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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Saturday
Sunday

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Today is The Last Powder Day of the Season III Join the Facebook event!.

The snow level is around 3500′ this morning, and will slowly rise to 5500′ by 5pm. Steady snowfall will likely continue through 9am, becoming more sunbreaky in nature after that. Expect .1-.2” water value this morning for an additional 1-2” of snow. Wind will be NW 20-30 early, becoming more northerly at 20-25 after 11am and holding there.

Sunday looks sunny on Mt. Hood with the freezing level at 5500′ early, rising to 7000’+ in the afternoon. Wind will be NW 15-25 early, becoming N 10-20 after 11am.

Today’s Gorge Wind
Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Steven’s Locks	0-10	8-13	gusty 15-18	gusty 20-23
Hatch (subtract a few mph for Event Site)	0-10	8-13	gusty 15-18	gusty 20-23
Doug’s / Rowena / Lyle	7-11	15-18	gusty 20-24	23-26
Maryhill / Rufus / The Wall	10-15	15-18	24-28	24-28
Arlington / Roosevelt	10-15	20-24	24-28	21-25

Gorge Wind

Our gradients this morning started at .05 and .06 at o’dark o’clock. They’ll rise as this weather system moves east and high pressure builds inland. Expect W 10-15 this morning with 21-24 east of The Dalles. In the afternoon, expect gusty 18-23 from Hood River to Mosier with 24-28 from Lyle to Maryhill, and maybe Arlington, but I suspect the wind will fade at the far east beaches as high pressure builds in.

Tomorrow brings light wind, probably out of the west. Monday brings easterlies at 15-18 at Steven’s Locks and Rooster Rock.

Gorge Weather

I saw a few weak rainbows yesterday morning, so the forecast panned out. Then I went jogging in Post mid-afternoon, and that forecast panned out too, as I got absolutely drenched and came home with puddles in my shoes. We’ll see partly cloudy sky with sprinkles this morning, for an 80% chance of rainbows. The showers and clouds will diminish after 9am, leaving us with sunshine and increasing west wind. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and upper 50’s this afternoon.

Sunday looks sunny with temps in the mid 40’s early and upper 60’s in the afternoon with light wind. Monday looks sunny, maybe with a few high clouds, with temps in the upper 40’s early and low 70’s in the afternoon. The next couple of days bring temps in the 80’s.

Road and Mountain Biking

I went for a run in Post Canyon last night, and it is definitely too wet for biking today. There were streams running down the trails, and puddles inside my shoes. Whoopdee will also be too wet. Even Syncline may be too wet. I don’t know what to tell you. Ride your road bike?

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River Levels

The Hood’s at 6.5′, the Klickitat’s at 2510 cfs, the White Salmon is at 4.8′. The Wind is at 7.6′, and rafting trips scheduled for that river this weekend will take place on the Hood instead. Thanks, Wet Planet, for posting those levels. You make my life easy when you use social media.

Events – email me if I’ve missed any outdoor-related events

The Superpark 18 rail jam exhibition thingy that Meadows had planned for today has been moved to tomorrow to take advantage of the sunshine predicted tomorrow. And to allow you to not have FOMO while you’re shredding fresh powder today.

The Master Gardeners have their spring plant sale at the OSU Extension Office in Hood River from 9am to 1pm today. Lila May’s Tutu Trot is on the Twin Tunnels today. Registration is at 8am, it’s $15, and proceeds benefit a cute little 3 year old ballerina with cancer. Come on. You can run 3k, 5k, or 10k for a little kid. Race is at 9am.

After the run, take your kids to Camp Baldwin’s Hanel Lake (off the 44 Road) for a snowy but fun free youth fishing clinic brought to you by the Barlow Ranger District… if you can get there… I don’t know how much snow fell there last night, but there was 9” at Meadows.

And finally, May is national bike month, so get your butt on your bike, because bikes are fun!

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Looks like Saturday is going to be The Last Powder Day of the Season III Join the Facebook event!. Well, maybe not powder – it might be a bit heavy for that, but at least fresh tracks.

