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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Sunday started out very wet on Mt. Hood. Rainfall rate: over 1/4” per hour. Wow. Rainfall will continue all day, might be mixed with wet snowflakes this afternoon, and will rain all night. The snow level will be 8000′ early, 5500′ in the afternoon, and 6000′-6500′ overnight. Precip: 1.4” rain during the day, possibly mixed with snow in the afternoon. No accumulation. 1.1” rain overnight. Wind: WSW 40+ early, W 35 mid-morning, SW 20 in the afternoon, and SW 30+ overnight.
Monday daytime looks showery and Monday evening brings snow showers. The snow level will be 6500′ early, 5000′ in the evening, and 3500′ after midnight. About 0.2” water value (WV) falls as rain during the day. 0.2” WV falls as snow overnight, for 1-2”. Wind: SW 30+ early, SW 15 in the afternoon, W 15 in the evening, and WNW 25 after midnight.
Strong NW wind on Tuesday results in moderate orographic snowfall. The snow level will be 3500′ early, 4000′ midday, and 2000′ after midnight. Precip: 0.4” WV during the day, for 4-5” of new. 0.1” WV overnight, for an inch of new. That said, with very strong NW wind, we could see double or triple those snowfall amounts. Wind: WNW 25 early, NW 40 in the afternoon, NW 35 overnight.
Wednesday looks very snowy. The snow level will be 2000′ early, 3500′ in the afternoon, and as low as 1500′ overnight. About 0.8” WV falls during the day, for 8-10” of new snow. Another 0.7” WV falls overnight, for 7-9” of new. Those extended ranges reflect the additional of orographic effects: NW 35 in the morning, WNW 30 in the afternoon, WNW 20 overnight. Several inches of snow fall on Thursday morning before warmer weather arrives with a brief break in precip Thursday afternoon.
Gorge Wind
Offshore low pressure systems over the next couple of days result in back-and-forth gusty wind. Offshore high pressure builds on Tuesday and is accompanied by inland low pressure for a ginormous westerly day to start windsport season. Speaking of windsports, the CGWA is now the CGW2 – Columbia Gorge Wind and Water Association, representing ALL the wind-powered sportspeople. If you are in that category, join and support improved river access!
For Sunday, we start light and variable. As a low pressure system moves inland, the wind picks up out of the west. We’ll have gusty 23-26 from The Dalles to Arlington for a few hours midday before the rain returns and the wind goes calm. The western Gorge will see gusty 10-13.
Monday starts off light and variable. Not much happens during the day. Afternoon westerlies pick up to 7-11 out of the west from Stevenson to Arlington. High pressure builds offshore overnight.
Models agree on a Classic Gorge Setup for Tuesday. OPENING DAY! Rain in the western Gorge could shift the wind east of Swell – you’ll want to be east of the low clouds for the strongest, steadiest wind. By 11am, we’ll have steady westerlies at 30-35 from the cloud line all the way east to Arlington, maybe Threemile. With all the rain we’ll have had prior to this wind, there will likely be a lot of debris in the river. Be careful out there, and ride with a buddy. Watch the river flow too – it was 194kcfs on Sunday, perfect for Rufus, where there might just be less floating debris. River temp is 47 degrees. Looking at Wednesday, models like the idea of gusty 23-26 east of Mosier.
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Hood River Weather Forecast
It’s raining hard out there to start Sunday. That’ll turn to drizzles midday and return as moderate rain after 2pm. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and mid 50’s later. Moderate westerlies. 99.9% chance of rainbows. Monday starts off rain and turns showery. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and near 60 later. Light and variable wind early, light westerlies in the afternoon. 99.8% chance of rainbows. Tuesday looks partly cloudy with showers early and dry weather in the afternoon. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and mid 50’s later. Nuking west wind. 97% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
ATTENTION: the cows are out on Hospital Hill, and people have still been taking dogs on their hikes and bikes. STOP! I received an email from the Kreps asking me to remind folks that dogs are not allowed on Hospital Hill between March 20th and July 1st. Cows or no cows, dogs are not allowed. We use that land due to the generosity of the Kreps family. When you go against their wishes, 1) you’re being a selfish butthead and 2) you endanger access for others. Please, leave your dogs at home! Other news: snow-free trails include Post from Mitchell Ridge down, Whoopdee (too muddy), and Syncline. All trails will be too wet to ride starting today – if you ride muddy trails, you’ll damage them. Let them dry out, and trail volunteers can build new trails rather than fixing damage you caused. Thank you!
Upcoming Events
On Sunday, there’s by-donation yoga at Samadhi at 9am. There’s ping pong at the Skamania County Fairgrounds at 10:30, pickup touch rugby for all ages at 11am at the Hood River Marina, and indoor Ultimate Frisbee at 5pm at Horizon Christian School. Sunday is the Gorge Gravel Grinder in The Dalles (sold out). WET! Hood River Appreciation Day at Meadows, scheduled for Sunday, will be rescheduled. Dirty Fingers has canceled the Sunday Service Ride for today, but they will be showing the Tour de Flanders this afternoon at the shop. Doors open just before 3pm.
Random Morning Thoughts
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
