The weather on Mt. Hood this morning is just like the weather at your house: relatively warm with a thin blanket of high clouds. Expect high clouds for much of the day with heavier clouds as the day goes on. The free air freezing level today will be 10,000′, and 5000′ temps will max out around 55 degrees. Wind today will be S 15 early S 10 in the afternoon, and SE 20 overnight. Continued after the chart…
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, continued…
Friday starts off cloudy. Light rain or mixed precip starts up around 8am and continues on-and-off during the day. The snow level will be 8000′ early, 6500′ during the day, and 5500′ after midnight. We’ll see approximately .1-.2” water value (WV) between 5am and 5pm, followed by another .1” WV overnight. That’ll give us a trace of new at best at 5000′. Wind on Friday will be S 15 early, SSW 15 in the morning and WSW 15 in the afternoon, turning to W 20 overnight.
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Saturday starts off with some low/mid clouds and quickly adds a bit of mixed precip or wet snow to the mix. The snow level will be 6000′ pretty much all day, dropping to 5500′ after midnight. We’ll see .2” WV between 8am and 5pm, for 1” of new snow, at best. Then we’ll see another .3” WV between 5pm Saturday and 5am Sunday, for another 1-2” of wet new snow, at best. Wind on Saturday will be W 30 pretty much all day, turning to SW 15 overnight.
Sunday currently looks snowy, with the snow level at 4000′ and 3-5” of accumulation during the day. Fingers crossed!
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Gorge Wind Forecast
It’s Thursday morning, and there’s a bit of a westerly breeze on the river, accompanied by a .05 (pdx-dls) and .05 (dls-psc) gradient. The river temp is currently 52 degrees, and flow at The Dalles Dam right now is 322kcfs, quite a bit if you’re thinking of heading to the Maryhill stretch of river – that’s a lot of current. Anyway, expect westerlies at 13-16 near Swell for a little while this morning. The wind will back off to 5-10 or so midday and pick back up to W 13-16 from Stevenson to The Dalles late this afternoon as a weather system approaches.
That weather system will move through on Friday afternoon, giving us a shot at stronger, but gusty, westerlies. Friday looks to start off with W 5-10 from Stevenson to The Dalles with W 15-18 east of The Dalles. As that weather system pushes inland late in the afternoon, we’ll see the wind pick up to gusty 21-24 from The Dalles to Arlington.
Saturday sees an upper low move inland, and that will kick off some stronger west wind. You can expect clouds and gusty 12-15 from Stevenson to The Dalles on Saturday. Beaches further east will start off with gusty W 24-28 and picks up to gusty 28-32 in the afternoon. Sunday currently looks like a light and variable start, but high pressure building off the coast sets us up for 25-29 in the afternoon. If the long range models are correct, Monday looks windy enough to tempt me to skip school. If only my Monday class weren’t so awesome… *sigh*
Random Morning Thoughts
I’m thinking this morning about that old cliché, “money can’t buy you happiness.” We American are so often in pursuit of more on so many levels: more square feet in our houses, more car, more money, more skill level at our sports, more speed on our bikes, more friends, more power, more, more more. We live for that momentary sense of accomplishment or competence or joy in a new toy.
Because of this, we miss that we are enough, just by ourselves, just as we are. Sure, life can suck if you’re struggling to simply make ends meet, and life can be unfairly difficult if you’re not a member of the privileged white male category. And we can rail against those things and try to change them. However, even changing the systems around us doesn’t change one important thing: we are enough, just as we are, as flawed as we are.
If we can learn that in a visceral way, we can develop a certain sense of equanimity that underlies everything else we do. When we F up, we understand that we’re still okay, and just have more to learn about being human. When we’re oppressed, we understand that it’s not us – it’s a system, and that gives us some peace. And when we do achieve something new – money, toy, competence – it doesn’t determine our sense of self-worth. It just becomes a nice addition to our day. So, I know it’s hard to believe, but you are enough, just as you are. 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
We’re starting off Thursday warm and sunny, with just some high clouds. We’ll see more and thicker clouds as the day goes on, but we’re probably not going to see any rain. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and the mid 70’s in the afternoon. Light wind, with slightly stronger wind late. Friday starts off mostly cloudy and sees some sprinkles during the day. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and the mid 60’s in the afternoon. Light wind early, moderate wind late, 82% chance of rainbows. Saturday looks partly to mostly cloudy with intermittent rain. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and the low 60’s in the afternoon. Strong wind. 93% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
A kind person sent me some information yesterday: Falls Creek is open to the Horse Camp, Siouxon is open, and Huffman Peak is NOT open. Other than that, it rained here yesterday, so you’re probably going to find some really nice dirt this morning on the other local trails. In road biking news, the wind will back off to almost nothing midday today, and with a forecast high of 75, you’re looking a near-epic road biking day.
Upcoming Events
Today is Thursday. You have the following free forms of entertainment tonight: pickleball at the May Street Elementary School gym at 5:15, the Post n’ Pint race-pace mountain bike ride at Dirty Fingers at 5:30, yoga at Samadhi at 6pm, Tai chi at 6:30pm at Our Savior Church in Bingen, and Zumba at the Parkdale Community Center. There’s an earthquake preparedness talk at Springhouse tonight at 5:30. Come learn all about The Big One. Tomorrow morning at 7am is the Kickstand Coffee Run: 4 miles, 1 cup of coffee, 1 free donut. The Cherry Festival kicks off in The Dalles tomorrow too. And it’s Earth Day. Don’t forget about that!
There are at least 6 work parties at local parks on Saturday for Earth Day: Hood River’s Waterfront Park, Ainsworth, Rooster Rock, Mayer Park, the Indian Creek Trail, and the EasyCLIMB trail . Also next weekend, on Sunday, Anson’s Bike Buddies will be taking used bike donations on Sunday, whether those bikes work or not, at Cascade Eye Center from 10-3.
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