Wednesday: hope for ski season about 7-10 days out. Easterlies for the river for the next several days.

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The Forecast

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
Wednesday 11,000′->10,000′
Thursday 10,000′->7000′
Friday 7000′->10,000′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Hope for ski season is popping up in the models; the GFS brings cooler temps and precipitation back around the 21st. The Euro waits a couple days longer. All of you should just cross fingers and do snow dances and whatever other superstitious activities might help bring the snow to the slopes sooner rather than later. For the next week or so, models (mostly) keep us too warm for now, despite those outliers that drag snow in starting Tuesday. That would be ideal, wouldn’t it? Let’s vote for that and veto the warmer suggestions by the GFS and Euro.

Wednesday will be clear then high overcast. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be 11,000′ or so. Wind: SW 15-25 for the 24 hour period. Clouds Thursday morning add a little drizzle mid morning or late afternoon. Total rainfall for the 24 hour period will be around 0.1”. Snow level: 10,000′ early falling to 7000′ by mid-morning and holding through Friday morning. Wind will be SW 15-25 in the morning, SW 10-20 in the afternoon, and S 5-15 overnight. Friday looks sunny all day. The FAF rises from 7500′ in the morning to 10,000′ in the afternoon wind S or SW wind at 5-15.

Saturday looks dry and warm with temps on the slopes in the low 40’s under sunny sky with light wind. Models drag in some rain for Sunday, but the precipitation totals are all over the place – anything from a quarter inch to an inch. After that, model spread really increases. If you want to vote for the best one, vote for the operational GFS. It brings snow back as soon as Tuesday. Just vote for the GFS in general; it returns winter to Mt. Hood a few days earlier than the Euro does. Big question: will we have ski season by Christmas? If the GFS wins the forecast battle, yes. If the Euro does, it’ll be really, really close. In the meantime, you know the mantra: snow dances and dryland training!

Gorge Wind Forecast

Hi Friends! It’s another ripping east wind day out there, and we have four more days of easterlies after this one. Today starts with pressures of 30.12/30.033/30.36 for gradients of 0.21 and 0.03. Easterlies prior to dawn were… Iwash (Rooster) Rock: 45; Stevenson: 30-35; Viento: 24. The wind will drop a little this afternoon, but not too much. Expect 40 at Iwash, 30 at Stevenson, and 20 at Viento. River flow yesterday was 85-142kcfs, river temp is 47F (about 3-4 degrees above normal), and high temp forecast is 43F with clear sky early and high clouds later.

Thursday starts with 35-40 at Iwash and 30 at Stevenson. The wind drops to 20-25 in the afternoon. High temp: 44F with drizzle in the morning and mostly cloudy sky later. Friday starts with 40 at Iwash, 30-35 at Stevenson, and 20 at Viento. The wind builds to 40ish from Iwash to Stevenson with 20-25 at Viento. High temp: 43F under high overcast sky. Easterlies at 30ish continue through the weekend.

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Hood River Weather Forecast

Nothing starts the day. It ends with partial Nothing and high clouds. Temps start in the low 40’s and stay there. Easterlies. No rainbows. Thursday will be cloudy then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a little drizzle. Temps start in the mid 30’s and rise to the mid 40’s. Easterlies. 2% chance of rainbows. Friday will be Nothing with high clouds then high clouds with partial Nothing. Temps start in the low-mid 30’s and rise to the low-mid 40’s. Easterlies. No rainbows.

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Local-ish Events

Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know!

Teacup has an après ski fundraiser at the Ruins on January 27th. $25. Amayah’s Indian Cafe (Biggs) offers a free meal every first Thursday from 1-4pm.

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.