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The Forecast

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Thursday 500′->2000′->0′
Friday 0′->6000′
Saturday 6000′->1000′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

It’s Thursday, and according to the Meadows snow report, today is “one of those days”. For those of you who aren’t working (I’m working too), head up there for sunshine and absolutely perfect groom, parks, and Nordic. Don’t worry – the near-perfect, sunny weather will stick around for most of the extended forecast.

Thursday will be sunny and cool all day. The free air freezing level will be 500-1000′ this morning and will rise to 1500-2000′ this afternoon before dropping back to 0′ overnight with 850mb temps at -3C. No precip today. Just sun. Wind: NW 20-30 early fades to N 10 this afternoon and becomes light and variable overnight.

If you liked that forecast, you’ll love Friday: sun all day and pretty much zero wind. The free air freezing level will be 0′ in the morning, 3000′ in the afternoon, and 6000′ overnight with temps at 5000′ rising to 32F in the afternoon. Wind: light and variable all day becoming W 10 overnight. Snow: packed powder. It doesn’t get any better than that for a groomer, park, BC, or XC day. Enjoy!

Saturday starts off clear. A weather system smashes on in mid to late afternoon and brings an uncertain amount of snow with a more certain amount of wind. The free air freezing level will be 6000′ under clear sky to start the day. The snow level, when that system arrives, will be 4500′ and will fall to 2000′ overnight. Models disagree on snow amounts giving us anything from a trace to 0.5” water equivalent… translation: a trace to half a foot of snow overnight into Sunday morning That’s not helpful, is it? Wind: W 10 in the morning becoming W 45 in the afternoon and NW 20-30 overnight.

Sunday returns for the duration of Sunday. If the Saturday system overperforms, you’ll find some powder. If not, it’ll be packed powder and hardpack and pretty darn nice. The free air freezing level will be 500′ in the morning, 2000′ in the afternoon, and will rise to 6000′ overnight. Wind: NW 20-30 early, NW 10-20 in the afternoon, and NW 10-20 overnight. As of right now, Monday looks cloudy with a trace of mixed precip possible. After that: dry and sunny for at least a few days. Enjoy!  

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Gorge Wind Forecast

It’s Thursday morning, and we’ve got westerlies! Gradients at 7am were 30.31/30.22/30.21 for 0.09 of onshore flow. Westerlies were in the 13-17 range all through the Gorge with the cloud line at Mosier. If you want it, get it. The wind will fade after noon or so and drop to 7-10. River flow reading are 95-120kcfs, river temp is 39F, and high temp forecast is 42F under sunny sky. Friday starts calm. Easterlies build to 15mph from Rooster to Viento in the afternoon. High temp: 42F with sunshine. Saturday starts with E 15 from Rooster to Viento, turns calm midday, and then turns westerly. You’ll find W 14-17 west of Hood River and east of The Dalles with 10ish in the middle. High temp: 45F with sun in the morning and drizzle late in the day.  

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Hood River Weather Forecast

Partly cloudy sky this morning turns clear this afternoon. Temps will be in the low 40’s all day. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Friday will be partly cloudy early and then clear. Temps start in the upper 20’s and rise to the low 40’s. Calm wind. No rainbows. Saturday starts clear and turns cloudy in the afternoon. There will be a brief period of drizzle (maybe?) late in the afternoon. Calm wind early. Light westerlies later. 89% chance of 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: 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

Please do not ride Syncline! It’s super muddy and there are creeks running down the trails. If you ride, you’ll do major damage. Please ride gravel roads instead! Same goes for other trails – muddy enough that you’ll damage them. Perhaps you could try the Deschutes or Klickitat trails, but roads and gravel are better choices for the health of the trail systems. If you’re parking at Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.  

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