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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
There’s not so much cheery news in the forecast for the next several days – your garden is going to be a lot happier than the ski slopes are. Lots of rain will fall on Mt. Hood, possibly interspersed with periods of snowfall.
For Thursday, the weather on the mountain looks drizzly. The snow level will be 6000′ early, 6500′ midday, and 5500′ after midnight. About 0.1” rain falls during the day. Another 0.3” rain falls overnight. Wind will be SW 10 early, SE 20 in the afternoon, and SW 20 after midnight.
It does appear that the snow level will drop just enough for a switch to snow on Friday daytime. The weather looks clear Friday night. The snow level will be 5500′ early, 5000′ during the day, and down to 2500′ under clear sky overnight. About 0.3” water value (WV) falls during the day, for 2-3” of dense new snow. Wind will be SW 15 early, SW 30 during the day, WSW 30 in the afternoon and evening, and SW 15 after midnight.
Saturday daytime should just be cloudy. Heavy rain moves in around 5pm and sticks around for … a while. The snow level will be 2500′ early under partly cloudy sky. Temps warm during the day, setting the snow level at 6500′ for the afternoon and evening. Approximately 1.0 to 1.5” rain falls overnight. Wind will be SW 15 early, SW 5-10 during the day, and WSW 40+ overnight.
Sunday looks wet and windy with model disagreement in the afternoon. Products within the models also disagree on the snow level for Sunday. It appears the snow level will bounce around, giving periods of snow and periods of rain. The snow level will be 6500′ early, may fall as low as 3500′ for a period midday, and will rise to 5500′ in the evening. About 1.4” WV falls during the day, for up to a few inches of snow and a lot of rain. Afternoon and evening precip: the GFS dries the mountain out and the Euro keeps the heavy precip going through midday Monday. Wind will be WSW 45 early, W 30 midday, W 25 in the afternoon, and SW 10 overnight.
Gorge Wind
For Thursday, there’s not much wind, but the extended forecast does contain a possible hint for Opening Day! On Thursday, we’ll start LTV, go to E 5-10 from Rooster to Viento, and then turn to W 10-13 from Stevenson to Arlington after 5pm. Friday starts with light east wind. As a front moves through the Gorge, the wind will pick up after 2pm to gusty 13-16 in the west and 22-27 from Viento to Arlington. Saturday starts with very light west wind and turns around to very light east wind. It might as well be called “calm”. Looking ahead to Tuesday, offshore high pressure and NW flow combines with low pressure in the desert for a Classic Gorge Day of 28-32 from Swell or Mosier out to Arlington. That could change, of course, as we are still several days out, but models are agreeing on Opening Day at this point.
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Hood River Weather Forecast
Clouds Thursday morning give way to rain this afternoon. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and low 60’s later. Light and variable wind turns to light westerly in the afternoon. 43% chance of rainbows. Friday looks showery or drizzly in the morning and very rainy in the afternoon. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and mid 50’s later. Moderate gusty westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Saturday looks dry and partly cloudy through the day and very, very rainy overnight. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and upper 50’s later. Light and variable wind. No rainbows. Models disagree on Sunday: the GFS is mostly dry and the Euro is torrentially wet.
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Road and Mountain Biking
We’re going to start seeing significant rain on Friday, so you’ll want to ride today. Brown Pow: Syncline, Hospital Hill, Post below Bad Motor Scooter, Lower Whoopdee (upper half is still muddy, so maybe don’t?), Columbia Hills. Still snowy: everything else.
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.
Saturday is the first Garden Party and Potluck of the year at Pacific Hermitage. Potluck starts at 10:30. Work party starts at 1pm. Saturday is also the Fred Meyer Fuchsia Sale from 7am to 4pm – bring your own pots and they will fill them with Black Gold soil. Sunday is the Gorge Gravel Grinder in The Dalles (sold out) and Hood River Appreciation Day at Meadows.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
