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The Forecast
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy sky this morning quickly gives way to light snowfall and then a beast of a storm for the next 24 hours. Snowfall continues all the way through Wednesday. That’s followed by a Pineapple Express on Thursday into Friday. The deets of that are not yet clear, but it’s looking impressive. Until then…
Groom does not get any better than it is to start Sunday. Go get it. Light snowfall starts up midday and becomes heavier and heavier as the evening progresses. Near Mt. Hood, the snow level will be 0′ this morning, 2500′ this afternoon, 4500′ tonight (perhaps briefly climbing to 5000′ or a bit more) and back to 2000′ or less by Monday morning. During the day, we’ll just see 0.1” water equivalent (WE), for an inch of new snow. Overnight, 1.3”+ WE is forecast for 11-14” increasingly dense and then increasingly fluffy snow. Wind will be SW 15-30 this morning and will build to SW 25-55 this afternoon, SW 50-80 late tonight, and SW 40-60 after midnight.
Monday looks very, very snowy. If you like storm skiing, it will be your day. Wherever you area headed, bring a snow shovel with you or your car will be stuck in the resort parking lot! The snow level Monday will quickly fall to 1500′ and stay there. About 1.5” WE is forecast during the day, for 15-20” light powder. Thank you, orographic assistance! Overnight, another 0.4” WE is forecast, for 4-5” additional powder (or maybe more – thank you again, orographics). Wind: SW 40-60 early, W 30 from mid-morning on through the evening, and WSW 35-45 after midnight.
Another round of cold, snowy weather is forecast for Tuesday with the snow level around 2500-3000′. Total snowfall for the 24 hour period will be 8-12”. Wednesday daytime looks mostly dry. Much warmer, wetter, truly unfortunate (for snow conditions, anyway) weather arrives in the afternoon or evening. Enjoy the epic conditions between now and then!
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
Easterlies start your Sunday. For the morning, we have 35-40 at Rooster and 20-25 at Stevenson and Viento. Afternoon wind drops to 20-25 at Rooster and rises to 35-40 at Stevenson with 20-25 at Viento. River flow is 125kcfs, river temp is 37F, and high temp forecast is 30F. Monday starts with SW 20-25 at Rooster and E 10-15 at Stevenson. Afternoon wind may turn light westerly, but it may also stay calm. Expect SW wind in the eastern Gorge. High temp: 37F. Tuesday Starts with W 12-25 east of The Dalles and calm wind in the central Gorge. Afternoon wind turns calm everywhere.
Coast, Jones, Coast
Done until spring, unless there’s an obvious Coast or Sauvie’s or Jones day.
Hood River Weather Forecast
mostly cloudy sky starts the day. Snow moves in late morning or early afternoon and becomes heavy, possibly switching to ice overnight. Temps will be in the mid teens early and low 30’s later. Easterlies. No rainbows. Monday starts with snow or ice and switches to rain later. Temps will be in the upper 20’s early and mid 30’s later. Calm wind early. Light westerlies (maybe) later. 15% chance of rainbows. Tuesday will be rainy. Temps will be in the low 30’s early and upper 30’s later. Calm wind. 17% chance of 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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Have an awesome day!
