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The Forecast
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| Thursday 6500’ish |
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| Friday 6500′->4500′->1500′ |
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| Saturday 1500′->8000′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Temps are above freezing at 5000′ this morning. Unfortunately, they’re going to stay above freezing as precip moves in this afternoon and into Friday morning. Once that system is done, the forecast is for clear, sunny weather on the slopes for a couple of days.
Thursday starts cloudy. Light mixed precip moves in sometimes this morning and is replaced by moderate rain tonight. This is driven by an incoming low that’s almost certain to travel north of the Columbia. This leaves Mt. Hood in the warm sector to the south of the low. The snow level will be 6500′ this morning, 5500′-6500′ this afternoon, 7000′ overnight, and 6500′ after midnight. Just a trace to 0.1” mixed precip is forecast during the day. Approximately 1.1” rain is in the cards tonight. Wind: SW 15-30 during the day. SW 20-40 overnight.
Friday starts with moderate to heavy rain and transitions to snow flurries an hour or two after sunrise. Intermittent flurries mix with clear sky for the rest of the day. The snow level will be 6500′ early, 4500′ mid morning, and somewhere around 4000′ from the afternoon on. Just a trace of snow is forecast, although NW wind could amplify that a bit. The wind will be SW 20-40 early and NW 30-35 from mid-morning on through the night.
A few lingering flurries are possible (but unlikely) early Saturday along with some morning high clouds. Full sunshine is forecast for the afternoon. The freezing level will be 1500′ early, 3500′ in the afternoon, and 8000′ overnight. Wind will be NW 25-30 in the morning and will quickly fade. Afternoon wind will be light easterly and will turn to light southerly overnight. Sunday looks clear and warm with the freezing level rising to 12,000′. Wind will be light southerly. Next system: Monday night. Not much moisture there, but it will probably fall as snow.
Gorge Wind Forecast
Models have coalesced around a couple of windy days – one from each direction. Thursday starts with easterlies at 45-50 at Rooster, 30-35 at Stevenson, and 15-20 at Viento with 5-10 to the east. That wind holds through the morning, then adds rain and drops to 30-35 at both Rooster and Stevenson. River flow is 150kcfs, river temp is 52F, and high temp forecast is 45F. Friday’s models have finally agreed on a low moving inland and high pressure building behind. This starts the day with E 30-35 before dawn and E 10-15 around sunset. After that low moves inland mid-morning, the wind rises to W 28-32 from Stevenson to The Dalles with light/variable wind the the east. High temp: 47F. Saturday’s forecast is W 10-13 form Stevenson to Mosier in the morning with light and variable wind in the afternoon. High temp: 49F. Easterlies return at 25-30 on Sunday.
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 this morning adds rain this afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and mid 40’s later. Light east wind. 16% chance of rainbows. Friday starts with rain and ends dry. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and upper 40’s later. Strong westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Saturday starts with low clouds and ends sunny. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and upper 40’s later. Light westerlies become calm in the afternoon. No rainbows.
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Cycling
FREEZE-THAW ALERT: temps were below freezing last night and they will be above freezing today. If you ride trails that froze overnight and melt today (Syncline, Whoopdee, anything not under tree cover), you WILL do significant damage. DON’T DO IT! Plentiful rain in the last week means most tree-covered trails are muddy. Please don’t ride them. 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!
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