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The Forecast
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| Saturday 2000′->5000′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Snowy, stormy weather this morning stops being that way this afternoon. We then head into a few days of much mellower conditions. Models don’t yet agree on the amount of precipitation incoming this week, but they do like the idea of temps being too warm for snow on the slopes. Well, let’s just hope for sunshine and corn snow, shall we?
Saturday starts off stormy and snowy and windy, but by this afternoon, it should be partly to mostly cloudy and not-windy. The snow level will be 2000′ all day. The free air freezing level rises to at least 6000′ tonight under clear sky. Just 0.1” to 0.2” water equivalent (WE) is forecast today, for an inch or two of snow, all before midday. Wind: W 35 early, W 20 mid-morning, SW 5-10 in the afternoon, and S 5-15 after midnight.
Sunday will be sunny all day. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be somewhere between 5000′ and 8000′ and will rise to 8000′ after midnight. No precip. Wind: S or SW 5-15 all day.
Monday starts clear. Clouds arrive in the afternoon with a bit of precip. It’s very unclear how much precip, but it does appear that it’ll be rain below 6000′ or so. Models call for anything from zero precip to 0.5” precip. The snow level will be 8000′ early, 6500′ mid-morning, and 5500′ from mid-afternoon on. Wind: also dependent on the eventual outcome, but likely to be moderate SW. Lots of uncertainty for precip continues through midweek. Nothing extreme is forecast, but there’s also no snow forecast. Have a great weekend 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 westerlies this morning go calm midday. Easterlies pick up to 15-20 from Rooster to Viento this afternoon and build overnight. River flow is 98,300cfs, river temp is 37F, and high temp forecast is 42F. Sunday starts with E 40-50 at Rooster, E 30-40 at Stevenson, and E 25 at Viento. The wind builds to 35-40 at Stevenson and 45-55 at Rooster. High temp: 37F. Monday starts with 45-55 at Rooster and 35-40 at Stevenson with 20-25 at Viento. Afternoon: 25-30 from Rooster to Stevenson with 15-20 at Viento. High temp: 33?
Coast, Jones, Coast
Done until spring, unless there’s an obvious Coast or Sauvie’s or Jones day.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Cloudy sky this morning goes mostly cloudy with sunbreaks later. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and low 40’s this afternoon. Light westerlies become light easterlies. No rainbows. Sunday will be Nothing cloud all day. Temps will be in the upper 20’s early and upper 30’s later. Easterlies. No rainbows. Monday starts with nothing. Light precip might (or might not) arrive in the afternoon with a light glaze of ice. Temps will be in the mid-upper 20’s early and low-mid 30’s later. Easterlies. 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!
Local Events
Please let me know about events. I often only hear about them if you folx let me know!
Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is back. Meet there at 6pm. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. There’s a night-lit shop mountain bike ride at Syncline on Tuesday evenings at 5:45pm.
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