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The Forecast
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| Tuesday 6500->11,000′ |
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| Wednesday 11,000′->5500′ |
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| Thursday 5500′->2500′->10,000′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Overcast sky is the plan for Tuesday on Mt. Hood, but it’s unclear if an atmospheric river to the north will sink far enough south for a bit of drizzle. The mountain then picks up sunbeams on Wednesday and a period of mixed wet precipitation Thursday night. After that, it’s back to warmer weather for the weekend as an inversion settles over Oregon.
Tuesday’s a cloudy one. The snow level will be 6500′ to start, may dip to 5000′ midday, and will then rise to 7500′ in the evening and 11,000′ overnight. Despite models insisting all the moisture will stay north, it’s likely to slide south far enough to touch Mt. Hood. Precip should be light, but it will probably be rain. Call it 0.1” or so. At least Mt. Hood’s not under the atmospheric river striking the Washington Olympics right now! Wind today: WSW 25-30 all day becoming W 30 after midnight.
Wednesday starts warm with high clouds, turns sunny during the day, and picks up some precipitation after midnight. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be 11,000′ all day and 5500′ after midnight. Just 0.1” water equivalent (WE) is forecast between midnight Wednesday and 4am Thursday. That’s likely to be rain or very wet snow at 5000′. Trace of accumulation. Wind: W 30 to start the day, SW 10-20 most of the daylight hours, and SW 20-40 after midnight.
A stronger weather system moves in early Thursday and sticks around through the day. The snow level will likely be 5500′ for the bulk of this system. It’ll drop to 2500′ at the tail end and then rises back to 10,000′ under clear sky overnight. 0.5” to 1.2” WE is forecast during the day with 850mb temps (5000′ or so) at +2C during the day and -2C at the tail end of this system. Most of that precip will fall as rain below 5500′ or so, but it’s possible we could also see snain or very wet snow. Temps will be right on the edge. An inch or two of snow is possible in the evening after the snow level drops. Wind: SW 20-40 during the day, WNW 35-40 in the afternoon, NW 10-20 in the evening, and light/variable overnight. The weather turns dry by Friday morning and stays dry through the weekend with above-freezing temps on the slopes. Prepare yourself for corn snow!
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
Forecast for Tuesday: easterlies at 10-15mph all day at Rooster and Stevenson with 5-10mph at Viento. River flow is 88,700cfs, river temp is 37F, and high temp forecast is 40F. Wednesday starts with E 5-10 at Stevenson and W 510 at Rooster. Westerlies build to 25-30 at Stevenson and 10-15 at Rooster mid-morning. They then balance out at 20-25 both places in the afternoon. High temp: 43F. Thursday will be rainy west of Mosier. Wind starts with E 5-10 at Stevenson and W 20-25 at Rooster. The wind picks up to W 20-25 west of Swell and east of Mosier with light westerlies in between. High temp: mid 40’s.
Coast, Jones, Coast
Done until spring, unless there’s an obvious Coast or Sauvie’s or Jones day.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Overcast sky this morning stays that way and adds in some sprinkles in the morning. Temps will be right at freezing early and in the upper 30’s later. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Wednesday will be cloudy all day. No precip until after midnight. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and low 40’s later. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Thursday will be rainy from the wee hours on through sunset. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and low to mid 40’s later. Calm wind early. Light westerlies in the afternoon. 99% chance of rainbows.
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Cycling
FREEZE-THAW ALERT: if you notice that temps were below freezing last night and will be above freezing today, don’t ride any trail that’s not under a tree canopy. If you do so, you WILL do significant damage. DON’T DO IT! Plentiful rain recently means most tree-covered trails are muddy. Please don’t ride them either. If you do, you’ll be doing significant and possibly permanent damage. No really, please don’t. There are lots of gravel roads and lots of pavement you can ride instead. Enjoy!
Local Events
Please let me know about events. I often only hear about them if you folx let me know!
Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is back. Meet there at 6pm. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. There’s a night-lit shop mountain bike ride at Syncline on Tuesday evenings at 5:45pm.
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