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The Forecast

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Tuesday 500′->2500->500′
Wednesday 500′->6500′
Thursday 6500′->4500′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

It’s Tuesday morning, and we’re entering into a bit of a pattern shift. Storms will explode far out in the Pacific, turn north, and cruise up to Canada. Depending on their distance offshore, these storms will bring light to moderate precipitation with borderline and fluctuating temps. We’ll discuss all this in the daily details below.

Tuesday starts out with a couple inches of new snow on the slopes and the trails. A brief period of sunshine midday gives way to light snowfall overnight. The snow level near Mt. Hood (in the Gorge) will be 500′ in the morning, 2500′ in the afternoon, and 0-500′ near Mt. Hood overnight. In the period, the environmental snow level (indicative of snow quality) will rise from 3000′ in the morning to 4500′ in the evening and 4000′ overnight. About 0.2” water equivalent (WE) is forecast overnight, for a couple inches of somewhat dense new snow. Wind: WSW 20 this morning, SW 10-15 during the day, and SW 5-10 overnight.

Wednesday starts out clear with clouds to 6000′ and stays that way until the next system arrives late afternoon with a shot of mixed precip. The snow level will be 0′ near Mt. Hood early, 1000′ in the afternoon, 6500’ish in the evening, and 5000′ overnight. About 0.4” to 0.5” W is forecast overnight. That will probably be mixed precip as temps at 5000′ rise from -2C to +1C with warmer air to the west. A couple inches of wet snow may accumulate. Wind: light SW in the morning building to SE 35 in the afternoon and turning to S 20-40 overnight.

Thursday morning brings light mixed precip and transitions to light snow overnight. The snow level will be 5000-6000′ in the morning and will fall to 4500′ after midnight. About 0.2” WE is forecast, mostly in the evening, for up to a couple inches of wet snow. Wind: S 25-45 early, S 20-35 for much of the day, SW 30-45 in the evening, and WSW 30-35 after midnight. A couple inches of dense snow are forecast on Friday. Models seem to think that 850mb temp (5000′) will hover above 0C for a few days. That brings alternating rain and snow or mixed precipitation to the mountain through the weekend. We’ll keep an eye on it!  

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Tuesday is starting off with pressures of 29.85/29.94/29.94 and easterlies to match: the wind is 35mph at Rooster, 25ish at Stevenson, and 10-15 at Viento. The wind will hold today and pick up to 5-10 east of Hood River. River flow readings are 95-133kcfs, river temp is 38F, and high temp forecast is 34F. Wednesday starts with stronger wind: 40-45+ at Rooster, 25-30 at Stevenson, and 25ish at Viento with E 5-10 east of Hood River. Afternoon easterlies pick up to 50+ at Rooster and 40ish at Stevenson with 25-30 at Viento and E 10-20 east of Viento. High temp: 33F. Thursday starts with 50+ at Rooster and 40+ at Stevenson. The wind drops just a bit, to 35-40, in the afternoon. East of Viento: 10-15 all the way to Arlington. High temp: 37F.  

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Hood River Weather Forecast

Clouds start the day, may break up midday, and return tonight. A few sprinkles this morning or maybe even drizzle disappear midday. Wet snow is probably tonight. Temps will be in the low to mid 30’s all day. Easterlies. 17% chance of rainbows. Wednesday will be dry and cloudy during the day. Moderate precip moves in overnight probably as mixed rain and snow or wet snow. Temps will be near 30 early and in the low-mid 30’s in the afternoon. Moderate easterlies. No rainbows. Thursday will be mostly dry and mostly cloudy during the day. Drizzle arrives overnight. Temps will be in the low 30’s early and mid to upper 30’s later. Moderate easterlies. 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: 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.

An outdoor related event coming up: Gorge Ultimate starts its Winter League January 8th on Sundays from 5-7 at the Hood River High School Lighted Turf, but will be in a gym if snow is on the turf. Sign up to be on a team by Dec 31st, or be a sub: https://gorge.ultimatecentral.com/e/winter-league-2023  

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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