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| Thursday 8000′->3000′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
It’s Thursday morning, and it’s a drizzly one on the slopes of Mt. Hood. The drizzle transitions to partly cloudy sky this afternoon and mixed-precip-to-snow overnight. We’ll then see colder weather with snow for the next three days followed by an uncertain forecast for Sunday.
Thursday’s details: Light rain in the morning, partly cloudy sky in the afternoon, mixed precip around midnight, and snow in the wee hours of Friday. Snow level: 8000′ early, 7000′ in the afternoon, 5500′ around midnight, and 3000′ after midnight. Precip: a trace or so during the day. 0.2” water value (WV) that falls as a rain/snow mix overnight, for up to an inch of new snow. Wind will be WSW 30 during the day and SW 30-40 overnight.
Friday sees snow for most of the day with partly cloudy to clear sky from mid-afternoon on. The snow level will be 3000′ all day. Precip: 0.4” WV during the day, for 4” or so of regular old Cascade snow. Wind will be SW 35 early, SW 20 in the afternoon, and S 15 overnight.
If you’re choosing your weekend day, you’ll have to choose without complete information. Models are not agreeing on the weather on Sunday, or at least not on the details of the weather. Saturday starts off clear and turns snowy midday. Depending on the exact storm track, there may be a period of mixed precip, rain, or snain mid-afternoon, but it’ll be back to snow overnight. The snow level will be 3000′ early, 1500′ mid-morning, 5000’+ in the afternoon, 1500′ in the evening, and 1000′ after midnight. Precip: 0.1” WV from 1pm to 4pm – probably mixed precip. An additional 0.5” WV falls overnight, for 3-5” of increasingly dry, fluffy snow. Wind will be S 20 early, SW 15-25 during the day, and W 30 after midnight.
As I said before, the details are unclear for Sunday. The GFS brings a compact low through the area, for strong wind and heavy precip Sunday afternoon. The Euro has a broad area of low pressure on track that’s different enough to affect the reliability of any precip and wind forecast. Let’s see if they come into agreement tomorrow, okay?
Gorge Wind Forecast
Light west wind (variable in some locations) starts off Thursday. Nothing will change… light and variable wind all day. River flow is 126kcfs and river temp is 42 degrees. Friday starts out light and variable and stays that way in the western Gorge. Areas east of The Dalles will see W 12-15 in the afternoon. Saturday brings easterlies at 25-30 near Rooster and Stevenson for the first 2/3 or the day. In the afternoon, the wind will back off to 15-20. Overnight, we’ll see west wind in the 26-30 range.
JONES, SAUVIE’S, COAST: now on vacation for the fall and winter. Will return in spring.
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Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s an overcast morning, and it sure feels warm compared to the last few days. We’ll see mostly cloudy sky today with a few showers this morning. Temps will be int eh mid 30’s early and mid 40’s later. Light and variable wind. 76% chance of rainbows. Friday looks rainy through mid-morning and showery after that. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and mid 40’s this afternoon. Light west wind. 99% chance of rainbows. Saturday looks cloudy early, and rainy after 11am. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and low 40’s later. East wind. 3% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
*FREEZE THAW ALERT* We’re in a pattern of overnight freezing temps with daytime temps above freezing. This means the soil structure on the trails will liquefy. If you ride them, you will do major damage. Please don’t. Or, if you must ride, only do so under the forest canopy where the trails will not thaw. Or ride your road bike, gravel roads, or the trainer!
Upcoming Events
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.
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Have an awesome day today!
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