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The Forecast

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Sunday 5000′->3000′->4000′
Monday 4000′
Tuesday 4000′->3000′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

With the exception of next Thursday into Friday, temps look like they’ll hold in the “just cool enough” range to keep snow falling at 5000′. That’s good news, right? As for today, we picked up about 8” of new snow at 5000′ over the last 24 hours with a couple inches of that overnight. That starts the day with some excellent turns for you!

Expect intermittent light snowfall on Sunday with a shot at some sunshine this afternoon. The snow level will be 5000′ in the morning, 3000′ in the afternoon, and 4000′ overnight. About 0.1” water equivalent (WE) is forecast during the day, for an inch of snow (probably before noon). Overnight, just a trace is forecast. Wind today will be SW 20-30 early, SW 30-40 form mid-morning on, and S 5-15 overnight.

Monday starts out high overcast and quickly turns snowy. The snowfall decreases overnight, and clear sky returns after midnight. The environmental snow level (temps at 850mb, indicative of snow quality) will be 4000′ early, could potentially rise to 5000-5500′ for a short period mid-morning, and will be back to 4000′ or so for the rest of the day and night. About 0.4” WE is forecast during the day for 3-4” dense snow. Just a trace accumulates overnight. Wind: S 5-15 early, SE 30 around sunrise, SW 25-40 until the evening, and SW 10-15 after midnight.

Tuesday looks sunny for most of the day. Clouds and a trace of snow arrive overnight. The environmental snow level will be 4500′ in the morning, 4000′ in the afternoon, and 3500′ after midnight. Just a trace is forecast. Wind: SW 10-15 in the morning, SE 25 in the afternoon, S 10-15 in the evening, and SW 10-15 overnight.

Temps warm up on Wednesday and probably result in a shot of rain for the slopes. There’s quite a bit of model spread for next weekend, but the general pattern looks a bit too warm for snow. Starting next week, or perhaps next Sunday, models hint at temps cooling off and snowfall returning. Have a great day today!  

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Generally speaking, easterlies stick around for at least a week as a series of low pressure systems wanders northward up the coast. For Sunday, the wind starts at 30mph at Rooster, 20-25 at Stevenson, and 15ish at Viento. The wind turns nearly calm near Stevenson in the afternoon, goes westerly at Rooster, and picks back up to E 15 at Stevenson this evening. River flow readings are 84-114kcfs, river temp is 38F, and high temp forecast is 46F. Monday starts with 30-40 at Rooster and Stevenson. The wind drops to 25mph late morning and drops more in the afternoon; you’ll find light/variable wind at Rooster and 15-20 at Stevenson. High temp: 44F. Tuesday starts with 20-25 at Stevenson and 15-20 at Rooster. Afternoon wind: 30-35mph at both. High temp: 46F.  

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Hood River Weather Forecast

Clouds this morning give way to rain mid-morning and drizzle later with a shot at partly cloudy sky for a period in the afternoon. Temps will be near 40 early and in the mid 40’s later. Easterlies early. Calm wind later. 15% chance of rainbows. Monday will be dry through 11am or so. Then it’ll pour for a few hours. After that: showery. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early (which could result in snow mixed with rain or wet snow) and mid 40’s later. Easterlies. 19% chance of rainbows. Tuesday will be dry through late afternoon. Nothing early. Sun midday. Cloudy and drizzle later. Temps will be in the low-mid 30’s early and low 40’s in the afternoon. Easterlies. No 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!
Today (1/8) is the annual Teacup Tea Party with lessons, tune clinics, etc. 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.

An outdoor related event coming up: Gorge Ultimate starts its Winter League January 8th on Sundays from 5-7 at the Hood River High School Lighted Turf, but will be in a gym if snow is on the turf. Sign up to be on a team by Dec 31st, or be a sub: https://gorge.ultimatecentral.com/e/winter-league-2023  

Cycling

DO NOT ride Syncline! It’s super muddy and there are creeks running down the trails. If you ride, you’ll do major damage. Please ride gravel roads instead! Same goes for other trails – muddy enough that you’ll damage them. Perhaps you could try the Deschutes or Klickitat trails, but roads and gravel are better choices for the health of the trail systems. The Family Man closure kicked off on November 1st – the area around Family Man and Riordan Hill Road will be closed into December. If you’re parking at Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.  

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Have an awesome day!