Wednesday: a couple days of (mostly) snow on Mt. Hood followed by a round of pineapples.

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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′
Wednesday 4000′->6000′->3500′
Thursday 3500′
Friday 3000′->8500->7000′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Conditions on the mountain are just fine right now, and they’re going to add a fair bit of snow over the next couple of days. It’s likely there will be a short period of rain mixed in on Wednesday morning, but plenty more snow is in the forecast (probably – there’s some disagreement in the models) for Thursday. Get it while you can, unless you enjoy skiing in the rain (I do). Heavy rain is forecast starting Friday afternoon and sticking around through Saturday or perhaps into part of Sunday. Next week looks very warm; temps might even rise to the 50’s on the slopes! So, Tuesday night into Wednesday morning brings increasing clouds. Snow early Wednesday may switch to rain or mixed precip as temps at 850mb (~5000′) rise to +2 or +3C. That said, the precip may be heavy enough for the 5000′ elevation to stay snow. Below that? Rain, probably. Maybe even scattered icing for a brief period. The snow level will be around 4000′ early and will quickly rise to 6000′ before dropping back to 3500′ in mostly dry weather overnight. About 0.7” water equivalent (WE) is forecast during the day. Call it 3-6” wet snow. Overnight, after midnight, another 0.1” WE arrives for an inch of less-wet snow. Just average Mt. Hood snow. Wind: SSW 10-20 Wednesday morning builds to SW 20-35 in the afternoon and mostly holds into Thursday morning.

Thursday daytime looks quite snowy. Overnight, the sky clears prior to clouds arriving in advance of the next system. The snow level will be 3500′ for the 24 hour period. About 0.9” WE is currently forecast (although the GFS and Euro give a wide range of possibilities). If this comes to pass, we’ll pick up 9-10” medium density snow. Just a trace is forecast in the evening prior to the sky clearing. Wind: SW 20-35 all day fading to SW 10-20 overnight.

Friday sees the snow level start around 3000′ or 3500′. Hurry. By the afternoon, it’ll be 8500′. Overnight: pouring rain. We’ll see 0.4” WE during the day for a couple inches of snow followed by rain. Overnight: at least a couple inches of rain. Wind: SW 10-20 in the morning turns to WSW 20 in the afternoon and SW 15-25 overnight. Rain continues Saturday with the snow level around 7000′. By then, the snowpack should be saturated enough for it to be fast-not-sticky. Don’t let the rain dissuade you from shredding. It actually won’t be all that cold – temps at 5000′ rise to +6C, or the low 40’s. Next week: warm, very warm, perhaps as warm as +10C. Why do we use C in this description of weather at 5000′? Because that’s how the models work. Have a great time on the slopes!

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Hi friends! Man is it cold in the river right now – 37.22F as of Tuesday night. Good thing the wind probably won’t be quite enough to convince you to get in for at least a few day. Wednesday start switch 30 at Iwash (Rooster) and 20-25 at Stevenson. Afternoon wind drops to 15mph at both. River flow Tuesday was 74-100kcfs, river temp is 37.22F, and high temp forest is 40F with rain until late morning or early afternoon. Thursday starts with E 15-20 at Stevenson and fades to E 10 in the afternoon. Iwash starts with E 5-10 and turns around to W 10-15. High temp: 39F and rainy. Friday starts with E 15 at both Stevenson and Iwash. Afternoon wind rises to E 3035 at Iwash and E 25-30 at Stevenson. High temp: 36F and rainy, very, very rainy.

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

Partly cloudy sky Tuesday night gives way to rain or mixed precip Wednesday morning. Rain sticks around through early afternoon, and then the weather allows a few sunbreaks. Temps will be in the low-mid 30’s early and near 40 later. Calmish wind. 14% chance of rainbows. Thursday will be rainy all day. Temps start in the mid 30’s and rise to the upper 30’s. Calmish wind. 14% chance of rainbows. Friday will be rainy. Temps start in the low-mid 30’s and rise to the mid 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.