Support it with a contribution!
Thank you for using this forecast. Writing it takes 60-120 minutes a day; I can only keep it going with your generous financial support. Make a contribution or subscribe and get it in your inbox with bonus material. What’s that cost? Not $99 a year. Nope. Not $49. Contribute $19.99 or more, and you’re on the list for a year. People are added to this list on Thursday and Sunday. Thanks for your patience! Click below to contribute and keep the forecast going for everyone, nearly every day. Please include your email address in your contribution – PayPal/Venmo do not tell it to me!
Click here to use your PayPal
Venmo: @theGorgeismyGym
Snail Mail: Temira Lital, PO Box 841, Hood River, Oregon 97031
(note: I am not a non-profit entity. The only way to accept credit cards with a user-defined amount is to use the ‘donate’ button. Thanks for understanding!)
Auto-renewing subscription. New! Awesome!
The Forecast
| 4a-8a | 8a-12p | 12p-4p | 4p-8p | 8p-4a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 1000′->0′ |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
| Wednesday 0′->3000′ |
 |
 |
|
|
 |
| >Thursday 3000′->6500′ |
|
|
 |
|
|
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Intermittent snow flurries stick around on Tuesday thanks to orographic (terrain-enhanced) assistance. Wednesday daytime looks dry, but a bit of snow arrives in the evening. Models are all over the place on snow quantity, but it should be enough to keep the groom as packed powder quality. We’re back to sunshine on Saturday and warmer temps for Sunday and Monday.
Northwest wind keeps the snow flurries coming through the daylight hours on Tuesday. Models disagree on the snow total for the next 24 hours, but it could be up to 2”. The snow level will be 1000-1500′ until midnight. After that, colder upper-level air moves in and takes the snow level to 0-500′ near Mt. Hood. Wind will be NW 25-30 in the morning, NW 30-35 in the afternoon, and will go variable to 10mph overnight. Higher elevations will see strong NNW wind after midnight, and that could give us some downsloping wind conditions early on Wednesday.
Wednesday starts with high clouds and becomes cloudier as the day goes on. Snow starts falling around 4pm. The effective snow level based on 850mb temps will be 0′ in the morning and 2500′ in the afternoon. It’s unclear how much snow will fall – somewhere between 0.2” water equivalent (WE) and 0.8” WE. Of course we are all voting for the higher end of that! Call it 2-8” of snow for now and plan on 4”. Wind will be variable to 10mph plus a shot at downsloping northerlies early and NW 20-25mph from mid-morning on through the night.
Thursday starts with light snowfall and eventually turns clear. The snow level will be 2500′ in the morning and will slowly rise to a free air freezing level of 6500′ under clear sky overnight. A trace of snow is possible in the morning before the sky clears. Wind: NW 20-25 in the morning, variable to 5 in the afternoon, and SW 10-15 after midnight. Saturday looks clear and cold with intermittent orographic flurries and the freezing level around 1500′. Temps warm on Sunday under sunny sky.
Note on wind speeds. Different wind directions are experienced in different ways on Mt. Hood. For example, west wind at 50mph will hit the slopes and exposed ridges at W 50. SW 50 may hit the ridges at SW 50, but will likely only be SW 20 below tree line. Hence the ranges for wind. Depends where you are on the mountain. Hopefully that helps clarify.
Gorge Wind Forecast
Westerlies stick around on Tuesday. Easterlies return on Wednesday. On Thursday, we’re likely to see a return of light west w ind. Tuesday starts with gradients of .09 (pdx-dls) and .05 (dls-psc) with wind in the 20’s at Viento and Rufus and less other places. We’ll see 18-22 west of Swell and from The Dalles to Rufus today with 10-15 in the in-between spots. That wind holds until mid afternoon and then fades. For the evening, we’ll have 5-10mph in the western Gorge and calm wind to the east of The Dalles. River flow is 171kcfs, river temp is 36F, and high temp forecast is 42F.
Wednesday kicks off with easterlies at 10-15 at Stevenson, Rooster, and Viento with light easterlies near Hood River and east wind at 10mph to the east of Mosier. Everywhere but Rooster goes calm by midday. At Rooster, you’ll have 10-15mph all day long. High temp: 39F. Tuesday brings light westerlies up to 10mph. High temp: 44F.
Coast, Jones, Coast
Done until spring, unless there’s an obvious Coast or Sauvie’s or Jones day.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Mostly cloudy sky this morning stays that way. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and low 40’s later. Moderate westerlies. 18% chance of rainbows. Wednesday will be cloudy with light snain overnight. Temps will be near 30 early and near 40 in the afternoon. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Thursday will be cloudy with scattered sun breaks possible in the afternoon. Temps will be right near freezing in the morning and in the mid 40’s later. Light west wind. 5% 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
FREEZE-THAW ALERT: if you notice that temps were below freezing last night and will be above freezing today, don’t ride any trail that’s not under a tree canopy. If you do so, you WILL do significant damage. DON’T DO IT! Plentiful rain recently means most tree-covered trails are muddy. Please don’t ride them either. If you do, you’ll be doing significant and possibly permanent damage. No really, please don’t. There are lots of gravel roads and lots of pavement you can ride instead. Enjoy!
Local Events
Please let me know about events. I often only hear about them if you folx let me know!
Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is back. Meet there at 6pm. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. There’s a night-lit shop mountain bike ride with the Mountain View Cycles crew at Syncline on Wednesday evenings at 5:45pm.
Sprinter Van of the Week!
Click here for the Sprinter Van map of the world!!!
Have an awesome day!
