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The Forecast

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Tuesday ~4000′
Wednesday 4000′->7500′
Thursday 7500′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

It’s Tuesday, and it’s a nice day for carving the groom. Nordic skiers: just a couple inches of snow fell yesterday, so despite the lack of fresh groom today, it might be okay. Weather for the next few days includes a little bit of snow tonight and dry weather during the day Wednesday. A warmer, wetter, rainy system arrives Wednesday evening and sticks around through Friday. After that: snow.

Thin high clouds have moved in above the slopes this morning, so you’ll find filtered sun if you head up to shred. Clouds increase this afternoon and add just a bit of snow overnight. The snow level will be 4500′ this morning, 3500′ this afternoon, and 4000′ after midnight. About 0.1” water equivalent (WE) is forecast overnight, for an inch of new snow. Wind: SE 25-30 most of the day becoming variable to 10 in the evening and SW 15-20 overnight.

A quick shot of snow on Wednesday morning gives way to clear sky in the afternoon. Mixed precip in the evening transitions to rain overnight. Models aren’t really sure how much rain – some location between the south Washington Cascades and Northern Oregon Cascades will get soaked. But then… does it really matter that much? It’s going to rain. Not torrential rain, not anywhere around here. Just your average winter rain. The snow level will be 4000′ to start the day and will slowly rise to 7500′ after midnight. About 0.1” WE is forecast Wednesday morning in the first system. Call that a quick inch of snow. Models aren’t sure how much rain will fall overnight in the next system. At least 0.3” and maybe more. Wind: SW 10-20 in the morning, SE 20-25 in the afternoon, S 15025 in the evening, and SW 30-50 after midnight.

Thursday will be rainy all day, perhaps with dry, foggy periods in the afternoon. The snow level will be 7500′ all day long with 850mb (5000′) temps at +4C or so. That’s upper 30’s if you don’t speak Celsius! About 0.3” rain is forecast during the day followed by 0.1” rain overnight. Wind: SW 30-50 in the morning, SW 20-40 in the afternoon and evening.

The snow level starts to drop on Friday and falls “low enough” by Friday night. A bit of snow on Saturday is followed by heavier snow Sunday night into the early part of next week. We hope! That’s it for today. Have a lovely day!  

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Easterlies, easterlies, easterlies. Maybe a switch to westerlies late Monday? For Tuesday, you’ll find morning easterlies at 30-40 at Rooster, 25ish at Stevenson, and 20ish at Viento. The wind turns light at Rooster and dips to E 15 at Stevenson this afternoon before building overnight. Only one river flow reading this morning: 121kcfs. River temp: 38F. High temp forecast :42F. Wednesday starts with 30-35 at Rooster and builds to 35-40. Stevenson: 25ish all day. High temp: 42F. Thursday starts with 25 at Stevenson and rises to 30-40. Rooster: 30ish in the morning rising to 35-45 in the afternoon. High temp: 43F. Models are hinting at a low crossing the Cascade (essentially, a bit of a pattern shift) next Monday which could result in a round or two of westerlies. We’ll see – that’s a long time from now!  

Jones, Sauvie Island, Coast – Done for the Season

Hood River Weather Forecast

Nothing starts the day and breaks up a little but not fully. Light mixed precip moves in tonight. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and low 40’s later. Easterlies. No rainbows. Wednesday starts out cloudy with a bit of drizzle maybe mixed with snow, turns clear midday, and returns to clouds and rain in the evening. Temps will be in the low-mid 30’s early and low 40’s later. Easterlies. 18% chance of rainbows. Thursday will be very wet in the morning, wet in the afternoon, mostly dry for a few hours in the evening, and then increasingly wet overnight. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and low 40’s later. Easterlies. 11% chance of 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!
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

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. 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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Have an awesome day!