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The Forecast
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Mt. Hood Forecast
A clear and sunny Saturday gives way to a snowy Sunday. Finally, new snow! Trace amounts are forecast for Monday followed by sun Tuesday and another round of snow Tuesday night into Wednesday. Yay!
Looking at Saturday, we need shades. Clear sky sticks around until midnight or so, after which high clouds move in. The freezing level will be 0′ early, 2000′ in the afternoon, and 0-500′ overnight. Wind: NW 10 early, W 10 in the afternoon, and W 20 overnight.
If you want fresh snow, Sunday’s your day. Snow continues for most of that 24 hour period. It starts up around 4am and doesn’t stop until after midnight. The snow level will be 500′-1000′ early, 2500′ in the afternoon, and 500-1000′ overnight. About 0.4” water equivalent (WE) is forecast during the day. Call it 4-5” of powder. Another 0.4” WE is forecast overnight. Same: 4-5” of fresh, light, fluffy snow. Wind: W 15-20 for the first half of the day, NW 25-30 in the afternoon, and NW 15-20 overnight.
Flurries intermix with sunbreaks on Monday, and clouds build in the afternoon. On the ground: fabulous packed powder groom. The snow level will be 1000-1500′ in the morning and 500-1000′ in the afternoon. Up to 1” snow is forecast for the 24 hour period, just enough to make it out of the “trace” category. Wind: NW 15-20 during the day, W 10 in the afternoon, and SW 5-15 overnight. Dry weather sticks around Tuesday daytime, but another round of snow is forecast for Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday. Things are looking up on the slopes!
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 and variable wind Saturday morning turns to E 10-15 early in the morning and W 12-15 from Stevenson to Rowena after 1pm. Sunday starts with very light westerlies, turns light and variable, and picks up to W 10-13 in the afternoon. Monday brings light westerlies or calm wind all day. Easterlies return on Tuesday and stick around with sub-freezing temps for a few days.
Coast, Jones, Sauvie’s
As needed until next spring and summer.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Mostly clear sky this morning (with Nothing to the east) stays clear all day. High clouds move in overnight. Temps will be in the upper 20’s early and ow to mid 40’s later. Light easterlies early. Light westerlies later. No rainbows. Sunday looks snowy, perhaps switching to drizzle in the afternoon. Temps will be in the low 30’s early and upper 30’s later. Light westerlies. 3% chance of rainbows. Monday may have a few scattered snow flurries or sprinkles. Temps will be right around freezing early and in the low 40’s later. Light westerlies. 19% chance of rainbows.
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Cycling
HRATS needs volunteers for work on Nestor Peak Saturday: WHERE – Meet at Northwestern Lake Park @ 8:45am. WHEN – 8:45am at NW Lake Park and we roll out 9am for the trail. FRI 1/22 and SAT 1/23 DURATION – stay as long as you like but we plan on working from 9-12pm. RSVP so I know who is coming which days. Need more info – call or text HRATS @ 509-281-1100
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Local Events
Weekly events: The Kainos Coffee run happens in The Dalles every Tuesday morning at 6am. There are sailboat races at the Hood River Marina every Wednesday evening. Dirty Fingers has a group mountain bike ride (bring lights) Wednesday nights at 5:30pm. Cheno has an outdoor HIIT workout at Griffin House in Hood River at 6pm on Wednesday nights. There is a BLM rally every Tuesday evening at 5:30 at the Salmon Fountain in Hood River, and there’s a White Coats for BLM rally every Thursday at noon at 12th and May in Hood River. Have an awesome day!
