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Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
For Wednesday morning, we have excellent powder riding on Mt. Hood. Stormy powder riding, that is. Dry, sunny weather returns on Thursday. Friday starts with a beautiful sunrise and finishes up with storm riding and powder turns.
For Wednesday, expect continues light snowfall and wind. The snow level will be about 1500′ during the day, falling to 0′ overnight after the precip finishes up. About 0.1-0.2” water value (WV) falls during the day, for 1-3” of fresh fluffy powder. Another 0.2” to 0.3” falls tonight, for 2-4” of dry, light snow. Wind will be NW 25 early, NW 15 in the afternoon, and NE 15 overnight.
Thursday looks sunny all day. Free air freezing level: 0′. Mountain temps: teens. Wind: NE 15 early, NE 5 in the afternoon, and W 15 overnight. Friday starts off with high clouds, which should catch the rays of the sun for a brilliant sunrise. Clouds thicken during the morning, and snow starts up around 1pm. The snow level will be 0′ early, 1500′ in the afternoon, and 0′ overnight. About 0.6” to 0.8” water value falls by Saturday morning, for 7-9” of dry powder. Wind: W 15 early, W 45 in the afternoon (may affect lift ops), and W 30 after midnight.
Snow continues on Saturday s a low pressure system sits off the coast. The snow level will max out around 1500′. Up to 10” of snow will fall in the 24 hour period. Wind will be in the W 20-30 range. There’s some model disagreement, hence the lack of precision. Same for Sunday: definitely cold. No certainty around details.
Gorge Wind
Wednesday is starting off with westerlies and will switch to easterlies. We’ll have W 10-13 this morning from Stevenson to Biggs with E 5-10 east of there. After 1pm, easterlies arrive: 10-15 from The Dalles to Arlington initially, filling in to Rooster Rock overnight. Thursday starts with E 10-15 at Stevenson and Rooster. The wind drops to 5-10 at Rooster and picks up to 20-25 at Stevenson. Friday starts with E 10-15, turns light easterly in the afternoon, and probably turns light westerly overnight.
JONES, SAUVIE’S, COAST: now on vacation for the fall and winter. Will return in spring.
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Hood River Weather Forecast
It’s a partly cloudy start to the day in Hood River. We’ll see that continue all day. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early, near 40 later, and well below freezing overnight. Light west wind turns to easterly in the afternoon. 89% chance of rainbows. Thursday looks Nothing early and sunny later. No precip. Temps will be in the mid 20’s early and upper 30’s in the afternoon. East wind. No rainbows. Friday starts off with Nothing and high clouds. Temps will be in the upper 20’s early and upper 30’s later. Dry in the morning, rain in the afternoon, rain/snow mix overnight. East wind. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Silly rabbit… it’s not biking season in the Gorge. It’s XC skiing and BC skiing season! Wax those skis with some red and get out and play in the snow!
Upcoming Events
There’s free yoga at the FISH food bank in Hood River at 10am on Wednesday. On Thursday: There’s by-donation yoga at 8am at Flow. That’s followed by $5Tai Chi at the Hood River Adult Center at 2:30, community yoga at 6pm at Samadhi in White Salmon, and free Tai Chi at Our Savior Church in Bingen at 6. There’s Zumba at Mid-Valley elementary at 6:30. At 7am on Friday, there’s the Kickstand Coffee Run, where jogging or walking 4 miles gets you a free cup of coffee and a donut. There’s a by-donation yoga class at Yoga Samadhi at 4:15 on Friday afternoons.
Random Morning Thoughts
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
