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Good morning,

Looks like the perfect weather is going to go on a short vacation, with clouds today and a chance of sprinkles and heavier rain tomorrow morning. It’s actually misting up at Meadows, where I’m headed to spend the day working. But don’t worry – we’ll be back to sunny and warm on Tuesday afternoon. However, the freezing level is going to drop under 1000′ Monday night into Tuesday morning, so if you’ve got sensitive plants outside, it would behoove you to protect them.

That said, it looks windy through Tuesday. We’ll start with 15-18 under the clouds and 22-25 east of Mosier this morning. In the afternoon, the wind will pick up to 28-32 east of Lyle. Strongest wind today will be at Maryhill.

Tomorrow, Monday looks super windy. Expect dawn patrol (probably at Doug’s/Mosier, but possibly near HR) at 30-35, probably dropping a bit mid-morning, and then filling in all the way to Arlington at 28-32.

Tuesday starts with light west wind (which might actually protect your plants from the cold weather) in the 10-15 range, picking up to 23-26 in the afternoon. On Wednesday and Thursday, we’ll have easterlies.

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If you’d like to build trail, WTA has a work party at Syncline today at 8:30 and going all day. If you’d rather just ride, the Columbia Gorge Tri Club is headed to Lost Lake and Cooper Spur for 6 hours in the saddle today. Meet at 8:30am at 10 Speed Roastery to join this ride. Also, there’s a rumor of people clearing trail on Surveyor’s Ridge. No guarantees, but the first 4 miles, at least, was clear as of last week, and if you combine it with Kitchen Sink, you’ll have a nice ride, even if you can’t get to the 44 Road.

In race news, today is the Bear Springs Trap mountain bike race at McCubbin’s Gulch, and it’s also the continuation of the Deschutes River Time Trial Festival. This after at 3pm, there’s pickup touch rugby in Mosier.

As for Mt. Hood weather, we’ll have mist this morning, and maybe some light rain through the morning, for a total of .1-.3” water value with the snow level at 6000′ early, dropping to 5000′ midday, when the sky will become partly cloudy. Wind will be W 25-30 early, swinging to WNW 25-35 early in the afternoon. And that’s it for Mt. Hood forecasting until next weekend. Ha. Take that. I’m sleeping in tomorrow!

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

Thank you for using this forecast! Your donations keep this forecast going – despite rumors to the contrary, nobody pays me to write this and post it. This forecast started as a way for me to find better windsurfing conditions. It morphed into a way for me to find better skiing in the winter. Seemed silly to keep that information to myself, so it’s here for you (almost) every day. Make a $12 or larger donation, and you’re on the email list for a year. No dealing with the twice-yearly pledge drive. Sometimes I even have prizes to give away from the email list sponsors. Thank you again for your support! Enjoy the snow and wind and sun!

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Good morning,

Just two more days of this 4am stuff. Then, sadly for you, I will sleep in and your forecast will come later. But I will be more rested, and possibly more entertaining. Speaking of entertaining, mark your calendars for Interesting on May 4th. Lots of 3 minute talks by cool people. Think of it as Ted talks for the ADD crowd. You’ll love it, I promise. Mosier School. 2 shows: 2pm and 7pm.

I have a very important announcement this morning: The new Whoopdee Trail climb is done. Yes, that’s right. It’s done. Some of you may not know how this trail was built. I’ll tell you. Steve Dunn made it happen by talking to the landowners and using his own personal trail machine to build it. Yes, he had other volunteer help, but the vast majority of the work was his time, his gas money, and his machine repairs. If you want to thank him for making this awesome trail, please take the time to send a note to HoodRiverDunn@gmail.com. That’s also his PayPal account, if you’d like to make a donation.

That said, we’ll move on to work parties. There’s one at 9am today at the White Salmon Bike Park. There’s also a WTA work party today and tomorrow at Syncline at 8:30. Join the rattlesnakes, ticks and wildflowers for a lovely day giving back to your trails. In bike racing and riding news, the Hammerheads leave Ground Coffee at 9am for hammering today, the Tri Club leaves 10 Speed for 100 miles at 8am tomorrow, the Deschutes River Time Trial Festival starts today, and the Bear Springs Trap mountain bike race is tomorrow.

In your wind forecast for the next few days, it’s going to be quite windy. Today starts with westerlies at 15-18 through much of the Gorge, picking up to gusty 26-30 all the way to Arlington this afternoon. It’s quite likely that the windiest, steadiest wind today will be at Stevenson. Sunday sees low clouds push deeper into the Gorge as a weather system approaches. We’ll see west wind at 15-18 near Hood River, with gusty 23-26 east of Mosier in the morning with 28-32 from Maryhill to Arlington in the afternoon.

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As that weather system crosses the Cascades Sunday night and high pressure builds in, we’ll see very strong westerlies on Monday. Expect gusty 18-21 with low clouds and rain in the western Gorge, with sunshine and 30-35mph wind east of The Dalles from mid-morning on. Tuesday marks a return to light wind and sunny weather.

In straight-up weather news, we’ll see temps climb into the 70’s today, into the upper 60’s tomorrow, and the mid-50’s on Monday. Watch for frost (f**k) on Tuesday morning – I see a large ReMay purchase in my future between now and then…

On the mountain, we’ll see sunshine today with W wind at 25-30 and the freezing level at 12,000. Tomorrow sees some mist, sprinkles and low clouds in the morning. The freezing level will be 6500′ early, 5500′ midday and 10,000′ in the afternoon. Wind will be WNW 25 all day. Monday looks crappy on the mountain, with rain turning to snow and 50mph wind. And that marks the end of your Mt. Hood forecast until next weekend. =)

Have an awesome day today!

Temira