Wednesday/Thursday: nuking easterlies and dry weather for a while…

The best snow forecast for Mt. Hood. The best wind forecast for the Gorge.

Thank you for using this forecast. Like it? Find it useful? Support it (and me!) by sending some cash my way. What’s it cost to support me and get the email version? Not $99 a year. Nope. Not $49. Just $19.99 or more gets you a year. People are added to this list on Thursday and Sunday. My day job is crisis mental health, and I don’t have time on other days. Thanks for your patience! Click below to contribute. Thank you!!

Auto-renewing subscription. Easy. Awesome. Set and forget!

Thank you for contributing and keeping this forecast going! Not ready to subscribe? No problem – please share this forecast with all your friends too! I appreciate your support!

The Forecast

	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
Wednesday 10,000′->9000′
Thursday 9000′->0′
Friday 0′->11,000′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

The forecast isn’t looking great for the mountains for the next couple of weeks, so make the most of what is open: two lifts at Timberline and 7k of skategroom at Teacup along with opportunities for wandering the woods in the snow. Generally speaking, the weather stays dry through Monday, turns rainy on the slopes, snows next Tuesday(ish), and then reverts to warm/wet for a bit.

On Wednesday, all you’ll find is sunshine and warm weather in the mountains. Clear sky sticks around all day. The free air freezing level will be around 10,000′ all day and will fall to 9000′ overnight. Temps at 5000′ rise to +11C, 50ish degrees, this afternoon. Wind: ESE 15 this morning, NW 15-20 this afternoon, and E 15 overnight.

Those easterlies drop the temps on Tuesday: the free air freezing level starts at 9000′ and fall to 500′ in the afternoon and 0′ overnight. Wind: E 15-20 in the morning, E 25+ in the afternoon, and E 30+ overnight. Friday will be sunny all day. The free air freezing level near Mt. Hood will be 0′ all day, but temps will slowly rise. Overnight, the free air freezing level could rise as high as 11,000′ with temps at +1C at 5000′. Wind: E 30 in the morning (check lift status at T-line before going), SE 25 in the afternoon, and S 10-20 overnight.

The weekend looks dry with the free air freezing level above 5000′ and moderate variable wind. It’ll be sunny on Saturday and increasingly high overcast Sunday. Precip is forecast to (potentially) return early Monday in the form of rain for the slopes and freezing rain for the drive up. Snow could fall on Tuesday before a return to rainy slopeside weather during the middle of next week. Keep up the dryland training, and make the most of the snow that’s up there! PS: we’ll stick with this every other day forecast until there’s something to talk about!

FORECAST SPONSORED BY / AWESOME COMPANIES TO SUPPORT

Gorge Wind Forecast

Very strong easterlies continue for the next four days. By nuking, I mean this: when I looked at iWindsurf this morning, it was reading 47-81 (average 60) at Rooster Rock. This morning’s pressures are 30.56/30.81/30.82 for E0.25 pdx-dls. The wind starts at 55-65 at Rooster, 30-40 at Stevenson, and 20-25 at Viento. Afternoon wind holds at Viento and Stevenson and drops to 40-50 at Rooster. River flow readings are 101-123kcfs, river temp is 51F, and high temp forecast is 40F.

Thursday starts with 50-60 at Rooster, 35-40 at Stevenson, and 25-30 at Viento. Afternoon easterlies drop to 15-25 at Viento, 25-30 at Stevenson, and 35-45 at Rooster. High temp: 42F. Friday starts with 20-25 at Viento, 35-40 at Stevenson, and 40-50 at Rooster. The wind holds all day and picks up into Saturday morning. Lesser easterlies are forecast on Sunday. Temps remain cold.

Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast – Done for the Season

Hood River Weather Forecast

Nothing this morning gives way to sunshine this afternoon. Temps will be in the low 30’s early and will rise near 40. Easterlies. No rainbows. Thursday starts with Nothing and eventually turns clear. Temps start in the upper 20’s to low 30’s and rise to the low 40’s. Easterlies. No rainbows. Friday will be clear all day. Temps start in the mid 20’s and rise to the low 40’s. Easterlies. No rainbows.

Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.

Local-ish Events

Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know!
There are two events on November 19th. There’s a work party on the Indian Creek Trail. That’s 9am-noon. Email [email protected] to register. Also the 19th, at 6pm, Windance has Ladies Night for wind sports. All people who don’t identify as cis-males are welcome to attend (eg: non-binary people, cis-females, trans women, two spirit, etc).

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. There’s a free Zumba class at 6pm in the parking lot of One Community Health in The Dalles on Wednesday. Providence is sponsoring a walking program called Healthy Strides. Meets Weds at May Street 5:30pm, through Nov 16. All ages welcome, and there’s swag!

Cycling

Now we have freeze-thaw conditions. Please avoid trails that are exposed to the open air, in other words, trails that aren’t under the tree canopy. 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. Rifle deer season is open in both Oregon and Washington, so consider wearing safety colors while you’re riding. If you’re riding Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.