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| Saturday 3000′->5500′->3000′ |
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| Sunday 3000′->4500′->2500′ |
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
Depending on where you’re at on Mt. Hood this morning, it’s either sunny (Meadows) or cloudy with flurries (Timberline). That’s probably how things will play out today – the marine layer is stacked up against the Cascades, and locations farther west will be in it. The next couple of days, Sunday and Monday, bring flurries. After that, we move back into a period of warm, dry weather.
For Saturday, we’ll have sunshine or clouds and flurries as mentioned above. As the atmosphere destabilizes this afternoon, we may also see increasing clouds and snow at all mountain locations. The snow level will be 3000′ early, 5000′ this afternoon, and 3000′ overnight. Models disagree on snowfall amounts tonight. Anything from 1-4” is possible, with more snow falling at T-Line than Meadows. Wind today will be W 15 all day and WNW 20 after midnight.
Sunday looks partly cloudy with flurries in the morning and cloudy with light snowfall in the afternoon and evening. The snow level will be 3000′ early, 4500′ in the afternoon, and 2500′ overnight. About .1” water value (WV) falls during the day, for 1” of new. Another .3” WV falls overnight, for 2-3” of snow. Wind will be WNW 20 in the morning, WSW 15 in the afternoon, and light and variable after midnight.
Monday starts off with light snowfall and ends up mostly cloudy. The snow level will be 2500′ early, 4000′ in the afternoon, and 5000′ after midnight. Just a trace of new snow falls. Wind will be Light and variable all day and NW 15 after midnight. The next few days after that look warm and dry.
Random Morning Thoughts
I went windsurfing yesterday, and it wasn’t exactly call it ‘easing into wind season’. I was panting and my forearms were feeling weak three minutes into my session. I thought about going in, but decided to stick it out for a bit and see if my body calmed down. Thankfully it did, and I was able to enjoy a purely awesome 3.2 session on the river. Now I’m … SORE!
New things or unfamiliar things or it’s-been-a-while things can be really hard at first. I don’t just mean physically. Anxiety and fear can rise up in response to the unknown. This is natural and normal, and understanding this cycle can help us tolerate the initial burst of anxiety (or excitement) that comes with something new.
You’ll have your own coping skills to deal with tension. I just remind myself to wait it out, and then I focus on something outside of me. I might take some deep breaths too. Eventually, my stress level decreases. The important thing about this is that we are teaching the nervous system that it can tolerate ‘that thing’. If we back off when we get nervous, if we stop before we develop some sense of mastery or competence, we are more likely to back away or give up in the future. May you be courageous. Have an awesome day.
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
Well, well. Yesterday was certainly a windy one! For those of you who found that overwhelming, you’ll find the next few days more hospitable. Low pressure overhead will knock the gradients down and keep the wind max average in the 20’s.
For Saturday, we’ll have west wind at 10-15 from Stevenson to Hood River and 20-23 from Mosier to Arlington. Looks like that’s going to be the wind forecast for the entire day; partly cloudy sky and marine air in the west will keep wind speeds down close to home today. A weak front approaches the coast on Sunday and high pressure builds in behind. That will take the wind up a bit.
We’ll start Sunday with 10-13 everywhere. The wind will slowly build during the day to 24-27 from Viento to Arlington, lasting until sunset. Monday looks like 10-13 in the morning and 22-25 from Hood River to Rufus in the afternoon with 10-13 at other locations.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s partly cloudy this morning, shall be for much of the day, and then there will likely be some showers this afternoon. Temps will be near 50 early and near 60 later. Light to moderate westerlies. 51% chance of rainbows. Sunday looks partly cloudy with intermittent light rain. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and near 60 in the afternoon. Moderate west wind. 99% chance of rainbows. Monday looks sprinkly. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and upper 50’s in the afternoon. Moderate westerlies. 87% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
According to Dirty Fingers, Dog River is open and clear of trees. Surveyor’s is open with “several” trees down. Knebal and Eightmile are open. Bear Springs is open and hosting the Bear Springs Trap race this weekend. Post got .02” of rain overnight, probably not enough to impact the riding. Hospital Hill is full of cow poop. Syncline is full of ticks and poison oak. Whoopdee is full of wildflowers, as is Columbia Hills. The HRATS have a trail work party at 9:30am on Sunday. Meet at Family Man and then spend a few hours on the Borderline trail.
Upcoming Events
This weekend is the NW Cherry Festival in The Dalles with parades and motorcycle rides and a footrace this morning. There’s also a disc golf tournament all day today and medieval reenactments at Lewis and Clark Park this afternoon. If you want to learn about swordplay, you can attend the workshop today at noon at the Hood River Library.
Tomorrow’s the Bear Springs Trap mountain bike race at McCubbins Gulch. Centerville has motorcycle races tomorrow. There’s a trail work party meeting at Family Man at 9:30 and then carpooling to work on the 133 trail in Post Canyon. There’s free yoga at Samadhi in White Salmon tomorrow at 9, touch rugby at the Hood River Marina at 11, free art classes for kids at 1 at Columbia Art Gallery. Next weekend is the Eta Aquarids meteor shower and Cinqo de Mayo.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