Today looks snowy on Mt. Hood, with orographic flurries followed by a more organized system tonight. Plus thunder. There will most likely be thunder and lightning on Mt. Hood today. The snow level will be around 4000′ all day with .1-.3” water value (WV) before 2pm, for 1-3” of new. Another .4-.8” WV (probably the higher end) falls between 2pm today and 5am Saturday, for 4-8” of new snow overnight. Wind today will be W 40 for much of the day, becoming SW 30-35 after 2pm.

Saturday starts off with snow flurries, maybe becoming partly cloudy, and maybe becoming sunny after 11am. The snow level will be 3000′ early and 6000′ in the afternoon with NW wind at 15mph early, becoming N 15 in the afternoon.

Sunday looks sunny. The freezing level will be 6000′ early and 9000′ in the afternoon with NNW wind at 10-15 in the morning, becoming more NW in the afternoon.

Today’s Gorge Wind
Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Steven’s Locks	12-15	12-15	15-18	thunder
Hatch (subtract a few mph for Event Site)	12-15	13-16	15-18	thunder
Doug’s / Rowena / Lyle	12-15	15-18	22-25	thunder
Maryhill / Rufus / The Wall	12-15	15-18	22-25	thunder
Arlington / Roosevelt	12-15	15-18	22-25	thunder

Gorge Wind

The models show we’ll have some wind in the Gorge today, but I’m going to recommend that you get after it early if you’re going to get after it, because afternoon thunderstorms will make playing wind johnny a hazardous proposition later on. That said, this morning’s early gradients sat at .07 and .08 with wind in the 12-15 range through the whole Gorge. I think gusty 22-25 from The Dalles to Arlington is reasonable to expect this morning, with 13-16 in the rainy western Gorge.

Saturday starts with westerlies at 13-15, probably from Mosier to Arlington. As the sky clears in the afternoon and the atmosphere settles, expect 23-26 from Mosier to Maryhill (maybe Hood River too, but I suspect it will remain quite gusty near town). Sunday looks like a light wind day.

Gorge Weather

I haven’t seen any rainbows outside my window yet this morning, and I haven’t heard any thunder yet, but I’m not giving up hope. Especially not on the thunder – there’s a pretty darn good chance of thunder and lightning this afternoon after 2pm. So, expect showers all day, with a good chance of rainbows, and thunder later. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 50’s this afternoon with gusty west wind.

Saturday starts off partly cloudy with scattered thunder chances. The sky should clear by afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and low 60’s in the afternoon with increasing west wind as the day goes on. Sunday looks sunny with temps in the upper 40’s early and upper 60’s in the afternoon with light wind.

Road and Mountain Biking

The Post n’ Pint was canceled again last night (that’s three out of four weeks canceled), and that means Post is too muddy for you to ride. And too muddy for me to ride. So sad. Judging by how wet my fence is this morning, Whoopdee will also be quite wet. So, that leaves you with Syncline and the 44 Road trails. With the snow level dropping to 4000′ today and precip continuing, it’s going to be mighty cold on the 44 Road. So perhaps you’re riding Syncline. The Kreps were unable to spray herbicide the last couple of days, so Hospital Hill is open.

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River Levels

The Hood’s at 6.1′, the Klickitat’s at 2400 cfs, and I dunno about the White Salmon. I’ll call today and find out. I swear.

Events – email me if I’ve missed any outdoor-related events

Today is Friday the 9th, and today is the last Friday until fall that Temira has to get up for work at 4am. Hooray! If there’s anything exciting going on tonight, I don’t know about it. But tomorrow. Oh boy is there exciting stuff tomorrow.

First, the Master Gardeners have their spring plant sale at the OSU Extension Office in Hood River from 9am to 1pm. That’ll be fun. Lila May’s Tutu Trot is on the Twin Tunnels tomorrow. Registration is at 8am, it’s $15, and proceeds benefit a cute little 3 year old ballerina with cancer. Come on. You can run 3k, 5k, or 10k for a little kid.

After the run, take your kids to Camp Baldwin’s Hanel Lake (off the 44 Road) for a snowy but fun free youth fishing clinic brought to you by the Barlow Ranger District.

And finally, May is national bike month, so get your butt on your bike, because bikes are fun!

Have an awesome day today!

Temira