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The Forecast
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| Tuesday 2000′->5000′ |
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Mt. Hood Forecast
Four more inches of snow fell in the last 24 hours on Mt. Hood, and that’ll set you up for another great day of skiing and riding. Teacup is grooming every day this week for Spring Break, which means Nordic-free Tuesday has groom today! Looking at the rest of the week, there’s snow all day Wednesday into Thursday morning. Clear, sunny weather returns Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning. On Sunday afternoon, a cold front sweeps in from the NW. Models are predicting anything from 0” of snow (unlikely) to 8” of snow from that one. No clarity yet.
Tuesday will be sunny all day on Mt. Hood. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be 2500′ in the morning, 3500′ in the afternoon, and 5000′ in the evening. No precip. Wind: NE 5 early. NW 10-15 in the afternoon builds to NW 35-40 after midnight.
Snow starts up Wednesday morning and continues all day. The snow level will be 5000′ in the morning, 3000′ in the afternoon, and 2000′ after midnight. About 0.5” water equivalent (WE) is forecast during the day, for 5” average quality new snow. Another 0.4-0.5” WE is forecast overnight, for 4-5” more. Wind: NW 35-40 early, W 35 midday, W 30 in the evening, and NW 25-30 after midnight.
Orographic (terrain-enhanced) snowfall continues on Thursday before a transition to partly cloudy weather in the afternoon. The snow level will be 2000′ all day and will rise to 2500-3000′ overnight. 0.1” to 0.2” WE is forecast in the morning, for 1-2” new snow. Wind: NW 25-30 in the morning, WNW 15-20 in the afternoon, and light and variable overnight.
Friday looks sunny. Saturday looks sunny and warm. Sunday starts sunny and transitions to snowy and windy in the afternoon. Have a fun week in snow-land!
Note on wind speeds. Different wind directions are experienced in different ways on Mt. Hood. For example, west wind at 50mph will hit the slopes and exposed ridges at W 50. SW 50 may hit the ridges at SW 50, but will likely only be SW 20 below tree line. Hence the ranges for wind. Depends where you are on the mountain. Hopefully that helps clarify.
Gorge Wind Forecast
Offshore high pressure continues to dominate the weather for the majority of the next five days. That puts the Gorge in a daily west wind pattern. Tuesday starts with 10-13 everywhere. The wind backs off east of Mosier and picks up to 16-19 or so from Stevenson to Mosier by late morning or early afternoon. River flow is 117kcfs, river temp is 43F, and high temp forecast is 56F. Wednesday will have rain in the west all day, which means you’re driving for wind. Expect gusty 12-15 all day west of The Dalles. East of there, expect gusty 24-27 in the morning from Avery to Boardman and 27-32 through 4pm or so from Avery to Threemile. The wind backs off late afternoon. High temp forecast: 49F. Thursday starts with 13-16 all through the Gorge. Afternoon: 21-24 from Stevenson to Threemile. Moderate westerlies continue Friday and Saturday, and very strong westerlies are forecast for Sunday.
Coast, Jones, Sauvie’s
On vacation until the end of snowsports season. Will return in April or May.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Clear sky this morning stays that way. Temps will be near 40 early and in the mid 50’s later. Light to moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday looks rainy in the morning and showery in the afternoon. Temps will be near 40 early and in the upper 40’s later. Moderate westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Thursday brings sprinkles in the morning and partly cloudy sky in the afternoon. Temps will be near 40 early and in the low 50’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows.
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Cycling
Trailbuilder request: GP is CLOSED. Those of you riding it are doing significant damage to freshly-shaped and not-yet-compacted trail. All that work you’re destroying is being done by about three volunteers. STOP. They anticipate they’ll be able to reopen the trail around April 1st, but if you keep riding it, it’s going to take longer. So, skip GP and ride the brown pow that’s all over the rest of the trails. Excellent dirt is to be found in the lower sections of Post, on Syncline, at Nestor, on Hospital Hill, and probably at Columbia Hills (where there will be lots of Grass Widows and other early flowers). Remember: it’s still winter, and freeze-thaw is possible. If you hit freeze-thaw mud, please turn around so you don’t do permanent trail damage. Whoopdee is especially susceptible to freeze-thaw. Please avoid it until nights warm above freezing.
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