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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
Today’s going to be another warm and sunny day of spring skiing on Mt. Hood. After today, we go into a cooler weather pattern with disagreement in the models on the amount of precipitation.
For Thursday: sunshine. Free air freezing level (FAF) 13,000′. Light and variable wind goes to S 5 in the afternoon and E 20 after midnight. Clouds move in on Friday, bringing in some light rain. The snow level will be 13,000′ in the morning, 10,000′ in the afternoon, and 8000′ (dropping to 4000′ at some point) overnight. Somewhere between a trace and 1/4” rain will fall starting around noon. Wind will be E 20 in the morning, variable to 20 in the afternoon, and W 10 overnight.
Saturday brings partly to mostly cloudy sky with flurries. Models disagree on snowfall amounts Saturday night. The snow level will be 8000′ early, 5000′ for most of the day, and 3500′ overnight. We’ll probably see flurries during the day with no accumulation. Overnight, we could see 2-6” of new snow. Wind will be W 10 in the morning, WNW 20 int eh afternoon, and W 25 overnight.
Sunday brings light snowfall, but again, models are all over the place on amounts. The snow level will be 3500′ in the morning, 4500′ int eh afternoon, and 2000′ overnight. 3-12” of new snow will fall in the 24 hour period, most likely the lower end of that range. Wind will be W 20-25 all day. Additional snowfall arrives on Monday before we head back into a warm, dry period for the middle of next week.
Random Morning Thoughts
Definitely no time for this today. Have yourself an awesome day!
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Gorge Wind Forecast
If you like east wind, you’d better get it today. Next chance for easterlies is next Tuesday. For today, we’ll have 20-25 near Rooster and Stevenson with 10ish at Viento through early afternoon. After that, the wind will drop off to 10-15 and 5-10 respectively, and then it’ll turn westerly overnight.
Friday’s weather deserves more of a discussion. Low pressure moves in along the coast, driving a strong push of cold, damp air into the western half of the state. A weak warm front moves in from the south. The heat low, previously over Portland, shifts over the desert. This sets up a 25 degree cross-Cascade temperature gradient and large pressure gradient. All that is positive, but this is not an ideal setup: the atmosphere will be less stable than the ideal, allowing the wind to (potentially) flow above the Cascade crest. Also, we’d like to see offshore high pressure, not low pressure. So, like I said, not perfect. However…
We’ll start the day with 17-21 from Viento to Mosier. The wind will quickly ramp up to 28-33+ everywhere. As clouds move in, the wind will drop off to 18-22 from Stevenson to Mosier (?) and keep climbing in the desert. Strongest wind will be Rowena to Arlington, where models are predicting gusts to 50mph.
Low pressure moves over the Northwest on Saturday and Sunday. That will knock down the wind speeds. We’ll see 10-13 in the west and 13-17 east of Mosier Saturday morning with 18-22 in the afternoon east of Mosier. Sunday looks like 12-15, just in the eastern Gorge, with 7-11 in the western Gorge.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s another dry and sunny day. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and low 80’s this afternoon. East wind. No rainbows. Friday looks mostly clear to start with mostly cloudy sky in the afternoon. Scattered sprinkles are possible. Temps will be near 50 early and in the mid 60’s later. Strong west wind. 24% chance of rainbows. Saturday looks cloudy. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and near 60 in the afternoon. Moderate west wind. 18% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
According to Dirty Fingers, Dog River is open and clear of trees. Surveyor’s is open with “several” trees down. Knebal and Eightmile are open. Bear Springs is open and hosting the Bear Springs Trap race this weekend. Post is starting to get a bit dry. Hospital Hill is full of cow poop. Syncline is full of ticks and poison oak. Whoopdee is full of wildflowers. The road biking should be off the charts epic today due to 80 degree temps and light wind. Anson’s Bike Buddies has a bike repair party tonight, 5-8pm, behind Cascade Eye Center in Hood River.
Upcoming Events
Today’s events include meditation at 6:15 at Trinity Natural Medicine and free yoga at Flow in Hood River at 8am. There’s $5 Tai Chi at the Hood River Adult Center at 2:30, free yoga at Samadhi at 6, Zumba at Mid-Valley Elementary in Odell at 6:30, and Tai Chi at Our Savior Church in Bingen at 6:30. Anson’s Bike Buddies will be fixing up bikes for local kids behind Cascade Eye Center in Hood River tonight from 5-8.
The Kickstand Coffee run is at 7am tomorrow, earning you a free cup of coffee and a donut for jogging 4 miles. The Cherry Festival kicks off in The Dalles tomorrow, with a disc golf tournament and society for Creative Anachronism reenactments on Saturday. If you or your kids want to learn to fight with a sword, there’s a swordplay workshop at the Hood River Library Saturday at noon.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
