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The Forecast
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Mt. Hood will be at least partially sunny for the next few days. Snow starts up Sunday morning, and stormy weather sticks around through Monday. We may or may not see continued light snowfall through Wednesday, and then it’s most likely we’ll have a switch back to dry weather.
Thursday’s temp forecast for the mountain is tricky due to a deeper cold pool and east wind, but the sky coverage is not: it’ll be sunny. The free air freezing level will be around 9000′ all day with 850mb temps between +1C and +8C. Depends on where and when. Wind will be SE 20 this morning, S 5-15 this afternoon, and S 10-20 overnight.
Friday will have intermittent periods of high clouds. The free air freezing level starts at 10,000′ and falls to 6500′ overnight. Temps on the slopes will be near 40F. Wind: S 10-20 in the morning, SW 10-20 in the afternoon, and SW 5-15 overnight. Saturday starts clear and becomes mostly high overcast. The free air freezing level will be in the 6500-7000′ range all day with temps in the upper 30’s on the slopes. Wind: SW 5-15 in the morning building to SW 15-25 in the afternoon and becoming W 25 overnight.
Snow starts up on Sunday morning, but models don’t agree how much snow we’ll get. The GFS calls for 0.5” to 1.0” water equivalent, and the Euro predicts 0.4” to 0.7”. So, we’ll probably get at least half a foot of snow during the day Sunday followed by additional snow with orographic assistance into Monday afternoon. After that: maybe or maybe not light snow through Wednesday followed by more dry weather. Have fun out there!
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
Nuking easterlies stick around for Thursday. Expect 55-65 at Rooster (already had a gust to 90), 35-45 at Stevenson, 25-30 at Viento, 15-20 at Swell, and 5-10 east of there. River flow is 161kcfs, river temp is 37F, and high temp forecast is 39F. Friday starts with 45-55 at Rooster, 30-35 at Stevenson, and 5-10 east of Swell. Afternoon wind drops to 35-40 at Rooster, 25-30 at Stevenson, and goes calm east of Swell. High temp: 40ish. Saturday: 25-30 at Rooster falling to 20-25 and 30-35 at Stevenson falling to 20-25. High temp: 40ish.
Coast, Jones, Coast
Done until spring, unless there’s an obvious Coast or Sauvie’s or Jones day.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Nothing sticks around all day. Temps will be right at freezing this morning and in the mid 30’s later. Moderate easterlies. No rainbows. Friday will be Nothing in the morning and may see a Nothing breakup later with high overcast sky above. Temps will be in the upper 20’s early and mid 30’s later. Easterlies. No rainbows. Saturday will be Nothing early and mostly Nothing later. Temps will be in the upper 20’s early and mid 30’s in the afternoon. Light easterlies or calm wind. No rainbows. Next chance of precip is Sunday morning.
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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 with the Mountain View Cycles crew at Syncline on Wednesday evenings at 5:45pm.
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