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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Warm and dry and sunny weather on Wednesday gives way to a more active weather pattern starting Thursday night. The “activity” may or may not continue through the weekend, as models disagree on the extent of precipitation for Saturday and Sunday.
For Wednesday, the mountain will be sunny and warm. Free air freezing level 10,000′. Wind: SW 10 early, WSW 20 in the afternoon, and W 30 overnight.
Thursday looks partly cloudy during the day with mixed precip, rain, or wet snow that switches to snow overnight. Precip starts around 10pm with the snow level around 5500-6000′. By 1am, the snow level will be down to 2000′. Overnight, the mountain will see about 0.6” water value (WV). Let’s call that 0.2” of rain or mixed precip followed by 0.4” WV that falls as 3-5” of new snow. Wind will be W 30 early, SW 25 in the afternoon, SW 35 overnight, and WSW 35 after midnight. The warm temps early followed by the crash in temps could result in icing on lifts.
Friday looks snowy during the day with partly cloudy condition overnight. The snow level will be 2000′ early, 2500′ in the afternoon, and 2000′ overnight. About 0.3” WV falls during the day, for 3-4” of fresh powder. No snow overnight. Wind will be WNW 35 early, WSW 20 in the afternoon, and S 10 after midnight.
As I said before, models disagree on the amount of precipitation for the weekend. They also disagree on the amount of sunshine. Combing and averaging gives us light snowfall over the weekend for an inch or two of new snow each day, but that’s far from an accurate forecast. Models do seem to agree on a more intense system on Monday, but this one looks a bit warm for your average rider’s taste.
Gorge Wind Forecast
For Wednesday, we’ll have easterlies at 15-20 or so for the first half of the day. The wind turns calm in the afternoon. Thursday starts off with light east wind and switches to light west flow with calm wind in the central Gorge after noon. Friday looks calm early. In the afternoon, the wind will pick up to light westerly in most places with gusty 15-18 from The Dalles to Arlington.
JONES, SAUVIE’S, COAST: now on vacation for the fall and winter. Will return in spring.
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Gorge Weather Forecast
Wednesday is starting off clear and will stay that way. Temps will be in the upper 20’s early and near 40 in the afternoon. East wind. No rainbows. Thursday looks partly to mostly high overcast and then turns rainy late. Temps will be in the low to mid 30’s early and mid 40’s in the afternoon. East wind turns calm in the afternoon. No rainbows. Friday looks rainy early and showery with partly cloudy sky for the rest of the day. Temps will be near 40 early and in the upper 40’s later. Light west wind. 99% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
*FREEZE THAW ALERT* We’re in a pattern of overnight freezing temps with daytime temps above freezing. This means the soil structure on the trails will liquefy. If you ride them, you will do major damage. Please don’t. Or, if you must ride, only do so under the forest canopy where the trails will not thaw. Or ride your road bike, gravel roads, or the trainer!
Upcoming Events
It’s Wednesday, and the only thing on the events calendar today is free yoga at the FISH food bank in Hood River at 10am.
Random Morning Thoughts
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
