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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Thursday looks sunny and cold on the mountain. Clear weather lasts through midday Friday before significant snow arrives through at least midday Sunday. So, for Thursday: sunshine. Free air freezing level 0′ early and 500′ later. Mountain temps will be in the single digits early and teens to low 20’s later. Wind: NE 20 early. NE 10 later, W 10 overnight.
Friday starts with high clouds. Snowfall starts up around 1pm. Snow level 0′ early, 2500′ in the afternoon, and 0′ overnight. About 0.4” WV falls by 4pm, for 4-5” of regular old snow. Another 0.5” WV falls overnight for 5-6” of powder. Wind will be W 10 early, W 45 in the afternoon, and W 35 after midnight. That’s full-on storm skiing for the Friday night session. Given the wind, snowfall amounts could increase by 30-50% due to orographic enhancement, making for a sweet powder day on Saturday.
Snowfall and wind continues on Saturday. The snow level will be 0′ early, 1000′ midday, and 0′ overnight. Precip: 0.3” WV during the day, for 3-4” of powder. Another 0.5” falls after 4pm, for 5-6” of fluffy goodness. Wind will be W 35 early, W 25 in the afternoon, and WSW 35 overnight.
Sunday starts off snowy and probably ends up partly cloudy. That said, models don’t exactly agree on what’s going to happen, and a lot could change between now and then. The most common model solution has a couple inches of snow during the day with temps in the low 20’s wind moderate westerly wind. After Sunday, models really diverge, so let’s wait and see.
Gorge Wind
Thursday’s wind looks like this: E 5-10 in the morning and E 10-15 in the afternoon. Friday starts with E 10-15 near Rooster Rock and Stevenson. It appears the wind will turn westerly west of Cascade Locks by noon and turn westerly everywhere after 4pm. However, another model solution doesn’t switch the wind around. Saturday probably starts out with light westerlies, goes calm midday, turns to light easterly in the afternoon. East wind continues Saturday and Sunday.
JONES, SAUVIE’S, COAST: now on vacation for the fall and winter. Will return in spring.
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Hood River Weather Forecast
It’s absolutely gorgeous this morning, and the sky will stay clear all day. Temps will be in the low 20’s early and upper 30’s later. East wind. No rainbows. Friday starts off with high clouds and maybe an accompanying Nothing. Temps will be in the mid 20’s early and upper 30’s later. Maybe. Depending on the exact path of an incoming system, precip that starts around noon could be snow or rain through Saturday morning. Most likely the snow level will be about 1000′. East wind. Maybe turning west overnight. No rainbows. Saturday looks like mixed snow and rain turning to snow overnight. 1-4” accumulation. Temps will be in the low to mid 30’s early and low 40’s later. Light west wind early. Light east wind later. 10% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Silly rabbit… it’s not biking season in the Gorge. It’s XC skiing and BC skiing season! Wax those skis with some red and get out and play in the snow!
Upcoming Events
On Thursday: There’s by-donation yoga at 8am at Flow. That’s followed by $5Tai Chi at the Hood River Adult Center at 2:30, community yoga at 6pm at Samadhi in White Salmon, and free Tai Chi at Our Savior Church in Bingen at 6. There’s Zumba at Mid-Valley elementary at 6:30. At 7am on Friday, there’s the Kickstand Coffee Run, where jogging or walking 4 miles gets you a free cup of coffee and a donut. There’s a by-donation yoga class at Yoga Samadhi at 4:15 on Friday afternoons.
Random Morning Thoughts
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
