Mt. Hood snow and Gorge wind forecast | The Gorge is my Gym

Good morning!

Here comes the snow… I’m watching the radar image from my desk (well, actually, it’s Brad’s desk, but close enough) here at Meadows. There’s a rainbow of green, blue, red, orange and yellow headed towards the mountain, and that’s a great thing if you like powder skiing (and really, who doesn’t?). Models suggest 1-1.5” of water value by tomorrow morning, meaning we’ll see a solid 12” of new snow between midday today and early tomorrow morning. I’m not promising you light and fluffy powder, but it’s not going to be concrete either. With snow levels around 3500-4000 feet, we’re looking at yummy snow.

If you can’t ride today, clear tomorrow, and if you can’t ride tomorrow, clear this evening. We’ve had a lot of powder days this year where the subsurface was ice, but not this time. Generally, it’s packed powder right now, meaning you won’t be dropping through to a nasty crust. It’s going to be so good….

Monday, during the day, another 2-5” will fall, and Tuesday looks like 1-3” more. Wednesday looks sunny.

Kiters and windsurfers have today for easterlies in the 22-25 range, at least before the rain hits. Next chance for easterlies looks like Wednesday, in the sun, at Stevenson.

Everyone have a great day today, and get a good night’s sleep tonight. Wax up, and pick me up if you see me hitching in the morning!

Temira

Good morning!

The recreation report and I have returned from our 3-night vacation to Maui. We went surfing 4 days and windsurfing two. That’s a pretty good trip, I think, especially considering that Thursday was over mast-high at Kanaha, uncrowded, and 4.2-4.7. What an amazing day of sailing… I also had a chance to try the brand-new Hot Sails Bolt while I was on Maui. Always fun to try the latest gear, right? It’s a super-light freestyle/wave sail. I used the 4.7, and it handled like a 3.7. So much fun!

Anyway, tickets to Hawaii are under $300, round-trip, on both Hawaiian and United right now, so if you’re desperate for a short getaway, check it out.

If you’re sticking around here and want to sail or kite, you’ll see some westerlies in the 15-18 range this morning, dying quickly by afternoon. Probably not worth driving. Tomorrow looks better, with 25-28 easterlies in the morning before the rain starts in the afternoon. I suppose you could continue your session in the rain, but we’re looking at an inch of precipitation, so you’ll be out in the torrential downpour.

My pick for tomorrow is night skiing at Meadows. An incoming front bearing about an inch of precipitable water will hit sometime after noon. Snow levels of 3000 feet will make for excellent powder tomorrow evening. Monday, of course, will be epic, with a foot of new snow or so, another 4-6” of accumulation, and snow levels around 3500-4000 feet. Make plans now. =)

Tuesday looks dry and cloudy, and Wednesday will be sunny on the mountain with easterlies in the Gorge.

Have a great day today!

Temira