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The Forecast
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| tuesday 1500′->4000′->3000′ |
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| Wednesday 3000′->5000′->2500′ |
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| Thursday 2500′->3000′->1000′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
It’s a clear, chilly, light wind start to Tuesday on Mt. Hood. It’ll be a fine day for making some turns. We’ll stick with sunshine on Wednesday and then return to snow on Thursday. Mother Nature finally gives in to spring late Friday; we’ll have a warm and damp atmospheric river for the weekend. Models don’t yet agree on how wet; they are centering the wettest of the wetness somewhere between Tillamook and the OR/CA border.
Tuesday, however, will be dry as can be. Sunshine sticks around all day. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be 1500′ ‘this morning, 4000′ this afternoon, and 3000′ overnight. Wind: Light NW in the morning becoming W 15 in the afternoon and evening. Wednesday will be clear. Instability adds some clouds in the afternoon and full-on cloudiness arrives from the next system in the evening. Snow starts up late evening. The snow level will be 3000′ in the morning, 5000′ in the afternoon, and back down to 2500’ overnight. Expect just an inch or so of new snow overnight. Wind: W 15 during the
Thursday will be snowy all day. The snow level will be 3000′ or so all day and will fall to 1000-1500′ as the snow tapers off overnight. As of right now, 0.6” water equivalent (WE) is forecast during the day, for 6” or so of fresh. Just a trace is forecast overnight. Wind: SW 15-30 in the morning, WSW 40 in the afternoon, and WNW 20-30 overnight. Snowfall could overperform thanks to the WNW wind.
Friday looks sunny, then cloudy, then misty or drizzly overnight. Rain continues for the weekend, but models disagree on the duration and intensity. Perhaps we’ll finally put the snow forecast to rest… but… it looks like cool and snowy weather will return at the beginning of next week!
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
We’ll have a three-day stretch of moderate westerlies mostly driven by approaching or visiting weather systems. Even the ensembles of the GFS and ECMWF agree on this; all members are on board with the “moderate” wind strength forecast. Despite there being wind in the forecast Thursday, you can pretty much write it off – it’ll be quite rainy most of the day all the way to Idaho.
Tuesday starts with offshore high pressure and an approaching little giddy-up in the weather flow. Westerlies start the day in the single digits with gradients at .05 and .05. Mid-morning wind climbs to 11-14 from Stevenson to The Dalles with 7-10 east of The Dalles to Arlington. Daytime heating lends a hand after noon. You’ll find 20-23 from Stevenson to Avery with 11-14 at Rufus and light westerlies at Arlington. Rufus could make it to the low 20’s late in the day. River flow is 151kcfs, river temp is 51F, and high temp forecast is 59F.
Wednesday brings an approaching offshore low and its associated cold front. They’ll stay off the coast during the day, but they’ll drive gusty afternoon west wind. In the morning, we’ll have a slow build to 11-14 from Stevenson to Viento. In the afternoon, you’ll find gusty 17-21 from Stevenson to Rufus. After 5pm, the wind takes another little jump to gusty 22-25 from The Dalles to Rufus. High temp: 61F. Sky: sunny until the afternoon when some instability adds some clouds. Note: that instability will make for poor wind quality.
Thursday brings scattered mist and drizzle in the morning and heavy rain after 11am or so. That rain pushes all the way east to Idaho, so there will be no rain-free windy spots. The day starts with E 5-10 between Stevenson and Viento. The wind quickly goes calm and then turns westerly. West of The Dalles, expect very, very gusty 15-25. East of The Dalles: same, with a shot at very gusty (and very rainy) 25-30 late evening. High temp: 52F. Brr. The active weather continues through the weekend.
Coast, Jones, Coast
Done until spring, unless there’s an obvious Coast or Sauvie’s or Jones day.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Clear sky this morning stays that way. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and upper 50’s later. Light westerlies this morning. Moderate later. No rainbows. Wednesday starts clear, adds some little fluffy clouds mid-afternoon, and turns cloudy overnight. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and low 60’s later. Light westerlies early. Moderate westerlies in the afternoon. No rainbows. Thursday will be rainy all day and downpoury in the afternoon. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and low 50’s later. Light to moderate westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows.
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Cycling
A good portion of the Eldorado Trail (below the intersection with Riorden Hills Road (near the top, below the clearcut) is closed starting today for approximately 10 days due to nearby timber harvest. Do not enter that area for your safety. Also, Post is too wet too ride right now, so just don’t! Courtney Road (the road that goes up above Syncline) is closed until October. Do not attempt to use it to access trails. Starting this summer, you will need a parking pass to park at Post Canyon. This money will support trails. Speaking of trails… it’s too muddy to ride them right now, and it will stay that way for a while. If you ride wet, sloppy trails, you will do significant and potentially permanent damage. Please don’t. Hospital Hill: cows are out – no dogs allowed. Underwood: do not enter areas that are closed due to logging operations. Recommendation: ride gravel roads and pavement for a while until the trail systems dry out.
Local Events
Please let me know about events. I often only hear about them if you folx let me know!
This weekend is the Stevenson to Carson Ridge Run. 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, you can get a donut and coffee for going for a run at Kickstand Coffee. The Small Boat paddlers have a group paddle on Sunday at 11am at the Event Site. The Dirty Fingers Sunday Service rides happens at 9am – this week is the last one. They are fast-paced. If you are not, bring a buddy. The ride is followed by bike race viewing and beer drinking at the shop. Post and Pint happens Thursday evenings at 5:30 when Post is not too wet to ride.
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