Tuesday: stormy powder day today. cold, cold skiing the next couple of days.

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The Forecast

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
Monday 1500′->0′
Wednesday 0′
Thursday 0′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

The resorts are giving it a shot today despite the very strong wind on the slopes. We are looking at over a foot of fresh, fluffy powder incoming, so they have to try! We then head into a very cold day on Wednesday with light snowfall all day. The sun comes out sometime Thursday and sticks around through Saturday. Next system: Sunday morning, probably. Good news in the long-range forecast: temps look to stay well below freezing at 5000′ for at least the next couple of weeks!

Let’s look at Tuesday: it’s one for the storm skiing fiends, for sure. The snow level will be 1500′ during the day and will fall to 0′ in the evening and overnight. About 0.8” water equivalent (WE) is forecast during the day. Add orographic assistance for 8-12” wind-affected powder. Overnight, another 0.5” WE is forecast. Call that 5-7” of dry, fluffy pow. Wind: W 45 in the morning, WNW 45 (problematic for lifts) midday, NW 30 (problematic) in the evening, and variable to 10 after midnight.

Light snowfall continues on Wednesday with the snow level at sea level. About 0.2” WE is forecast during the day for 2-3” powder. Another 0.1” WE arrives overnight for another inch of fresh snow. Wind: much more reasonable! Variable to 10 early, E 15 in the afternoon, and ESE 20 overnight.

Thursday starts cloudy with scattered flurries and turns clear. The free air freezing level will be 0′ all day, and temps on the slopes will be in the single digits and 850mb temps drop to -19C. Wind: ESE 20 in the morning, E 20 in the afternoon, and E 25 overnight. This could affect some lift ops at Timberline, as they struggle in easterlies.

Friday looks sunny and clear with temps warming into the 20’s in the afternoon. Saturday will be sunny with temps in the mid to upper 20’s. The next system is forecast to arrive Sunday. Bundle up and get yourself some cold powder!

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Strong westerlies on Tuesday give way to easterlies through at least Friday. Those easterlies will be very, very cold! Tuesday kicks off with 29.84/29.75/29.56 for .09/.19. Whoa! Head east of The Dalles for gusty 28-33 and stay west of The Dalles for very gusty 22-26 this morning. Afternoon wind drops to 11-14 under drizzle in the western Gorge with 25-29 from Mosier (?) to Boardman. River flow is 139kcfs, river temp is 39F, and high temp forecast is 44F. Wednesday starts with calm wind in the western Gorge and E 10-25 east of The Dalles. Afternoon: E 10-20 everywhere. High temp: 34F. Thursday will be bitterly cold. Easterlies pick up to 30-40 near Rooster, 20-30 near Stevenson, and 10-20 from Hood River eastward. High temp: just 26F. Stronger easterlies and colder temps kick off Friday.

Jones, Sauvie Island, Coast – Done for the Season

Hood River Weather Forecast

Showers stick around all the way through midnight today. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early, mid 40’s in the afternoon, and will fall below freezing overnight. Strong westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Wednesday brings light snow all day with up to 1”. Temps will be in the upper 20’s early and low-mid 30’s later. Moderate easterlies. No rainbows. Thursday starts cloudy and clears. Temps will be in the teens early and mid 20’s later. Moderate esterlies. 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: NK Studios in Bingen has a donation-based yoga class at 7:30am every Tuesday. 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. 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. 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.

Cycling

If you ride in the mud, you’ll do significant and permanent damage to the trail bed. Be thoughtful about your riding choices. Also, it’s winter. Be prepared to turn around due to freeze-thaw mud. If it was below freezing the night before your ride, don’t ride trails that are exposed to the open air. Those trails will have freeze-thaw conditions, and you’ll do major damage. Consider gravel riding! If you’re parking at Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.