The Gorge Is My Gym

Holy snow forecast! 11/5

Good morning! This is turning into a weather forecast more than a wind forecast. For example, it’s going to rain today, with over a foot of snow above 6000 feet. Combine that with strong winds, and you have a recipe for a real mess up on the Palmer Glacier. Don’t count on skiing the pow…

Meet your forecaster: Temira

For almost 30 years, Temira (they/them) has been making the most of the Gorge: riding river swell, shredding powder, and cycling all the gravel and pavement and trails. This is Temira’s playground, their gym… their life’s work.

This passion led Temira to take a vow: In 2006, Temira decided to provide the most accurate, hyper-local weather forecasts possible. Today, Temira’s forecasts have become an essential resource for thousands of skiers, snowboarders, wind sports enthusiasts and Gorge commuters. With Temira’s guidance, you can plan ahead, time your sessions perfectly, and just plain have more fun! But the story doesn’t end there.

There’s “Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service” and “Valuable Advice for Gardeners Inhabiting Neighboring Areas” – the Gorge’s premier microclimate forecast and gardening information. When winter storms, extreme heat, hail, or avalanches on SR-14 and I-84 threaten, TATAS keeps everyone and their tomatoes and giant pumpkins and cash crops safe.

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Good morning!

This is turning into a weather forecast more than a wind forecast.

For example, it’s going to rain today, with over a foot of snow above 6000 feet. Combine that with strong winds, and you have a recipe for a real mess up on the Palmer Glacier. Don’t count on skiing the pow at Timberline today, but keep an eye on Sunday for a break in the weather with plenty of new snow.

Snow levels drop to 4500 feet or so after this system passes today, giving us 8-12”+ at T-line and Meadows on Friday. For what it’s worth, Julia Ruthford over at NOAA is calling for 2-3 feet Friday night into Saturday. I like that better. A few more inches on Sunday tops off the storm cycle, and with snow levels around 3000 feet, T-line, Skibowl and Meadows will all see new snow!

Wind… right… you want the wind forecast. It’s the coast for mega south winds today for speedsailing and the Gorge for gusty low-twenties westerlies tomorrow. Saturday looks cold, with continued gusty west winds of the miserably cold and wet variety.

In other exciting weather news, a monster swell from a monster storm system (950mb or so) hits the Oregon coast tomorrow. 28 foot waves at 16 seconds means 50 foot faces somewhere. If you have a death wish, feel free to try sailing the 20-25 knot coast southerlies at Nelscott on Friday. I, for one, will skip it.

Coming up this weekend is Portland Ski Fever, where you can torment your favorite Meadows employees (Paul Jones, Dave Tragethon, and me, among others) and buy cool stuff. You can also get your pass picture taken with a large purple monkey (just kidding about the monkey, but you can see his picture on my Facebook page).

I said goodbye to Post Canyon yesterday. I think the mud takes over from now on out. See you in the spring, Seven Streams. I’ll miss you!

See the rest of you on the mountain soon (hopefully!)

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Have an awesome day.

Love, Temira