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| Thursday 5000′->2500′ |
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| Friday 2500′->9000->7500′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Wild weather continues for Mt. Hood for the next couple of days. Moderate to heavy snow on Thursday night gives way to warming temps and a downpour on Friday night. Models disagree on the timing and intensity of the next system which is forecast for Saturday night or Sunday morning.
For Thursday, expect a foggy morning with snow flurries followed by a stormy night. Snow level 5000′ early, 4500′ in the afternoon, and 2500′ overnight. Daytime precip will be up to 1” of new snow. Overnight precip predictions are all over the place: 0.5” water value (ECMWF) to 1.2” WV (wrf-gfs). Let’s call it 0.7” WV, for 6-8” of new snow. Wind will be SW 25 all day and WSW 30-35 after midnight.
Friday starts with partly cloudy sky and flurries. Heavy snow moves in mid-afternoon and turns to very heavy rain late afternoon. Snow level: 2500′ early, 5000′ in the afternoon, 9000′ in the evening, and 7500′ after midnight. Precip: 0.1” WV during the day, for up to 1” of new snow. When the front hits, there will be a period of heavy snow from 1pm and 4pm or so: 0.5” WV for 2-4” of dense snow. Between 4pm Friday and 4am Saturday, approximately 3.0” of rain will fall on Mt. Hood. Wind will be WSW 30 early, SW 10-15 during the day, WSW 40 in the evening, W 45 overnight, and SW 40+ on Saturday morning.
Light rain continues early Saturday morning before a switch to clear sky and dropping temps mid-morning. The Euro brings in snow on Saturday afternoon, but the GFS holds off until Sunday morning. So… not really able to give an accurate forecast for Saturday, other than the fact that temps will be dropping and the wind will be relatively strong. Additional snow falls on Sunday (quantity TBD) with the snow level at 1000′-1500′.
Gorge Wind Forecast
Thursday starts off with strong easterlies. 40-50 near Rooster, 25-30 near Stevenson, and15-20 near Viento. The wind will back off to 5-10 near Rooster and 15-20 near Stevenson this afternoon before turning westerly overnight. Friday starts with 10-13 in the far west and east of The Dalles with light west wind or calm conditions in the central Gorge. Afternoon wind turns around to E 25-30. Saturday starts off with light easterlies. In the afternoon, the wind switches to W 18-22 in the far west and east of The Dalles with gusty 10-13 in the central Gorge.
JONES, SAUVIE’S, COAST: now on vacation for the fall and winter. Will return in spring.
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Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s another cloudy day in the Gorge, and that won’t change. We’ll have light on-and-off rain through 4pm followed by moderate rain until midnight. Temps will be in the low 30’s early and right near 40 in the afternoon. East wind turns westerly overnight. No rainbows. Friday starts off with light rain. The rain becomes very heavy after 1pm and continues overnight. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and mid 40’s later. West wind early. East wind in the afternoon. 76% chance of rainbows. Saturday looks showery. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and upper 40’s later. East wind early turns westerly in the afternoon. 89% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
It’s Thursday morning, and it’s quite wet out there. Many locations have snow on the trails. Under that snow is freeze-thaw in some locations and frozen ground in others. If you ride trails that aren’t frozen solid, you’re going to damage them. Please don’t do it, even on your fat bike.
Upcoming Events
There’s by-donation yoga at 8am at Flow. That’s followed by $5Tai Chi at the Hood River Adult Center at 2:30, community yoga at 6pm at Samadhi in White Salmon, and free Tai Chi at Our Savior Church in Bingen at 6. There’s Zumba at Mid-Valley elementary at 6:30. At 7am on Friday, there’s the Kickstand Coffee Run, where jogging or walking 4 miles gets you a free cup of coffee and a donut. There’s a by-donation yoga class at Yoga Samadhi at 4:15 on Friday afternoons.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
