Tuesday: snow for the slopes (mostly) with warmer mountain weather starting Friday

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Today’s Mt. Hood Weather Forecast

Snow level	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
Tuesday 5500′->4500′
Wednesday 4500′->3500′->4000′
Thursday 4000′->5500′->3500′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Hi skiers, riders, and Nordic folks! As forecast, the precipitation type has been bouncing around on Mt. Hood today. It’ll fall just low enough for accumulation of dense, wet snow over the next several days at most of the resort elevations. Thursday looks coldest. Base of Skibowl and Teacup are going to see variable precip types except on Thursday, most likely. Starting Friday afternoon, the weather turns warmer. Models disagree on how rainy it will be. Next week: probably very warm on the slopes, but also potentially sunny.

Let’s reign it in here and talk about the time frame where things are pretty certain. Mixed precip Monday evening transitions to snow overnight. About 0.6” water equivalent (WE) is forecast overnight. Call it 2-4” wet snow at 5000′. Wind: WSW 20-30 all night. Tuesday starts with light snowfall, turns clear above 6000′ or so, and stays cloudy down low. A few flurries are possible overnight. The snow level will be 4500′ in the morning, 3500′ in the afternoon, and 4000′ overnight. About 0.3” WE is forecast in the morning for 2-3” dense snow. Overnight: just a trace after midnight. Wind: WSW 15-25 in the morning, SW 15-25 in the afternoon, and SSW 10-20 after midnight.

Wednesday looks snowy. The snow level will be 4000′ in the morning, 4500′ in the afternoon, and 3500′ after midnight. Temps at 5000′ will be in the low 30’s to start and will fall to the upper 20’s. About 0.7” WE is forecast during the day for 5-6” dense new snow. Overnight, another 0.3” WE slightly less cement-like precipitation arrives for about 3” new. Wind: SSW 10-20 in the morning, WSW 20-30 in the afternoon, and SW 10-20 after midnight. A dry start to Thursday gives way to light snowfall with a couple inches of new and moderate wind. Snow level 300-3500′. Friday also starts dry and then turns warm and rainy. Models do not agree at all on how rainy it will be and for how long it will be rainy. But rainy it looks. And then potentially warm and sunny. Ah, sun would be nice! Enjoy the slopes!

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Hi friends. There’s not much happening on the river for the next few days. Tuesday will be light and variable. River flow on Monday was 78-123kcfs, river temp is 37.58F (brrrr), and high temp forecast is in the low 40’s. Wednesday starts with 15-20 at Stevenson and Iwash (Rooster) Rock and rises to 20-25 before falling back to 15. high temp: 38F and rainy. Thursday brings easterlies at 15mph or so at Iwash and Stevenson. High temp: 39F. Dry in the morning. Rainy in the afternoon.

Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Forecast – On vacation ‘til summer unless otherwise noted

Very basic Hood River weather forecast. Don’t plan your life around this. You really should read TATAS

Tuesday morning looks partly Nothing and rainy. The afternoon looks partly cloudy then high overcast but mostly dry. Temps start in the mid 30’s and rise to the low 40’s. Light and variable wind. 84% chance of rainbows. Wednesday will be rainy all day. Temps start in the low-mid 30’s and rise to the upper 30’s. Easterlies. No rainbows. Thursday will be dry in the morning and rainy in the afternoon. Temps start in the mid 30’s and rise to the upper 30’s. Easterlies. No rainbows. Read Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook for a detailed forecast that may help you plan your day.

Local-ish Events

Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know!

Amayah’s Indian Cafe (Biggs) offers a free meal every first Thursday from 1-4pm. Teacup Nordic’s Apres-ski fundraiser is January 27th at The Ruins.

Regular weekly events:. NK Studio’s by-donation Tuesday morning yoga class is back. Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. There’s meditation with monks at 5:15pm (an hour) and 6:30pm (30 minutes plus a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. The Tri Club is done for the season. 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 Fridays at 2:30pm, there’s a free meditation and stretching class at Yoga Samadhi. On Saturday at 9am, there’s a by-donation outdoor group fitness on the 2rd floor deck about Ferment Brewing.

Cycling

Regarding the trails in general: don’t ride in the mud. You’ll damage the trails. Don’t ride trails if it was below freezing the previous night and is above freezing when you want to ride. Ride gravel. Ride your trainer. Build trails. There are trail builders seeking extra hands on seven additional miles of trail on Whoopdee. Contact HRATS for more information. If you’re parking at Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.