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The Forecast

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Wednesday 0′
Thursday 0′->6500′
Friday 6500′->8500′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Just over a foot of new snow fell on the slopes over the last 24 hours. That’s good, because the next few rounds of precip will mostly be rain. As we head beyond 6 or 7 days in the future, models disagree on precipitation temp, although they mostly agree on precip quantity: lots!

So for Wednesday, we’ll have sunshine for most of the day with increasing high clouds in the evening. The free air freezing level will be 1000′ to start and will fall to 0′ during the day. Overnight: very, very cold. Wind: W 15 in the morning, E 15 in the afternoon, and E 25 after midnight.

Thursday starts with high clouds and frigid temps: 0F or so at 5000′. Precip arrives early to late afternoon (models disagree). It starts as snow, and transitions to wet snow or mixed precip in the evening and perhaps rain overnight. The snow level will be 0′ in the morning and 6500′ after midnight. About 0.4” water equivalent (WE) is forecast by Friday morning. An inch or a few of snow may fall, but it’ll be drenched by daybreak. Wind: E 25 in the morning (could affect lifts at Timberline), variable to 15 afternoon, and SW building to 30-35 overnight.

Friday will be rainy all day. The snow level will be 6500′ ish. Models disagree on how much rain will fall. For now, let’s call it 0.5” to 1.0”. Wind: SW 25-35 early, WSW 30-35 in the afternoon, and SW 15-25 after midnight. Rain continues all day Saturday with the snow level around 8000′. We’ll probably see about an inch of rain. Wind: SW 15-25 early, SW 25-40 midday, W 40 in the afternoon, and SW 20-30 overnight. Sunday’s forecast isn’t yet certain, so let’s hold off. Beyond that, the Pacific Ocean hammers the Cascades with storm after storm. As of this morning, it appears some will be rain and some will be snow, but in general, we’ll be building snowpack. Fingers crossed!  

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Fun twist this morning: 20mph west wind at Viento and 20mph east wind near Rowena as the warm and and cold air battle each other. (update: now it’s at least 20mph easterly in Hood River) Cold air will win. Easterlies pick up to 15-25mph east of Hood River and push westward as the day progresses. By evening, we’ll have 35mph at Rooster, 30-35mph at Stevenson, and 15-25mph everywhere east to Arlington. River flow readings are 135-147kcfs, river temp is 21F, and the temp will drop from the mid 30’s to the upper 20’s today. Thursday starts with 60-80mph near Rooster, 40mph near Stevenson, 30 near Viento, and 10-20 to the east. The wind holds all day. High temp: 12F. Friday starts with 50-70mph at Rooster, 35-45 at Stevenson, and 25-30 at Viento with 10ish to the east. Afternoon: 30-40 at Stevenson and 40-50 at Rooster. High temp: 22F with freezing rain all day long.  

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Hood River Weather Forecast

Mostly cloudy sky this morning adds some sunbreaks. Temps will be in the mid 30’s this morning and will fall to the upper 20’s later. Calm wind early. Easterlies in the afternoon. No rainbows. Thursday starts cloudy. Snow kicks off early to mid afternoon and transitions to sleet then freezing rain overnight. Temps start in the single digits and rise to the low double digits. Moderate easterlies. No rainbows. Friday brings freezing drizzle all day long. Temps start in the single digits and rise to the low 20’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!
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 snowy 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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