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The Forecast
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| Tuesday 10,000′->4500′ |
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| Wednesday 4500′->1500′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Tuesday starts out mighty warm on the slopes with some fine, light rain during the day. Cooler weather arrives in the evening and leads to snow accumulation through Friday morning. Deets to follow.Morning temps at 5000′ are an impressive 40 degrees. Moisture headed this way from the SW will fall as rain on the slopes during the day. Snow level: 10,000 falling to 5500′ in the afternoon, 5000′ in the evening, and 4500′ overnight. Expect about 0.2” rain during the day. Overnight, the mountain picks up 0.4” to 0.6” water value (WV) as snow, dense snow, for 2-4”. Wind will be out of the SW, which tends to produce less wind than models. Call it SW 25-50 during the day, SW 15-35 in the afternoon, and SW 10-20 overnight.
Snow continues on Wednesday with a snow level of 4500′ in the morning, 3000′ in the afternoon, and 1500′ overnight. About 0.6” WV arrives during the day, for 4-5” of dense snow. Another 0.4” WV falls overnight for 3-4” of fluffy, light snow. Wind: SW 10-20 in the morning building to WSW 30-40 in the afternoon and fading to W 10 overnight.
Periods of dry weather and even a few sunbreaks are interspersed with snowfall on Thursday. The snow level will be 1500′ all day long. About 0.2” WV accumulates during the day, for 2-3” of power. Another inch of snow falls overnight. Wind: W 10 in the morning, WNW 25-35 in the afternoon, and W 15 overnight. Friday currently looks dry and partly to mostly cloudy with the freezing level at 1500 to 2000′. Light westerlies. Weekend: models diverge some, but it looks like Saturday will be dry and Sunday will be snowy.
Gorge Wind Forecast
Easterlies at 40-45 near Rooster this morning (25-30 Stevenson, 20-25 Viento) shut off by noon. The wind switches to W 13-16 west of Stevenson, calm wind central Gorge, and 7-10 east of The Dalles. Wednesday starts with W 10-15 near Rooster and E 20-25 near Cascade Locks. Afternoon: gusty west 24-29 from Stevenson to Boardman. Thursday: light and variable wind switches to W 10-13 after 1pm from Stevenson to Arlington.Coast, Jones, Sauvie’s
As needed until next spring and summer.Hood River Weather Forecast
A very impressive Nothing cloud starts the day. Rest of the day: mostly cloudy with showers. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and low 50’s later. Calm wind early. Light westerlies or light and variable wind later. 37% chance of rainbows. Wednesday will be rainy. Temps will be near 40 early and 50 later. Light wind early. Moderate westerlies in the afternoon. 99% chance of rainbows. Thursday looks showery. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and upper 40’s later. Light west wind. 99% 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.Sprinter Van of the Week!
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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
