Wednesday: snow then rain… - The Gorge is my Gym

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
Wednesday 2000′->5500′
Thursday 5500′->7000′->6500′
Friday 6500′->1000′

Mt. Hood Weather Forecast

Mother Nature was very cooperative with yesterday’s forecast; the mountain received a couple inches of rain followed by 10” of fresh powder. It’s yet to be seen how wind-affected the fresh snow is, but it’s certainly good to see it! We’ll see another round of snowfall on Friday followed by, sadly, several warm atmospheric river events next week (assuming the forecast holds).

For Wednesday, orographic snowfall continues for a couple hours in the morning followed by midday bluebird and afternoon overcast. Snow level 2000′ during the day, rising to 5500′ overnight. Precip: 0.2” water value (WV), for 2-3” of additional snow before the end. Wind: WNW 35 early, W 35 in the afternoon, WSW 25-30 overnight.

Thursday looks partly cloudy or high overcast as the “weather” remains to the north of Mt. Adams. That’s a fine thing given the temps; free air freezing level on Thursday will be 5500′ early and 7000′ in the evening. Wind: WSW 25-30 early, SW 20-25 in the afternoon, and SW 40-45 (much more above tree line) overnight.

Friday looks snowy. The snow level will be 6500′ early, 3000′ when the precip hits, falling to 1000′ overnight after the snow stops. Precip: 0.4” to 0.6” WV during the day, for 4-6” of increasingly fluffy snow. 0.2” WV overnight, for 2-3” of powder. Wind: SW 40-45+ early, WSW 30-35 mid-morning, W 30 in the afternoon, and SW 10 overnight.

Saturday looks dry with the FAF rising to 5000′. Sunday looks rainy – snow level about 6500′. The long range forecast doesn’t look pretty; several atmospheric river / Pineapple Express events are ensconced in the ECMWF.

Gorge Wind Forecast

Wednesday starts off with westerlies at 24-28 west of Hood River and east of The Dalles. The wind will quickly fade to 12-15 in the west and 18-22 out east. By noon or so, the wind will be in the 5-10 range. The central Gorge will stay light or, at best, 5-10mph for Wednesday. Thursday starts out with light easterlies and picks up to E 10-15. Friday starts with E 20-25, goes calm by 10am, and turns to W 10-13 by mid-morning.

JONES, SAUVIE’S, COAST: now on vacation for the fall and winter. Will return in spring.

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Gorge Weather Forecast

It’s a cloudy and showery start to Tuesday. The showers will end by midday leaving us with sunshine and then high clouds late. Temps will be in the low to mid 40’s all day. Light to moderate westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Thursday looks partly cloudy and then clear. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and mid 40’s later. Light east wind. No rainbows. Friday starts with Nothing and turns cloudy and rainy. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and mid 40’s later. East wind early goes westerly after 7am. 89% chance of rainbows.

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Road and Mountain Biking

Too wet for mountain biking. Don’t do it, okay? Even if you have a fat bike. You’re damaging delicate trails and undoing the hard work of many, many volunteers. The Power Station has a really wonderful virtual bike setup. I know it’s not the same, but it’s better than damaging the dirt.

Upcoming Events

It’s Wednesday. There’s community yoga at the Fish Food Bank in Hood River at 10am. Coming up Thursday night, Andrew’s has the movie Journey to the Reef, a big-wave surfing film.