It doesn’t look snowy on Mt. Hood for this St. Patrick’s Day. Instead, it looks the opposite: Sunny! Expect sunshine all day today. The free air freezing level will be down at the surface early, rising to 3000′ this afternoon. The wind will be light and variable all day long. Continued after the chart.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, continued…
Friday also looks delightfully sunny. The free air freezing level will be down near the surface early, rising to 10,000′ sometime during the day, and perhaps dropping to 9000′ overnight. Wind on Friday will be light and variable in the morning and SW 10-15 in the afternoon and evening.
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Looking ahead to the weekend… Saturday looks partly cloudy all day long, with low and mid-level clouds possibly driving some occasional fog patches on the mountain. We may see some light sprinkles in the late afternoon and evening. The free air freezing level will be 9000′ for much of the day, dropping to 6500′ after midnight. Wind on Saturday will be SW 10-15 in the morning and SSW 15 overnight.
As of this morning, Sunday looks like it’ll bring some precip midday. However, it’s tough to tell at this point whether we’ll receive rain or snow on Sunday. For now, let’s call it .4” water value of mixed precip between 11am and 11pm. Wind on Sunday will be SW 10 early and WSW 35-40 late in the evening. Just a reminder that this weekend is the last weekend of night skiing this season at Meadows.
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Gorge Wind Forecast
It’s Thursday morning, and the easterlies are just starting to pick up. By this afternoon, you can expect easterlies at 35-45 at Rooster Rock and 25-30 at Steven’s Locks. Friday starts out with E 40-50 at Rooster and E 25-30 at Steven’s Locks. By the afternoon, the wind will fade to E 20-30 at Rooster and E 10-15 at Steven’s Locks. Expect light and variable wind both days this weekend.
Random Morning Thoughts
What a glorious day it is out there! In celebration of this day and the start of spring break, the random morning thoughts have decided to take spring break off. They will return at the beginning of April, or sooner if they feel rested. Instead of spending time reflecting, the random morning thoughts will be spending time gardening and mountain biking and skiing and road biking. They’ll probably also spend time meditating and hanging out with friends. So, happy spring break. I hope you enjoy it as much as I’m going to!
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Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s an absolutely stunning start to the day: completely blue sky, snow-covered volcanoes, glassy river. Expect sunny sky all day long. Temps will be in the low 30’s early and the upper 50’s this afternoon. East wind. No rainbows. Friday will be sunny all day. Temps will be in the low to mid 30’s early and the mid 50’s in the afternoon. East wind. No rainbows. Saturday looks partly cloudy. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and the upper 50’s in the afternoon. Light wind. No rainbows. Sunday looks partly cloudy to start with showers after 1pm.
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Road and Mountain Biking
I’m guessing Post is still a little too wet, and so is Whoopdee, but I’m also guessing that Syncline is going to be off the charts today. The road biking will be very chilly this morning and quite east-windy this afternoon, but it’s hard to resist mid-50’s and sunshine. East wind and sunshine continues tomorrow. Saturday looks partly cloudy with light wind and temps in the upper 50’s.
Upcoming Events
Happy Thursday. There’s free Tai Chi at 6:30pm at Our Savior Church in Bingen. There’s free Zumba at the Parkdale Community Center at 6:30. There’s free yoga at Samadhi at 6pm. Coming up tomorrow morning at 7am, it’s the Kickstand Coffee Run – 4.1 miles of jogging that earns you a free cup of coffee and a donut. Tomorrow at 4:30pm, there’s community Hatha yoga at the Heartgate Sanctuary in Oak Grove.
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