It’s another gorgeous, sunny day on Mt. Hood, and it happens to be Skibowl’s last day. As always, the last day of the season at Skibowl is free, so if you’d like to check out a new place, head on over there. Make sure you have the nachos at the bar after you’re done. They’re the best on Mt. Hood, hands down. The weather will stay sunny today. The free air freezing level will be 12,000′ with 5000′ temps maxing out in the low 50’s. Wind today will be W 10 in the morning and NW 15 in the afternoon. Continued after the chart.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, continued…
Monday starts off either clear or with a few high clouds. Those clouds will get denser as the day goes on, and light precip will start up after midnight. The freezing level on Monday will be 10,000′ early and 9000′ after midnight, with 5000′ temps maxing out around 50 degrees. We’ll see .1-.2” water value that falls as rain overnight. Wind will be W 5 in the morning and SW 15 overnight.
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The snow level will crash from 9000′ early Tuesday to 3500′ just after dawn, rising back to 5000′ in the afternoon. We’ll see light snow flurries during the day, for no real accumulation, followed by .2-.3” WV overnight. That’ll give us 1-3” of new snow by Wednesday morning. The wind on Tuesday will be SW 20-25 early, turning WSW 30-35 after 8am and dropping after midnight.
Wednesday currently looks sunny in the morning, cloudy midday, and snowy after 2pm. The snow level will be around 5000′, and we’l’l see a few inches of snow Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
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Gorge Wind Forecast
Saturday certainly turned into a nice day on the river, didn’t it? I was able to get out for a short Dawn Patrol session before I made my way into Portland for my training. Windsurfing for me meant no forecast for you yesterday, but that sounds like a fair tradeoff to me! Hopefully all of y’all got on the river yesterday too!
Sunday’s starting off with solid westerly gradients of .13 (pdx-dls) and .04 (dls-psc). Expect Dawn Patrol at 18-22 at Swell, ramping up to 24-27ish for the mid-morning session from Viento to Mosier. The wind should fill in from Stevenson to Doug’s by early afternoon at 22-25. The Maryhill stretch of river is 50/50 for 22-25 today, but you can expect at least 16-19 out there this afternoon. What wind we have in the far east Gorge this morning will fade away by late morning, so driving out to Arlington isn’t going to be your best plan today.
Monday starts off with a good wind setup, but an approaching weak weather system in the afternoon will disrupt things. You can expect 21-24+ right off the bat Monday morning near Swell, picking up to 23-26 from Viento to Mosier for the mid-morning session. Things get a little wonky in the afternoon as the stable setup succumbs to that approaching system; expect the wind to turn gusty. In addition, the wind will back off to 18-22 at all locations expect for Stevenson.
Tuesday sees a weather system move through in the morning, leaving the western Gorge under low clouds. If you’re after wind on Tuesday, you’ll need to drive east, at least as far as Doug’s, but more likely further east. If you do that, you’re going to find gusty, up-and-down 23-27+ for much of the day.
Random Morning Thoughts
I grew up in a family where the interactional dynamic was one of win-lose. This came up for me yesterday at my training in a different context, where I realized that I had, in essence lost many battles but won the war; after all, I have an amazing life where I get to pursue my passions, give back to my community by using my talents, and where people thank and reward me on a daily basis for just doing what I love doing.
Wow. I feel so much gratitude. And I’m still thinking in terms of win-lose, as many of us do in many situations.
This win-lose thing really got me thinking. So much of what we do is conceptualized in terms of winning and losing or getting ahead of others. If we stop to look around us, though, we see that there are many, many people living decent lives around us. And generally speaking, they’ve had to rely on others to get where they are at, and we’re not losing because they’re winning. More than that, working with others often leads us to come to solutions that create a better outcome that two people working alone.
When we strive to get ahead in isolation, we make assumptions and miss out on options that may bring us even more benefit. We may think that we’ll be better off alone, but we are social beings at our core; we’re meant to work with others in order to get ahead. That’s how we humans took over the planet. It’s how we’ll craft a society where we can continue to thrive on this overcrowded warming hunk of rock. So, the next time you find yourself caught in a win-lose, me-you, us-them dynamic, stop and see if there might be another way. Have an awesome day.
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Gorge Weather Forecast
Looks like another one of those sunny days. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and the low 70’s this afternoon. Moderate west wind. Monday looks sunny to start with high clouds by midday and sprinkles possible after midnight. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and the low 70’s in the afternoon. Moderate west wind. No rainbows. Tuesday looks partly to mostly cloudy with light rain showers. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and the low 60’s in the afternoon. Moderate west wind. 89% chance of rainbows. No chance of frost in the forecast.
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Road and Mountain Biking
The dirt is excellent. What more can I say? Oh, Mobius has reopened, dogs are not allowed on Hospital Hill (no, really, don’t piss off the landowners, please.), and the poison oak is getting all groovy on Syncline. In road biking news, we’re looking at moderate (or stronger) west wind for the next three days. Today, however, you’ll likely be able to escape the westerlies by riding in the upper valleys, at least for the first 2/3 of the day.
Upcoming Events
The HRATS have a trail work party at 9am at Family Man this morning. Today is the last day of the season at Skibowl, and it’s free to ski there (not to tube, to ski). There’s community yoga today at 9am at Samadhi, 4pm at Pure Yoga in The Dalles, and 6pm at Pure Yoga Hood River. There’s also community meditation at 11am at Flow Yoga.
Have an awesome day today!
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