy on the trails! We’ll keep the freeze/thaw language just in case the snow goes somewhere (which it won’t any time soon). If you ride trails that froze and then thawed, you’ll do major and probably permanent damage to the tread. The Family Man closure kicked off on November 1st – the area around Family Man and Riordan Hill Road will be closed into December. Upper elevation trails, above 4000′, are likely to have some snow coverage. If you’re riding Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.  

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