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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
It’s going to be a couple of clear days on Mt. Hood with spectacular packed powder carving snow in most parts of the resorts. It’s also going to be chilly, with temps dropping into the single digits on Tuesday but warming up into the 20’s by Thursday afternoon and Friday. We’re still looking at snowfall for the weekend, but the operational GFS has really backed off on snowfall amounts. The Euro is still holding with higher snowfall.
For Wednesday, it’ll be sunny on the mountain. Temps will be in the teens and single digits with the free air freezing level at 0′. Wind will be NNW 25 in the morning, N 15 in the afternoon, and N5 overnight. Thursday starts out clear and ends up high overcast. The free air freezing level will be at the surface with mountain temps in the teens early and low 20’s later. Wind will be N 5 early, SSW 10 in the afternoon, and W 15 after midnight.
Models disagree on the timing of snow on Friday. The weather will be cloudy – that much is certain. The snow level will be 0′ near Mt. Hood and about 1000′ elsewhere. Zero to 0.2” water value falls during the 24 hours period, for up to 3” of fluffy pow. Wind will be W 15 early, WSW 25 in the afternoon, and SW 20 after midnight.
A period of steady snowfall starts on Saturday and continues through Sunday morning. A short break Sunday afternoon is followed by heavy snow on Monday. Details aren’t clear, but it does looks like we’ll get some amazing fluffy champagne powder this weekend; mountain temps are forecast to drop from the low 20’s into the single digits with significant precipitation. Blower pow, anyone?
Gorge Wind Forecast
Wednesday is starting off with easterlies: 5-10mph everywhere. The wind will pick up to 10-15mph at Cascade Locks this afternoon and drop to light easterly everywhere else. The wind builds overnight. Thursday starts with E 35-40 near Rooster and 25-30 near Cascade Locks with light wind in other locations. The wind holds all day. Friday starts with E 30-35 near Rooster and 20-25 near Stevenson. The wind goes light easterly in the afternoon and then goes light westerly west of Hood River overnight. It’s back to easterlies on Saturday as a low pressure system drops along the coast. River flow is 149kcfs and temp is 39 degrees.
JONES, SAUVIE’S, COAST: now on vacation for the fall and winter. Will return in spring.
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Hood River Weather Forecast
Thursday’s starting out with a Nothing cloud in Hood River, but the sun will come out later. Temps will be in the upper 20’s early and mid 30’s this afternoon. East wind. No rainbows. Thursday starts with Nothing and ends with high clouds. Temps will be near 20 early and in the low to mid 30’s later. East wind. No rainbows. Models disagree on precipitation Friday. If it comes, it’ll be snow. Temps will be in the mid 20’s early, perhaps rising to the upper 30’s, but dropping back below freezing as precip arrives. Up to 2” of snow, probably the lower end. East wind. No rainbows. Additional snow falls Saturday (4-8”) and Sunday (2-4”) followed by another round of heavy snow Monday afternoon.
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Road and Mountain Biking
As you can see by looking out your window, we have entered fat bike season. All the trails are snowy. We have also entered trainer bike season.
Upcoming Events
Not much going on in events today. There’s a by-donation yoga class at the FISH food bank in Hood River at 10am. I’m supposed to tell people that there’s a new meditation starting in April: one hour long at 5:15pm on Tuesday night with the Pacific Hermitage Monks at Yoga Samadhi.
Random Morning Thoughts
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
