Thursday: sun on the slopes, wind on the river, Nothing in the Gorge

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The Forecast

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
Thursday 0′
Friday 0′->8000′
Saturday 8000′->0′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Sunshine’s the plan for on the slopes through Saturday and possibly through Sunday as well. Temps will be below freezing most of the time except for Friday night into Saturday morning when temps at 5000′ will rise to the upper 30’s. Will this cause the snow to transition from packed powder? Maybe, maybe not. The sun angle is as low as it gets, and that tends to protect the snowpack. Next chance for precip is in the early part of next week, but models are really lacking agreement about outcomes. Can’t really do a solid forecast past Saturday or Sunday.

Thursday, whoever, is easy. It’ll be sunny all day. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be 0′ all day. Temps at 5000′ will be in the upper 20’s all day. Wind: NE 20 all day and SE 10-20 overnight. Friday will be sunny and warmer, at least above the inversion. Below it: cold. The free air freezing level will be 0′ in the morning and will rise to 8000′ in the afternoon with temps rising to the upper 30’s at 5000′. Wind: SE 10-20 in the morning, variable to 5 in the afternoon, and NW 20 overnight.

Saturday keeps the sunshine going. The FAF will be 8000′ in the morning, 6000′ in the afternoon, and 0′ overnight. Wind: NW 20-30 all day becoming W 20 overnight. As of this morning, the forecast for Monday includes some light snow, but the details aren’t yet clear. Beyond that, wide variance in the models doesn’t lend itself to predictions. So, let’s get through the next few sunny days and see how things shake out!

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Strong easterlies stick around the next couple of days before switching to westerly thanks to offshore high pressure on Saturday. Thursday starts with 35mph at Rooster, 30 at Stevenson, and 20-25 at Viento. Afternoon wind picks up to 45ish at Rooster and 30-40 at Stevenson. River flow readings are 144-170kcfs, river temp is 40F, and high temp forecast is 35F. Friday brings strong east wind all day: 30-40 at Stevenson and 50ish at Rooster. High temp: 32F. Saturday starts with E 15-20 at Stevenson and 20-25 at Rooster. Afternoon wind swings westerly with 17-21 from Stevenson to Hood River with light/variable wind to the east. High temp: 39F.

Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast – Done for the Season

Hood River Weather Forecast

Nothing cloud this morning sticks around today. Temps will be in the upper 20’s early and mid 30’s later. Easterlies. No rainbows. Friday will be Nothing then mostly cloudy. Temps start in the low 20’s and rise to the low 30’s. Easterlies. No rainbows. Saturday will be Nothing and then sunny. Temps start in the upper teens and rise to the upper 30’s. Easterlies. Then westerlies. 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!
Three events on the 17th: The Dirty Fingers KringleKrawl and a snowkiting event at Windance (4-6pm). Also: the Big Winds Holiday Blowout Sale. 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.

Cycling

Now it’s snowy on the trails! We’ll keep the freeze/thaw language just in case the snow goes somewhere (which it won’t any time soon). If you ride trails that froze and then thawed, you’ll do major and probably permanent damage to the tread. The Family Man closure kicked off on November 1st – the area around Family Man and Riordan Hill Road will be closed into December. Upper elevation trails, above 4000′, are likely to have some snow coverage. If you’re riding Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.