Tuesday: a wet and very La Nina week

November 10, 2020

Tuesday: a wet and very La Nina week

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The Forecast

Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Rooster Rock	clouds	and	cold	buns
Steven’s Locks	LTW	LTW	LTW	LTW
Swell-Hood River	LTW	LTW	LTW	LTW
Lyle to Doug’s	LTW	LTW	LTW	LTW
Rufus, etc.	LTW	G24-28	G24-28	G14-17
Roosevelt & Arlington	G24-28	G24-28	G24-28	G14-17

Gorge Wind Forecast

A strong and progressive weather pattern over the next week or so gives intermittent opportunities for strong, gusty westerlies. Tuesday starts with light west wind in most places. Exceptions: rainy Viento and Arlington. If you want wind, drive pre-emptively. Your best shot at consistent, not-rainy conditions is 9am to 1pm from Avery to Boardman. River flow is 117kcfs. River temp is 52. High temp today: 47.

Wednesday brings light westerlies all day. Thursday starts light and variable and turns light easterly. A very strong low pressure system moving inland on Friday night brings very strong westerlies. They may stick around long enough for Saturday morning.

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Significant snowfall is in the forecast for the Cascades this week. If you want to play in it, do so. However, conditions Friday night into Saturday look downright dangerous, so don’t plan on an outing then. Deets follow.

About a foot of snow is forecast from Tuesday into Wednesday above 2500′. Yay. The snow level will be 2000′ to 2500′ during the day. It’ll fall to around 1500′ to 2000′ overnight. About 0.6”+ water value (WV) falls during the day, for 6-8” of relatively dry snow. Another 0.7” WV falls tonight, for 7-9” of dry snow. Wind will be WNW 35 all the way through the evening. It’ll drop to NW 10 overnight as the snow stops and the sky clears.

Wednesday looks sunny with a few scattered flurries possible (but unlikely). The freezing level will be 1500′ to 2000′ all day, and it will fall to 0′ overnight. Wind: NW 10 early, NW 15 in the afternoon, and SW 15-20 after midnight.

Another system arrives on Thursday. The snow level near Mt Hood will be somewhere around 1000′ to 1500′ in the morning. It will rise to 3000′-4500′ overnight. About 0.1” WV falls before 4pm, for an inch or so of snow. Another 0.8” WV falls overnight, for 5-7” of denser snow. Wind: SW 15-20 early builds to SW 45-65 in the evening and turns to W 30 overnight. While the details aren’t clear yet on Friday, conditions look quite extreme. About 1.6” WV is forecast along with WSW wind at 80mph. The snow level may briefly rise to 6000′ overnight, but will mostly remain below 5000′. On Saturday morning, the wind is forecast to be W 70mph at 5000′. That’s downright dangerous. To give a sense of how dangerous and rare that is… that wind speed from that direction happens perhaps once every 5-10years. If this forecast holds, please stay away from the mountains Friday night into Saturday. Flip side: tons of snow! Start of next week: possible Pineapple Express and extreme avalanche danger.

Coast, Jones, Sauvie’s

Done for the season, most likely!

Hood River Weather Forecast

Rain sticks around all day Tuesday. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and upper 40’s later. Light westerlies. 68% chance of rainbows. Wednesday starts with low clouds and ends partly cloudy. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and mid 40’s later. Light westerlies. 10% chance of rainbows. Thursday starts cold and clear with a partial Nothing. Rain moves in midday, becoming very heavy in the afternoon and evening. Temps will be right near freezing in the morning and in the mid 40’s later. Light and variable wind. 1% chance of rainbows. Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.

Cycling

11/8: GP will be closed through December for upgrades. Contact HRATS if you’d like to help. Motorized use is open on ALL Hood River County Land now. Do be aware of the possibility of freeze-thaw (muddy) conditions\. Do not ride if it was below freezing last night and is above freezing when you want to ride. The soil structure will be liquefied, and you will do permanent damage to trails.

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Local Events

Weekly events: The Kainos Coffee run happens in The Dalles every Tuesday morning at 6am. There are sailboat races at the Hood River Marina every Wednesday evening. Dirty Fingers has a group mountain bike ride (bring lights) Wednesday nights at 5:30pm. Cheno has an outdoor HIIT workout at Griffin House in Hood River at 6pm on Wednesday nights. There is a BLM rally every Tuesday evening at 5:30 at the Salmon Fountain in Hood River, and there’s a White Coats for BLM rally every Thursday at noon at 12th and May in Hood River. Have an awesome day!

Temira

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