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The Forecast

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Thursday 0′->6000′
Friday 6000′-7000′
Saturday 6000′->10,000′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

It’s a very, very cold morning on Mt. Hood – temps are in the 0-5 degree range with a bit of wind tossed in. Bundle up and don’t expose any skin if you’re headed up there. This is, by the way, your last chance for good conditions until the middle of next week. Good news is: after significant rain, we’re probably going to get massive snow!

Thursday will be cold and dry until early afternoon. Light snow picks up and transitions to mixed precip late this evening and then rain overnight. The snow level will be 0′ in the morning and will rise to 6000′ tonight as warmer air pushes in. Caveat: this really depends on how deep the cold pool is. We’ll see about 0.2” water equivalent tonight, for up to a couple inches of snow. Wind: variable to 20 this morning, SW 10-15 this afternoon builds to SW 15-25 overnight.

Friday’s opening gambit is rain. That could switch back to mixed precip overnight, but probably will stay rain. The snow level will be 6000′ in the morning and 7000′ midday. It’ll fall back to 6000′ overnight. About 0.8” rain is forecast during the day followed by 0.4” rain overnight. Wind: SW 10-20 in the morning rises to SW 30-40 in the afternoon and drops to SW 20-30 overnight.

Rain continues on Saturday. The snow level will be 5500′ in the morning, 8500′ in the afternoon, and 10,000′ after midnight. About 0.5” rain is forecast during the day and another 0.1” overnight. Wind: SW 15-30 in the morning, SW 30-40 in the afternoon, and SW 15-25 after midnight. Rain Monday gives way to snow, then rain early Tuesday, then, if we are lucky, an extended period of massive snowfall Tuesday into Thursday. Fingers crossed.  

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Easterlies at 55mph near Iwash this morning build to 60+ this afternoon. Stevenson: 30-40. Viento: 30ish. River flow is 144kcfs, river temp is 40F, and high temp forecast is merely 12F. On Friday morning, during the ice storm, Rooster will be 60+ mph, Stevenson will be 40mph, and Viento will be 30mph. What a mess that will be. High temp: 22F. Saturday starts with E 40 at Rooster and falls to E 30-40. Stevenson: 30mph. Again: very messy with accumulating ice. Easterlies continue through midday Sunday.  

Jones, Sauvie Island, Coast – Done for the Season

Hood River Weather Forecast

High clouds this morning give way to snow this afternoon and sleet after midnight. Temps will hover around 12F all day. Easterlies. No rainbows. Friday brings sleet in the morning and ice from midday on. Temps will be near 10F in the morning and in the low 20’s in the afternoon. Easterlies. No rainbows. Saturday starts with temps in the teens and rises to (??) the upper 20’s. Freezing rain all day. Easterlies. No rainbows.

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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.  

Cycling

Now it’s snowy on the trails! We’ll keep the freeze/thaw language just in case the snow goes somewhere (which it won’t any time soon). If you ride trails that froze and then thawed, you’ll do major and probably permanent damage to the tread. The Family Man closure kicked off on November 1st – the area around Family Man and Riordan Hill Road will be closed into December. Upper elevation trails, above 4000′, are likely to have some snow coverage. If you’re riding Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.  

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