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The Forecast
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| Wednesday 500′->2000′ |
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| Thursday 2000′->6500′ |
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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Intermittent snow flurries Wednesday daytime give way to a round of steady snowfall overnight. Those flurries continue on Thursday. Sunshine’s possible Friday morning before another round of light snowfall on Friday night. After that, we head into another warm, dry, sunny period on the mountain.
Wednesday’s starting of chilly with flurries and wind. The snow level will be 500′ this morning and will rise to 2000′ to 2500′ this evening. A trace of snow is forecast during the day followed by 0.3” water equivalent (WE) for 3-4” new snow overnight. Wind: NW 10-15 in the morning, W 25 in the afternoon, and WNW 25-30 after midnight.
Flurries continue on Thursday with increasing sunshine. High clouds may move in overnight. The snow level will be 2000′ in the morning and will slowly rise to 6500′ overnight. Just a trace of snow is forecast during the day. Wind: WNW 25-30 in the morning, NW 10-15 in the afternoon, and SW 10-20 after midnight.
Friday looks a bit warmer with a possible period of sunshine mid morning before a round of light snowfall overnight. The snow level will be 6500′ in the morning and will fall to 3500′ when the next system arrives. Overnight, the snow level falls to 2000′ or so. A trace of snow is forecast in the afternoon prior to 4pm. A couple inches of snow is predicted overnight. Wind: SW 10-20 early rising to SW 20-35 mid-morning, WNW 35-40 in the afternoon, and NW 20-25 overnight.
Sunshine is forecast for the weekend. On Saturday, the freezing level rises from 1500′ in the morning to 8000′ in the afternoon. Sunday’s freezing level will be 9000′ to 10,000′. After that, a few more days of dry, sunny weather are forecast.
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
Light easterlies on Wednesday morning pick up to 20mph at Stevenson and Rooster midday. By mid-afternoon, the wind turns calm. River flow is 146kcfs, river temp is 36F, and high temp forecast is 39F. Thursday starts with light westerlies and holds. High temp: 46F. Friday starts with E 20-25 at Rooster and Stevenson, goes calm around sunrise, and turns around to moderate to strong westerlies (deets unclear at this point) late morning. High temp: 46F.
Coast, Jones, Coast
Done until spring, unless there’s an obvious Coast or Sauvie’s or Jones day.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Mostly cloudy sky in the morning gives way to light rain this afternoon. Temps will be in the low-mid 30’s early and upper 30’s later. Easterlies midday, calm wind later. 39% chance of rainbows. Thursday will be drizzly early and dry in the afternoon. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and mid 40’s later. Light westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Friday will be dry in the morning with a shot at some light drizzle or mist in the afternoon and evening. Temps will be in the low-mid 30’s early and mid 40’s later. Easterlies in the morning, calm wind midday, strong westerlies later. 79% 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 with the Mountain View Cycles crew at Syncline on Wednesday evenings at 5:45pm.
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