Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
There’s certainly interesting stuff to talk about in today’s Mt. Hood forecast, but you know how that word carries multiple meanings and not always a positive connotation… For today, Sunday, a weak weather system passes by to the north, setting us up for periods of high clouds. The snow level will be near sea level all day long. Wind today will be NW 10 early, WSW 15 in the afternoon, and WSW 40+ after midnight. Continued after the chart…
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, continued…
Monday morning starts out cloudy with snow and sleet starting up around 6am. The snow level will initially be between sea level and 1500′, depending on where you are. We’ll see a quick rise in temps, with upper 20’s to low 30’s all the way to 9000′, hence the likelihood of mixed precip. Models suggest we see the snow level at 4000′ briefly before rising to 6000′ in the afternoon and 8000′ overnight, before falling to 6500′ by 4am Tuesday. Basically, the snow level will fluctuate a lot during the day Monday, but the air will remain relatively warm. What snow does fall will be heavy and likely mixed with sleet. We will see a switch to rain overnight.
Total precip will be 1.3” water value (WV) between 4am and 4pm Monday. We should see 6-8”+ of heavy snow out of that. We’ll see another 2.5” WV (yup!) between 4pm Monday and 4am Tuesday. A lot of that will fall as rain. I’m not willing to hazard a guess as to how much snow we get and how much rain. Now, on to the wind, which will most likely have an impact on lifts: W 55 Monday morning, dropping to W 35 in the afternoon and turning to WSW 50+ overnight.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, finished
Tuesday looks exciting as another strong upper level low moves into BC. The snow level will initially be 6500′, dropping to 3500′ by 7am and 1000′ in the afternoon and evening. Most of the precip will fall while the air is still warm – we’ll see .8” of mostly rain, followed by a couple inches of snow. That said, orographic effects could give us 4-6” of snow during the day Tuesday. If the models are right about the wind, there may not be lifts running: W 70 at 4am, W 55 at 7am, W 60 at 10am, and WNW 55 at 4pm, slowly backing down to NW 10-15 after midnight.
Wednesday looks clear and dry. The free air freezing level will be 500′ early and 6500′ in the afternoon. Wind will be NW 10-15 early and SW 15 in the afternoon. The next weather system hits early Thursday. It will most likely fall as 4-6” of wet snow followed by 6-8” of dry snow, but may contain a short period of snow mixed with sleet.
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Gorge Wind Forecast
Expect easterlies at 15-20 early, 25-30 midday, and 15-20 in the evening. Monday starts with light east wind, switching to moderate to strong west wind by 10am. Maybe. Maybe later. Maybe skipping the central Gorge and only showing up near Stevenson and east of The Dalles. All that ambiguity goes away on Tuesday: Expect west 24-27 early, picking up to W 40-45 after 10am east of The Dalles with W 30-35 from Stevenson to Doug’s. If you’re going, please go with a partner, dress warmly, wear a helmet, and consider a PFD.
Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
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Random Morning Thoughts
Our minds are pretty fascinating and out of control creatures. Much like objects in motion, minds in motion tend to retain their momentum. Once on a certain path, they are quite hard to steer. If you want to get control of your mind (at least a little), it helps to approach the task much like you’d approach the task of regaining control of a skidding car: embrace the skid!
Fighting with a skid only makes it worse, and arguing with your mental state will only fuel it. The more you tell yourself you don’t want to be a certain way, the more you fuel that way of being. Instead, turn towards the unwanted state of mind and embrace it with curiosity and compassion. Explore it. Make an attempt to understand it.
Your curiosity and compassion will have an impact on the thing you’d like to change, and your insight will help you avoid that mental state in the future. Don’t be fooled – this is not easy work, and it’s counterintuitive, just like embracing skids. You’re fighting momentum and conditioning. But if you can break away from those two, you’ll have more mental freedom. Have an awesome day.
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist (but I could be 51 graduate school credits from now). 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, even when I am a therapist.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Judging by the temp this morning, it must be partly cloudy out there and not clear. High clouds will increase during the day. Temps will be in the upper teens this morning and the upper 20’s to low 30’s this afternoon, dropping into the upper 20’s tonight. Light wind. No rainbows. Monday sees temps in the upper 20’s early and the upper 30’s in the afternoon. I hope. Precip starts up around 6am, most likely starting as freezing rain, especially in the outlying colder areas. We should see a switch to west wind and warmer weather by 10am, leaving us with cold rain all day and all night. The rain will be very heavy overnight. Moderate west wind. 97% chance of rainbows. Tuesday looks very wet early and partly cloudy in the afternoon. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and the mid 40’s in the afternoon. Nuking west wind. 99% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
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Upcoming Events
It’s Sunday. There’s community yoga at Samadhi at 9am. There’s community meditation at Flow at 11am . There’s YogaFaith at 4pm at Pure Yoga in The Dalles and restorative yoga at 6pm at Pure Yoga in Hood River. All those classes are free or by donation. There’s pickup touch rugby at 10am at the Hood River Armory, and there’s pickup touch rugby at 3pm at the Mosier School. There’s pickleball today from 1pm to 5pm at May Street Elementary. There’s also pickleball Monday through Thursday, 5pm to 9pm, at May Street. Just this week for the holidays!
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
