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Good morning,

Hopefully all of you got out and enjoyed the beautiful weather yesterday. The best weather today will be in the morning, when we’ll have light wind with cloudy skies. As a weather system moves into the Gorge this afternoon, more clouds and showers move in and the west wind picks up, but not really enough for much entertainment on the river. We’ll see westerlies in the 14-17 range this afternoon from Hood River to Arlington.

Tomorrow looks light and gusty, with winds at 5-10 in the morning, building to 17-20 in the afternoon from Hood River eastward. Sunday starts off fairly light, but the wind will pick up quickly on Sunday as high pressure builds at the coast. We’ll see 17-21 by midday and 23-26 in the afternoon, with the strongest, steadiest wind east of The Dalles.
At this point Monday looks like another westerly day in the Gorge with low to mid-twenties very likely as high pressure holds off the coast.

If you’d rather go to Meadows or T-line and ski this weekend, there will be a couple inches of new snow by tomorrow morning, with snow flurries during the day tomorrow. There should be another 4-5” of new snow by Sunday morning, with another 2-3” during the day on Sunday. The snow level will be around 5000’ on Saturday, meaning it’s going to be pretty wet, but the snow level will drop to 2500’ or so on Sunday, for a decent day on the slopes.

If you’re looking for something to do this evening, it’s First Friday in Hood River, so head to town for art, drinks and music.

Have a great day today!

Temira

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Good morning,

Today’s going to be another windy day in the Gorge as a weather system moves across the Cascades. We’ll start with 17-19 this morning from Stevenson to Mosier. As the system moves in, the wind will shift east to Rowena, where it will be gusty, and then out to Maryhill and Arlington, where it will blow 24-27, possibly hitting the 28-32 range at Arlington late in the afternoon.

The west wind continues tomorrow, but will be lighter with low pressure off the coast. The wind will be gusty 10-15 with a chance of 17-20 in the afternoon tomorrow. If I were you, I’d make plans other than windsurfing or kiting tomorrow.

Saturday and Sunday look rather winter-like, with rain showers and cold temperatures. If you want to chase after some weak, gusty wind on the weekend, you’re welcome to, but I think there will be other, more amusing things to do, like going whitewater rafting…. Although that sounds pretty cold too…

Meadows will be open both days this weekend, and it looks like they’ll see a mix of rain and snow on Saturday, or maybe even all snow, up to 3-4”, with snow on Sunday with the snow level at a really astounding 2000’ or so and 5-7” of new. It looks like the wind will be pretty light on the mountain both days, hitting the 15-25mph range at most.

But more importantly than all that weather is the fact that the dirt’s in great shape for mountain biking. Tonight’s a special Post and Pint ride out of Dirty Fingers. Mitchell will be leading the tour of legal trails tonight, showing you exactly which trails in Post Canyon’s hot lap are legal to ride. So, show up and ride with the Dirty Fingers gang tonight and get your education, along with a pint. And speaking of riding, the Super D is as good as it’s going to be all year, so if you have time for 3000’ of climbing and descending, hit it today.

Have a great day today!

Temira

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