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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
It was nice to see Mt. Hood get a big dumping of snow yesterday. I bet the groomed run skiing and XC skiing will be excellent today! Mt. Hood will have sunshine today. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be 0′ early, 4000′ in the afternoon, and 0-500′ tonight. Wind will be N 20 in the morning and W 20-25 in the afternoon and evening.
Friday starts off with an amazing sunrise reflected on high clouds. Snow starts up around 1pm. In an interesting twist, this looks like an east wind orographic event as cold air moves in from east to west. Geeky details aside, Mt. Hood should see an inch or so of snow before sunset followed by .4” water value (WV) overnight for 4-5” of additional snow. Wind will start at W 25 and fall to NW 15, switching to easterly overnight. If the cold pool isn’t deep enough, we’re likely to see less snowfall than predicted.
Saturday starts off with flurries, turns clear during the day, and becomes cloudy overnight. The free air freezing level will be 0′, and temps will be in the teens on the mountain. The current forecast is for light and variable wind becoming WSW 20-30 in the afternoon and evening. If the cold pool ends up deeper, we could see east wind (prior forecasts had E 40 on Saturday with temps at 0-5 degrees). Anyhoo, Mt. Hood will see snow flurries after 4pm on Saturday.
Sunday sees snow on Mt. Hood. The snow level will be 0′ early and 1000′ in the afternoon (see the TATAS forecast for metro area and Gorge weather impacts). Mt. Hood will see .4-.8” WV (orographic effects will likely enhance snowfall beyond the GFS prediction), for 4-8” of additional snow. Wind will be W 30 early, W 40 in the afternoon, and NW 45 overnight.
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Random Morning Thoughts
It can be difficult and uncomfortable to confront our friends on their behaviors. We worry about impacting the friendship. We worry about hurting the other person. We worry about driving them away. This is part of my job as a therapist, and it’s hard for me too!
Difficult conversations are tough because they leave us feeling vulnerable. Honesty can be scary. Leaning into this discomfort allows us to be more comfortable with the discomfort. It’s counterintuitive but true! Our tolerance increases for both conflict and intimacy, and that leads to improvement in our relationships with others.
It is, of course, important to have these conversations in respectful and vulnerable way. For example, saying, “Your drinking is way out of hand!” (an accusation) is probably going to lead to a defensive reaction. Something along the lines of, “I’m worried about you because you’re drunk/high most of the time I see you,” (a statement of your concern and a fact) is more likely to lead to conversation.
Difficult conversations are difficult because growth edges are uncomfortable. Discomfort isn’t a warning sign; it’s actually a sign of a place we can grow. Have an awesome day, and happy soslstice! May you be a light in the world.
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist, but I am seeing clients at this time at Comprehensive Healthcare in White Salmon. In the meantime, I am your weather forecaster. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, and consult with your actual therapist about your mental health issues. One other thing: I plan to keep doing this forecast indefinitely. Forecasting and counseling are both deeply meaningful and nourishing to me.
Gorge Wind Forecast
For Thursday, we’ll have light and variable wind early. The wind will pick up to W 12-15 after 1pm from Stevenson to The Dalles. Friday sees W 10-13 all day from Stevenson to Mosier. Cold air moves in after 4pm and switches the wind around to easterly. Saturday looks like E 40-50 all day near Rooster. Sunday starts with E 45 (and snow or freezing rain) and turns to light westerly late in the day.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It appears there is a Nothing out there this morning. We should see sunshine later. Temps will be near 30 early and in the upper 30’s later. Light west wind. No rainbows. Friday starts off with high clouds and an epic sunrise. Temps will be just below freezing early, in the upper 30’s in the afternoon, and into the 20’s by Saturday morning. Precip Friday night will start as rain and switch to snow with maybe an inch of snow. Saturday looks cold. The day starts with snow, turns partly cloudy, and returns to snowy in the evening. Sunday looks snowy (with a chance of freezing rain) in the morning with rain after 4pm. Temps will be in the low 20’s early and the low 30’s later. Up to 3” of snow. No rainbows.
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White Sprinter Van of the Week
Road and Mountain Biking
Post Canyon is currently closed to prevent trail damage. Syncline was good two days ago, but it may go to freeze-thaw mud after today and should be avoided. I imagine Nestor Peak is good. Whoopdee is probably a no-go due to mud and rain and freeze-thaw. Same for Hospital Hill.
Upcoming Events
It’sThursday. There’s community Tai Chi for $5 at the Hood River AdultCenter at 2:30. At 6pm, there’s community yoga (by donation) atSamadhi in White Salmon at 6pm. There’s community Tai Chi at OurSavior Church in Bingen at 6:30. At 7am on Friday, there’s theKickstand Coffee Run, where jogging or walking 4 miles gets you afree cup of coffee and a donut. Today is the Winter Solstice, after which daylight begins to return. Sunday is Christmas Eve, and Monday is Christmas!
Click here for the full events calendar.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
