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The Forecast

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Sunday 1000′->2000′->0′
Monday 0′
Tuesday it’s complicated

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Happy new year, everyone! The year is starting off with sunshine and stellar groom on the slopes. It’s going to be a gorgeous day for shredding and skating and park riding and just plain being in the sun at elevation. Get yourself some! The rest of the week brings minimal snowfall at least until Wednesday. At that point, models indicate a shift to warmer weather for at least a few days.

So, Sunday. 2023 kicks off with packed powder and hardpack groom and temps in the 20’s at the resorts. Sunshine sticks around all day. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be 500-1000′ this morning, 2000′ this afternoon, and 0′ overnight. Wind will be NE 5-10 all day long and will turn southerly at 10-20 overnight.

Monday will be sunny most of the day. A weak weather system brushes the mountain overnight with light snowfall. The snow level will be 0′ near Mt. Hood all day long with temps in the low-mid 20’s. Light snowfall starts in the evening with a trace to 0.1” water equivalent forecast overnight. Call that up to 1” of new snow. Wind: S 10-20 all day becoming lighter in the evening and overnight.

Tuesday brings light and intermittent snowfall all day. The snow level near Mt. Hood will be 0-1000′ all day with the environmental snow level (thanks for the term, NWS) of 2000′ in the morning, 45000′ in the afternoon, and 2000′ overnight. Up to 0.1” WE is forecast during the day, for an inch of new. A trace of snow falls overnight. Wind: SW 10-20 all day long becoming light southerly overnight. Models diverge on the details for Wednesday, but the general picture is a warmup into the probably-not-snow zone by Thursday. We’ll have to wait for clarification on how wet and how warm things will be. After that: a generally wetter pattern with temp forecasts right on the edge. As always, get it right now while the getting is good!  

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Westerlies to 10mph this morning turn around to easterlies this afternoon, and then it’s easterlies for days. Sunday kicks off with variable, but mostly west wind to the low teens. By early afternoon, the wind turns to E 15 near Cascade Locks then builds to E 30 from Rooster to Stevenson in the evening. River flow is 81-129kcfs, river temp is 38F, and high temp forecast is 41F. Monday starts with E 40 at Rooster, 30 at Stevenson, and 20-25 at Viento. The wind dips to 30-35 at Rooster and 20-25 at Stevenson in the afternoon. High temp: 33F. Tuesday starts with E 20-25 at Rooster and E 15 at Stevenson. Afternoon wind levels out at 20-25 from Rooster to Viento. High temp: 34F. Easterlies continue, and probably get stronger, on Wednesday and Thursday.  

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Hood River Weather Forecast

Cloudy Nothing this morning should break up a little this afternoon. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and low 40’s later. Light westerlies in the morning. Easterlies later. No rainbows. Monday will be Nothing followed by a few scattered flurries overnight. Temps start in the upper 20’s and rise to the low 30’s. Easterlies. No rainbows. Tuesday starts with flurries and ends mostly cloudy. Temps start in the upper 20’s and rise to the mid 30’s. Easterlies. No rainbows.

Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.  

Local-ish Events

Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know!
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!