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The Forecast

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Thursday 2000′->5000′
Friday 5000′->3000′
Saturday 3000′->1500′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

High wind stuck around for much of Wednesday. Snow got battered, and many lifts stayed closed ‘til midday. Nothing like that is forecast today! Tomorrow morning… windy and stormy, but not nearly as intense. We then transition to a dry and partly sunny period Saturday, Sunday, and probably Monday too.

Thursday, however, will be snowy all day. The snow level starts at 2000′ near Mt. Hood, rises to 4000′ mid-morning, and climbs to 5000′ after midnight. There’s a chance of a brief period of very wet snow or even mixed precip late afternoon. Maybe. About 0.5” water equivalent (WE) is forecast during the day for 3-4” dense new snow. Another 0.7” WE is in the cards tonight. Call that 4-6” dense new snow, perhaps with a short period of snain; that said, intense precip tonight could keep it snow-not-other. Wind starts at S 5-15 this morning and slowly builds to WSW 30-35 this afternoon. After midnight, the wind rises to W 50.

Friday kicks off stormy and snowy. Wind sticks around, but the precip fades. We could even see sunbreaks! Overnight: clear sky up high with clouds up to 5000′. About 0.2” to 0.3” WE is forecast in the morning for a few inches of new snow. A trace is forecast in the afternoon. Wind: W 50 in the morning slowly fades to W 35 in the afternoon. This much wind could affect lift ops early, but slowed lifts are more likely than closed lifts. Overnight, the wind drops to W 25.

Saturday starts out with a mix of sun up high and clouds down low. By afternoon, it’ll just be cloudy. The free air freezing level will be 3000′ in the morning and will fall to 1500′ overnight. Wind: W 25 early turns light and variable in the afternoon and stays that way. Know what else will happen? Full parking lots! Sunday looks sunny and cooler with light wind. Parking lots: full. As of now, ditto for Monday’s weather, but probably not for the parking lots. We’ll return to your regularly scheduled snowstorms next week. Enjoy!  

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Gorge Wind Forecast

After a long period of “some sort of wind’, we’ll be taking a few-day break starting Friday afternoon. That’ll open the opportunity for some windless activities! Thursday starts with light easterlies. The wind builds to 15-20 from Rooster to Viento in the afternoon and briefly picks up to 30-40 around midnight before quickly fading. Friday starts with W 10 at Stevenson and 10-15 at Rooster. By daybreak, you’ll find W 20-25 from Rooster to Viento, light westerlies in the central Gorge, and 20-25 east of The Dalles. Jump on it; by noon, the wind will drop to “light”. Saturday will be light westerly early and light/variable in the afternoon. Sunday: light/variable.  

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Hood River Weather Forecast

Clouds early give way to rain that sticks around all day. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and near 40 later. Easterlies. No rainbows. Friday will be intermittently showery. Temps start in the mid 30’s and rise to the mid 40’s. Light westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Saturday will be cloudy. Temps start in the mid 30’s and rise to the low 40’s. Light and variable wind. No 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!
Teacup Nordic has a 4.5k/9k skate race on Saturday. Regular weekly events: Monday brings forest bathing and meditation walk. Meet at 5:15pm Mondays in November at the corner of Arrowhead Ave and Indian Creek Road. Suggested donation up to $20. 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.

An outdoor related event coming up: Gorge Ultimate starts its Winter League January 8th on Sundays from 5-7 at the Hood River High School Lighted Turf, but will be in a gym if snow is on the turf. Sign up to be on a team by Dec 31st, or be a sub: https://gorge.ultimatecentral.com/e/winter-league-2023  

Cycling

Now it’s wet and muddy and snowy on the trails. Just don’t – if you ride in the mud, you’ll do damage. You’ll do extra damage if the trails experienced freezing and are now thawed. The Family Man closure kicked off on November 1st – the area around Family Man and Riordan Hill Road will be closed into December. 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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