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The Forecast

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Tuesday 3000′
Wednesday 4000′->1000′
Thursday 1000′->2000′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Yesterday was a heck of a day on the groom – it was gorgeous packed powder all across the land. A couple inches of new snow fell last night. That’ll refresh the packed pow on the alpine slopes and nudge the Nordic areas (neither of which are groomed today) into Classic-only conditions. We’ll see light snowfall on Tuesday morning and another round of snowfall all day Wednesday followed by another round of light snowfall Saturday. All the rest of the days through Sunday look dry and at least partly sunny. Generally speaking, the long range forecast for the next 10-14 days holds quite a bit of sunshine and not much new snow.

Tuesday provides light snowfall until late morning. A few sunbreaks could pop up mid afternoon. The weather then turns cloudy with light snowfall overnight. The snow level will be 2500-3000′ all day and may rise up to 4000′ overnight. About 0.1” water equivalent (WE) is forecast during the day, for an inch of new snow. A trace is in the forecast overnight. Wind: W 20-25 in the morning, WSW 15-20 in the afternoon, SW 10-15 early evening building to SW 15-30 overnight.

Wednesday may start partly cloudy prior to sunrise, but snow starts falling by 7am. The snow level will be 4000′ early and will fall to 1000-1500′ by the end of the day. About 0.3” WE is forecast during the day. That’ll be increasingly dry snow. 0.1” WE is forecast in the evening for just an inch of fluffy powder. Wind: SW 15-20 early rises to SW 20-40 mid-morning, W 30 in the afternoon, and NW 20-30 overnight.

Thursday might start with just a couple of flurries, but it’ll quickly turn sunny. The free air freezing level will be 1000′-1500′ for most of the day and will rise to about 2000′ overnight. No measurable snowfall. Excellent packed powder on the ground. Wind: NW 20-30 early fades to NNW 5 in the afternoon and overnight. Friday looks sunny with light and variable wind and epic packed powder groom, parks, and Nordic. Saturday: a few inches of snow. Sunday: back to sunshine and stellar corduroy!  

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Something very exciting happens over the next few days. Westerlies! They won’t be big westerlies, but they’ll be a change from what we’ve seen nearly all winter! Tuesday starts with gradients of 29.98/29.95/29.93, which isn’t enough to really get the wind going (it’s glassy in Hood River), but it’s westerly. The wind picks up to 7-10 from Stevenson to Mosier this afternoon with “light” westerlies out east. River flow readings are 71-116kcfs, river temp is 39F, and high temp forecast is 46F. Wednesday starts with E 20-25 near Stevenson and E 10-15 near Rooster. Midday wind goes calm at Stevenson and turns to W 10-15 at Rooster. Late afternoon: W 17-21 from Stevenson to Avery, perhaps to Rufus. High temp: 40F. Thursday starts with 7-10 all through the Gorge and turns light westerly or light and variable (with sunshine) later in the day. High temp: 40F.  

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Hood River Weather Forecast

Clouds this morning stick around all day. Drizzle in the morning fades midday and returns early evening. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and mid 40’s later. Light westerlies. 28% chance of rainbows. Wednesday starts with a little rain, and then the next system comes in with more rain. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and near 40 later. Easterlies early. Moderate westerlies in the afternoon. 98% chance of rainbows. Thursday will be partly cloudy to start and mostly sunny in the afternoon. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and near 40 later. Light 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!
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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Have an awesome day!