Tuesday: plenty of snow for everyone!

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The Forecast

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
Tuesday 0′->4000’*
Wednesday 4000′->0′
Thursday 0-1000′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Welcome to ski season! Meadows is open. Timberline is open. Teacup is open and, for a special treat, is grooming today. Skibowl tubing is open, and they are “waiting for more snow” for the lift-serve riding. Several feet of snow are forecast over the next week or so, and the snow level will be pretty low for most of this. Fantastic!

Tuesday will have some flurries in the morning, and the snowfall will pick up this afternoon. The snow level near Mt. Hood will be 0′ through the evening and will rise to 4000′ overnight as 850mb temps climb to 0C or so. That means the overnight snowfall is going to be rather dense/heavy. We are expecting 0.1” water equivalent during the day, mostly from mid-afternoon on. That’s 1” by sunset. Another 0.5” WE is forecast overnight. This system is from the SW, so orographics will be limited. Call it 4-6” of dense snow with a slight chance of a brief switch to mixed precip. Wind: W 10-15 this morning, SW 10-20 this afternoon. The wind builds to SW 40-60 overnight.

Wednesday will be very snowy during the morning, could have a brief break mid-afternoon, and turns snowy again overnight. The snow level will be 4000′ (0C at 5000′) early and will fall to 1500′ in the afternoon and 0-500′ overnight near Mt. Hood. About 1.1” WE is forecast in the morning. Call it a foot of new that’s mashed potato-style at first and turns increasingly dry and fluffy. Overnight, another 0.2” WE falls, for 2-3” dry powder. Wind: SW 40-60 early, W 45 (hello orographics) mi-morning, SW 15-20 in the afternoon, and SW 20-35 overnight.

Thursday starts off sunny and turns snowy early afternoon. Snow continues overnight. The snow level will be 0-1000′ all day. Just an inch of snow is forecast during the day. Another 0.3” WE is forecast after 4pm for another 3-4” dry powder. Wind: SW 20-35 early, SW 10-20 midday, and SW 15-25 overnight. Moderate snowfall is forecast Friday daytime, and heavy snowfall is forecast Friday night. The temp/quantity of this snowfall, especially through Saturday, is going to depend on a lot of factors, so let’s wait on the deets. Wow. Quite the week. Enjoy your opening day!

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Light and variable wind (light westerly at Rooster, E 5-15 out east) turns easterly and builds today. By this afternoon, Rooster gets E 35-40 and Stevenson 30-35. Viento: 15-20. River flow only has one reading this morning: 136kcfs. River temp: 46F and falling. High temp: 33F. Wednesday starts with E 10 at Stevenson and W 15-25 at Rooster with light/variable wind to the east. Around 1pm, light westerlies make it to the whole Gorge. This doesn’t last long: the wind turns easterly overnight. Thursday starts with E 10-15 at Cascade Locks and W 10-15 at Rooster. The wind turns calm midday and then westerly at 10mph as far east as Stevenson. Friday brings widespread easterlies at 10-20mph.

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Hood River Weather Forecast

Cloudy sky this morning gives way to snow midday, heavy snow this evening, and ice after midnight. Temps will be in the low-mid 30’s all day. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Wednesday brings ice, then rain, then snow overnight. Temps will be in the upper 20’s early Light and variable wind early, light westerly midday, light easterly in the evening. 54% chance of rainbows. Thursday will be cloudy early with light snowfall, then rain, then light snowfall. Temps will be in the upper 20’s early and near 40 later. Light and variable wind. 2% 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!
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. 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

Out on the trails, we have freeze-thaw conditions. Please avoid trails that are exposed to the open air, in other words, trails that aren’t under the tree canopy. If you ride trails that froze and then thawed, you’ll do major and probably permanent damage to the tread. The Family Man closure kicked off on November 1st – the area around Family Man and Riordan Hill Road will be closed into December. Upper elevation trails, above 4000′, are likely to have some snow coverage. If you’re riding Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.