The day started out partly cloudy and high overcast on Mt. Hood with warm temps, and not all that much will change today. There is a very slight chance of sprinkles both during the middle of the day and after midnight. The snow level today will be 10,000′ early, slowly dropping to 7500′ overnight before rising back to 10,000′ on Thursday morning. Wind today will be SW 15-20 all day. Continued after the chart.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, continued…
Thursday looks partly to mostly cloudy to start with sprinkles after 1pm. The snow level Thursday will be 10,000′ all day long. We’ll see .1-.2” water value of sprinkles between noon and 4pm, followed by another .2” rain showers between 4pm Thursday and 4am Friday. Wind Thursday will be SW 5-10 in the morning and SW 15-20 in the afternoon and evening.
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Friday starts off cloudy, maybe sprinkly, maybe dry. The rain picks up after 10am, ends mid-afternoon, and snow flurries move in after midnight. The snow level Friday will be 8000′ early, falling to 4500′ after the first round of rain, and hanging around 3500′ after midnight. We’ll see .4” WV in the first system, all rain. We’ll see .1-.2” WV after midnight, for 1-2” of new snow. Wind on Friday will be SW 20 all day long.
As of right now, Saturday looks mostly sunny with the snow level around 2500′ during the day. A warm, wet system moves in overnight, taking the snow level from 2500′ to 10,000′, leaving us with a warm and rainy Saturday night and Sunday.
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Gorge Wind Forecast
Today is Wednesday, and you can except east wind at Rooster at 15-20 this morning, fading to light and variable wind this afternoon. Tomorrow starts with east 25-30, backs off just a touch midday, and picks back up to E 30-40 in the afternoon. Friday starts with E 15-20 and backs off to light and variable conditions in the afternoon.
Random Morning Thoughts
I was thinking this morning about that Cartesian mind-body split thing again. Well, to be perfectly honest I was thinking first about Bernie over Hillary by 21% last night in New Hampshire. Anyway, I’m still sick, and I’m also having trouble sleeping. I have absolutely zero doubt that I will recover from this double-whammy of stomach virus and cold virus. I have, however, managed to work myself into quite a state worrying about getting enough sleep. And that, of course, is keeping me from getting enough sleep.
I’m sure many of you have played that game before.
It’s funny – most of the time we have faith in the power of our physical bodies to heal. But when it comes to the mind, we’re not so certain, are we? We get a cold, and we’re sure we’ll be fine in a few weeks. We get depressed or anxious or have a bout of insomnia, and we think we’ll need to be on meds for the rest of our life.
We do this in part because we’ve convinced ourselves that the mind and body are two different things. And yet, if you go looking for anxiety, depression, or tiredness, it’s not just in your head, is it? You’ll find those things hanging out in your body in the form of somatic symptoms.
It’s time to give our mind-body a little more credit. Illnesses of the mind (in many cases, not all, much like diseases) will heal, just as illnesses of the body will heal. We need to be kind and patient and gentle with ourselves when our emotions are hurting, just as we do when our bodies are hurting. After all, our minds and bodies are not separate. We just pretend they are, and in doing so, we keep ourselves from healing as quickly as we can. Have faith in your mind. In most cases, it too will heal itself. Have an awesome day.
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist. 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.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s partly cloudy out there this morning, and will become even cloudier as the day goes on. We might even see a few sprinkles midday! Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and the mid 50’s this afternoon. Light wind. No rainbows. Thursday looks cloudy to start with on-and-off sprinkles after noon, through the evening. Temps Thursday will be in the low 40’s early and the mid 50’s in the afternoon. East wind. 2% chance of rainbows. Friday looks rainy for much of the day with a break mid-afternoon through midnight, followed by sprinkles. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and the mid 50’s in the afternoon. 21% chance of rainbows. As of right now, the long-range forecasts suggest a dry day Saturday followed by a very wet day on Sunday.
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White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
According to the fine folks at Dirty Fingers, the dirt is great on both Hospital Hill and Syncline. Lots of people have been out shredding perfect dirt in Post Canyon too. Whoopdee, I’m sorry to say, is still to wet and snowy to ride, but don’t worry – you have all spring and summer to get it.
Upcoming Events
Today is Wednesday. There’s a community Hatha yoga class at the Heartgate in Oak Grove at 7:30 this morning. There’s a community meditation at Flow Yoga at 8:15am. Coming up this evening, there’s ping pong at the Hood River Armory at 5pm, and there’s Aikido at Trinity Natural Medicine at 6pm. Coming up tomorrow evening at 6:30, there’s community yoga at Samadhi, Zumba at the Parkdale Community Center, and Tai Chi at Our Savior Church in Bingen.
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