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The Forecast
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| Wednesday 3500′-4000′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
If you like your powder light and your corduroy long-lasting packed powder, this is the forecast for you! We’ll see a foot to 18” of new snow by the weekend followed by intermittent light snowfall with cold temps and perfect groom.
Wednesday starts with flurries. Light snowfall continues all day and all night. The snow level will be 3500′ to 4000′ for the 24 hour period. Not too much snow is forecast; expect 0.1” to 0.2” water equivalent today for 1-2” of garden-variety snow. Overnight snowfall will be 0.2” WE for 2-3” increasingly lighter snow. Wind today: SW 20-40ish depending on elevation and exposure.
Heavier snowfall is forecast Thursday daytime as the wind turns westerly and lends an orographic hand to the accumulation. The snow level will be 4000′ early and 1500′ from mid-morning on. Thanks, cold front! About 0.6” WE is forecast for the daytime. Call that 6-7” increasingly powdery snow. Another 0.2” WE is forecast overnight for 2-3” more high quality powder. Wind: SW 25-45 early, W 25 mid-morning, W 45 in the afternoon (storm skiing!), W 30 in the evening, and SW 20-35 overnight.
Moderate, high-quality snowfall continues on Friday. The snow level will be 1500′ early and will fall to 500-1000′ near Mt. Hood in the afternoon. About 0.5” WE is forecast during the day, for 5-7” light powder. Another 0.1” is forecast overnight for another inch or so. Wind: SW 15-35 all day becoming WSW 15-20 overnight. Light snowfall mixes with sun breaks on Saturday. Intermittent sunshine is possible Sunday, by which point the snow level will be at the valley floor and not going anywhere. Happy holidays – Mother Nature is gifting you high quality snow!
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
Not so much in the way of wind the next few days… Widespread easterlies this morning at 5-10mph pick up to E 20-25 for a few hours just at Cascade Locks mid-morning. Afternoon wind goes calm. River flow is 98,800cfs, river temp is 44F, and high temp forecast is 36F. Thursday starts with light and variable wind. Afternoon: W 7-10 in the central Gorge and gusty 16-19 east of The Dalles. In the late afternoon, the wind drops to light westerlies. High temp: 42F. Friday starts with E 15-20 at Stevenson and W 15-20 at Rooster. The wind drops to 5mph or so at both locations, holding direction, in the afternoon. High temp: 41F.
Coast, Jones, Coast
Done until spring, unless there’s an obvious Coast or Sauvie’s or Jones day.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Wednesday brings intermittent drizzle that finally ends tonight and returns after midnight. Temps will be in the low-mid 30’s early and mid 30’s later. Calm wind. 4% chance of rainbows. Thursday will be cloudy with drizzle. Sun breaks are possible in the afternoon, and drizzle returns overnight. Temps will be in the low-mid 30’s early and low 40’s later. Light westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Friday will be rainy. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and low 40’s later. Calm wind. 0.05% chance of rainbows. See TATAS for the extended forecast.
Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.
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 at Syncline on Tuesday evenings at 5:45pm.
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