Saturday: right on the edge for Mt. Hood snow. Mixed precip for a bit… get your butt up there anyway!

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Today’s Mt. Hood Weather Forecast

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
Saturday 6500′->5000′
Sunday 5000′->6000′
Monday 6000′->5000’ish

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Hello skiers, snowboarders, and Nordic folk. We have a nice deep snowpack to shred. That’s good. Temps will be right on the edge of snow/rain for the next stretch of time, and things look really warm towards the end of next week. Let’s dive in to the forecast and see what we’ve got!

Saturday will be basically dry in the morning with just a few scattered sprinkles. Overnight, we’re expecting a bit of mixed precip that’s probably going to alternate between rain and snow or perhaps just be very, very wet snow. About 0.2” to 0.3” water equivalent is forecast overnight. The snow level will be somewhere around 6500′ during the day and down to 5000′ overnight. Depending on elevation, that could be freezing rain (likely areas, but not guaranteed lower slopes of skibowl, HRM base, Teacup) or a couple inches of snow (above 5000′). Wind: S 5-10 early builds to S 25-30 in the afternoon and turns to SW 20-35 overnight.

Sunday brings additional mixed precip. Models disagree – look at the sounding model, and you’re sure it’s snow at 5000′. Look at the 850mb temp model, and you’d say rain at 5000′. So, it’s either going to be very wet snow, snain, or, especially overnight, rain. About 0.3” WE is forecast during the day. Snow up high. Snain/rain down low. Overnight, another 0.5” WE mixed wintry precip is in the cards. Wind: SW 20-35 all day and all night.

Temps continue to look a bit warm for snow on Monday. Call it mixed precip again with snow possible overnight thanks to falling temps. The snow level will be somewhere in the 5500-6500′ range all day with temps at 850mb at +4C in the morning, +3C in the afternoon, and +1C overnight. About 0.3” WE mixed precip falls during the day. Overnight: 0.3” WE again for up to three inches of snow but probably less. Wind: SW 15-30 in the morning, S 5-15 in the afternoon, and WSW 10-15 after midnight. Several inches of snow are likely on Tuesday as temps at 850mb fall to 0 or +1C. Ditto Wednesday. Models really like the idea of really warm weather for the mountain at the end of the week, but they are uncertain how much precip will join the warm temps. That’s all for now. Enjoy the slopes!

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Hi friends. The easterlies continue…Saturday will be 60mph or so at Iwash (Rooster) Rock all day. Stevenson: 35ish. High temp: low 30’s and cloudy. River flow Friday was 71-123kcfs, river temp is 39F. Sunday will be 30 at Stevenson and 35 at Iwash to start. Both drop to 20 in the afternoon. Rain or freezing rain. High temp: low to mid 30’s. Monday starts with 20-25 at Iwash and Stevenson. Afternoon wind drops to 15-20. High temp: upper 30’s and rainy.

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Very basic Hood River weather forecast. Don’t plan your life around this.

Clouds stick around all day and freezing rain arrives mid to late afternoon. Temps will be in the mid 20’s early and upper 20’s to low 30’s later. Easterlies. No rainbows. Sunday will be Nothing plus high clouds plus freezing rain. Temps start in the low 30’s and might rise to the mid 30’s maybe. Maybe not. Easterlies. No rainbows. Monday will be cloudy to the west and partly cloudy to the east with rain before 11am and rain after 7pm or so. Probably rain. Probably not freezing rain. Easterlies. No rainbows. Read Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook for a detailed forecast that may help you plan your day.

Local-ish Events

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

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.