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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast.
Nothing’s falling from the sky but sunbeams this morning. That’s definitely up there with falling snow, so get up and ride if you can! But no hurry – the sun will be around until it sets. The free air freezing level will be at the surface this morning and 1000′ this afternoon, falling back to the surface tonight. Models suggest a chance of some orographic snowfall overnight, for up to 1”, but that seems unlikely. Wind today will be NW 10 for much of the day and WNW 20 overnight.
Friday starts off clear. Clouds move in midday and light snowfall starts up around 1pm, continuing through early Saturday morning. The snow level will be at the surface in the morning, 500′ midday, and back to the surface overnight. We’ll see just an inch or so of new snow on Friday. Wind on Friday will be WNW 20 early, W 15 for the rest of the morning, SW 10 in the afternoon, and light and variable overnight.
Saturday starts off partly cloudy, turns clear midday, and turns cloudy again overnight. The free air freezing level will be at the surface early, 1500′ midday, and down at 500′ or less after midnight. Wind will be light and variable early, W 15 in the afternoon, and W 25 after midnight.
Snow starts up sometime early Sunday morning between 3am and 6am. It’ll be snowing in the Gorge too, if you care about these things. The snow level will be at the surface early and at 500′ in the afternoon and evening. Approximately .4” WV falls between 4am and 4pm, for 4-5” of fluffy snow. Another .4-.5” WV falls overnight, for another 4-5” of fluffy snow. Wind will be W 25 early and W 15 for the rest of the day.
Gorge Wind Forecast
West wind at 5-10 everywhere this morning picks up to W 13-16 midday from Stevenson to Hood River. Water temp is 37 degrees. You enjoy that! West wind at 5-10 on Friday morning turns to E 15-20 on Friday afternoon. Saturday starts with E 15-20 and turns to W 10-13 midday.
Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
If you click right here , you’ll find NOAA’s coast forecast.
Random Morning Thoughts
Late yesterday, the president issued an order rescinding the right of transgender students to use the bathroom the corresponds with their gender identity. This is an attack on vulnerable youth who are already experiencing bullying, pressure from parents, discrimination by society, and a 41% suicide attempt rate. Yes, 41% of trans youth attempt suicide.
Arguments against allowing people to use the bathroom aligned with gender ID don’t make sense. First, people city privacy concerns for cis-gender (birth sex and gender ID match) people. A trans person headed into a bathroom is not going in to gape – they are going in to take a pee or a poo. Rather than seeking access to the private bathroom moments of others, trans people are generally just hoping they won’t be harassed while trying to do a biological function.
Another argument ties sexual orientation to gender identity, implying that trans folks are somehow conflating peeing and sex. Gender identity (what sex you are) is completely separate from sexual orientation (who you’re attracted to). Just as there are gay cis-men and straight cis-men, there are gay trans men and straight trans men (and pansexual, demi-sexual, asexual, graysexual, etc.)
In other words, you can’t tell who turns someone on by looking at them. By this argument, you’d want gay men using the women’s bathroom and lesbians using the men’s bathroom. It just doesn’t make sense.
As for the argument for the discomfort of the bathroom users, that falls on the users of the bathroom to sort out. A trans person just wants to pee, not interact with you. If you’re having feelings around someone who looks different than you using your bathroom, you may want to explore those feelings and what’s causing them to arise. You’re awesome enough to tackle that task. Have an awesome day.
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist (but I could be 40 graduate school credits from now). 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, even when I am a therapist.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Holy heck is it gorgeous this morning!!! Expect temps right at freezing early and in the mid 40’s later on. Sunshine all day long. Clouds tonight. Just a few sprinkles. West wind. No rainbows. Friday looks partly cloudy. Temps will be in the upper 20’s early and the low 40’s in the afternoon. Showers in the western Gorge in the afternoon and evening probably won’t make it to Hood River. West wind early. East wind later. No rainbows. Saturday looks partly cloudy becoming clear. Temps will be in the upper 20’s early and the low 40’s in the afternoon. East wind early. West wind alter. No rainbows. Expect some light snow on Sunday morning.
For weather specifically directed at travel through the Gorge, please visit Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.
White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
Your trainer bike will be happy to see you today. And so will your XC skis. I tried to go jogging in Post yesterday, but that didn’t work so well – there’s still a foot of snow there. I heard that Syncline is one big waterfall and stream, so please don’t mountain bike there or you’ll really do a lot of trail damage. There should be plenty of good road biking today. Go try that!
Upcoming Events
There’s a community dance-exercise class at 11am at the White Salmon Grange. There’s community yoga tonight at 6pm at Samadhi, Tai Chi at Our Savior Church in Bingen at 6:30, and Zumba at St. Francis House in Odell at 6:30. Coming up Friday morning, it’s the Kickstand Coffee Run. A 4 mile jog at 7am gets you a free cup of coffee and a donut. Healthy. Very healthy.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
