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The Forecast
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| Sunday 2000′->2500′ |
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| Monday 2500′->1000′ |
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| Tuesday 1000′-1500′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Good news for all the resorts! Timberline and Meadows open today. Teacup is open. Skibowl opens for night skiing this upcoming Wednesday. Everyone got tons of snow from this system. If you want to smile, take a look at the Skibowl cams and see how much snow is piled up on the chairs. This week’s forecast looks cold with additional light snow accumulation. It’s going to be a great week to get your legs back in shape on the hill.
Light snowfall continues on Sunday. The snow level will be 1500-2000′ in the morning and 2500′-3000′ overnight. About 0.2” water equivalent (WE) is forecast during the day, for 2-3” powder. Another 0.3” WE is forecast tonight, for 3-4” more. Wind: WSW 25-35 this morning, SW 15-30 this afternoon, and SW 20-40 overnight.
Flurries on Monday morning give way to partly cloudy sky in the afternoon and clear sky overnight. The snow level will be 2500′ in the morning and will fall to 1000-1500′ overnight. Just a trace of snow is forecast. Wind: SW 20-40 early, SW 15-30 in the afternoon, and W 20 after midnight.
Flurries are forecast for Tuesday with intermittent sun breaks over a 5000-6000′ cloud deck. The snow level will be 1000-1500′ for the 24 hour period. Up to 1” of snow is forecast. Wind: W 20 in the morning, SW 5-10 in the afternoon, and SW 5-15 overnight. Another system is forecast for Wednesday, but the details are not yet clear. Models call for anything from zero precip to 1.5” WE; the interquartile range is 0.1 to 0.6 – still a lot of spread. We’ll just watch this for now and make a more precise prediction later on. Have a great week on the slopes. Should be stellar packed powder conditions all week long!
Gorge Wind Forecast
Not much to see here! Sunday starts with gusty westerlies at 5-15 all through the Gorge. The wind goes calm after midday. River flow is 111kcfs, river temp is 46F, and high temp forecast is 43F. Monday starts with easterlies at 15-20 at Rooster and 20-25 at Cascade Locks. In the afternoon, the wind turns light westerly at Rooster and light easterly at Cascade Locks. Light westerlies return in the evening. High temp: 41F. Tuesday will be light and variable all day. Stronger easterlies pop up on Wednesday. After that, or perhaps starting then, we enter a period where temps will struggle to climb above freezing.
Coast, Jones, Coast
Done until spring, unless there’s an obvious Coast or Sauvie’s or Jones day.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Drizzly this morning gives way to dry weather for much of the day and then intermittent rain from sunset on. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and low 40’s later. Light westerlies. 56% chance of rainbows. Monday starts off with mixed precipitation. It’ll be dry for much of the day. A short round of drizzle around sunset ends and dry weather returns overnight. Temps will be right at freezing early and in the low 40’s later. Light and variable wind. 18% chance of rainbows. Tuesday will be partly to mostly cloudy. Light snow moves in overnight. Temps will be in the upper 20’s early and low 40’s later. Light and variable 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!
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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