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The Forecast

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Wednesday 2000′->3000′
Thursday 3000′->5500′
Friday 5000′->3000′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Yesterday’s storm continues into this morning – as I was writing this report, the wind was still 50-80mph at the top of Mt. Hood Express at Meadows. That’s enough to cause major lift chaos at both Meadows and Timberline this morning. Not as much chaos as the 51-107 reading from yesterday afternoon, but still plenty windy. Expect a blizzard today. Also expect delayed openings of lifts as storm recovery operations proceed and the wind keeps lifts from turning. For the next several days, we’ll be picking up more snow with the possible exception of a period of mixed precip early Friday morning. As of right now, the weekend looks dry.

Wednesday morning kicks off very stormy on Mt. Hood, but the wind will fade. About a foot of new fell over the last 24 hours, but it’s also possible readings are off thanks to the nuclear-force wind overnight. Keep in mind that much of the new snow will be wind-affected: you’re likely to find windslab, sastrugi, and heavy-feeling snow thanks to crystal damage. That said… The snow level today will be 2000′ in the morning and 3000′ in the afternoon. About 0.4” water equivalent (WE) is expected today. Let’s bump that to 4-6” moderate quality new snow as orographic effects add to the total. Overnight: just a trace. Early wind will be NW 50+ fading to NW 45-50 around daybreak. The wind fades to W 30 in the afternoon and drops to SW 10 overnight.

Another round of heavy snow is forecast Thursday. Depending on the exact track this system takes – it’s not clear yet – we could see mixed precipitation late Thursday night into Friday morning. The snow level will be 3000′ in the morning, 4000′ in the afternoon, and 5000-5500′ overnight. About 0.8” WE is forecast daytime. Call that 7-8” new snow. Overnight, another 1.0” WE is in the cards. We should get 6-7” of increasingly dense snow out of that. After midnight, there’s a shot at some snow mixed with rain or snain. Wind: SW 10 in the morning builds to WSW 30-40 in the afternoon, turns to SE 30 around midnight, and swings to SW 30-50 after midnight.

Depending on the track of Friday’s system – nope, it’s not clear yet either – we could see strong enough wind to cause some lifts to shut down. Without knowing the exact track of this storm, we don’t know the exact snow level or precip amounts. As of this morning, the GFS operational calls for a snow level of 4000′ and up to half a foot of new snow. Models generally agree on a dry (and very busy) weekend on the slopes. Have a lovely day today!  

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Massive westerlies yesterday (gusting almost to 90 at Viento at one point and reading 40-60 at Threemile) give way to much calmer weather today. The day kicked off with gusty 20-30 west of Hood River and 10-20 from Swell eastward. The wind drops to 11-14 all through the Gorge late morning and 7-11 in the afternoon. River flow readings are 79-138kcfs, river temp is 39F, and high temp forecast is 45F. Thursday starts with E 10-15 at Rooster and 15-20 at Stevenson and Viento. The wind bumps up to 20-25 for a couple hours and fades to 15mph in the afternoon. For a brief period overnight, the wind rises to 30-35 from Rooster to Stevenson. Friday starts with E 15 at Stevenson and W 20-30 at Rooster. The wind turns around to gusty 20-30 west of Hood River, 10-15 from Hood River to Doug’s, and west 28-32 from The Dalles to Boardman. High temp: 46F.  

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Hood River Weather Forecast

Showers stick around all day. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and mid 40’s later. Moderate westerlies fade to light westerlies this afternoon. 99% chance of rainbows. Thursday starts out rainy , perhaps with wet snow mixed in. Rain sticks around all day. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and low 40’s later. Easterlies. No rainbows. Friday will be rainy all day, especially early in the morning. Temp will be in the mid 30’s early and mid 40’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. 99% chance of 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!
Regular weekly events: Monday brings forest bathing and meditation walk. Meet at 5:15pm Mondays in November at the corner of Arrowhead Ave and Indian Creek Road. Suggested donation up to $20. Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. 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 Friday’s at 2:30pm, there’s a free meditation and stretching class (brand new) at Yoga Samadhi. There’s a weekly group paddle to the Event Site on Sunday at 11 am followed by a free pint at the fire pit at Ferment. That’s the “Paddle n’ Pint”. Also: Wednesday Paddle Sprints at the Event Site at Noon. The sprint course is 2 two laps around the sailing buoy near Wells Island and back – 3.5 miles.  

Cycling

Now it’s icy on the trails! We’ll keep the freeze/thaw language just in case the snow goes somewhere (which it won’t any time soon). If you ride trails that froze and then thawed, you’ll do major and probably permanent damage to the tread. The Family Man closure kicked off on November 1st – the area around Family Man and Riordan Hill Road will be closed into December. Upper elevation trails, above 4000′, are likely to have some snow coverage. If you’re riding Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.  

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