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| Tuesday 4000′->5500′->2500′ |
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
What we could use right now is about six feet of snow from 3000′ on up to get all the resorts open. It’s not looking like that will happen this week. For Monday, Mt. Hood will see light snowfall during the day and partly cloudy sky with occasional flurries overnight. The snow level will be 2000′-2500′ all day and 4000′ after midnight. About .1-.2” water value (WV) will grace the flanks of the mountain, giving us 1-3” of new snow during the day and a trace overnight. Wind will be W 25 in the morning, W 15 in the afternoon, and SW 10-15 overnight.
A wetter weather system moves through on Tuesday, but the snow level will fluctuate quite a bit with this one. The snow level will be 4000′ early, 5500′ midday, and 2500′ in the evening. About .7” WV falls between 4am and 4pm, which will probably give us 3-5” of wet snow. Another .3”+ WV falls in orographic (terrain-enhanced) snow showers overnight. The mountain will get 3-5” of snow from that – kinda hard to judge the orographic effect, but it usually brings more snow than the models predict. Wind on Tuesday will be SW 15 early and NW 30 overnight (causing those orographic snow accumulations).
Wednesday looks partly to mostly cloudy with flurries. The snow level will be 2500′ all day and 6000′ after midnight. About .1-.2” WV falls as snow during the day, for an inch or two of accumulation. Wind Wednesday will be NW 25 in the morning, light and variable in the afternoon, and SW 15 after midnight.
Thursday’s forecast currently calls for another weather system to swing through. As of right now, the snow level with this one looks like 5500′. That’s too high to make a difference in base area snowpacks. A small shift in the track could change this, so I’m going to hold off on making any solid predictions at this point.
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Random Morning Thoughts
It’s another long Monday in my world. I’m going to leave you to your thoughts today. Have an awesome week!
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist, but I am seeing clients at this time. In the meantime, 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 Wind Forecast
For Monday, we’ll have west wind at 10-13 everywhere in the morning. In the afternoon, the wind will stay at 10-13 in the western Gorge and pick up to 15-18 east of The Dalles between noon and 3pm. On Tuesday, another weather system approaches. This gives us E 20-25 near Rooster Rock for the morning. The wind will turn calm by noon. As the weather system gets closer, the wind will pick up to gusty, rangy 22-27 east of Mosier after 2pm. The western Gorge will see rain and very gusty 12-18 on Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday brings W 10-13 everywhere in the morning and light west wind in the afternoon.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s a cloudy start to Monday, and the weather will turn rainy, heaviest before 1pm and dry after 8pm. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and low 50’s in the afternoon. Light west wind. 99% chance of rainbows. Tuesday looks rainy, heaviest midday. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and mid 40’s in the afternoon. East wind early, west wind in the afternoon, 99% chance of rainbows. Wednesday looks showery and partly cloudy for the first half of the day and partly cloudy in the afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and upper 40’s in the afternoon. Light west wind. 78% chance of rainbows.
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White Sprinter Van of the Week
Road and Mountain Biking
Your best bet at this point is Syncline – Post, Whoopdee, Nestor, Hospital and Underwood are all probably too muddy to ride. That means you will damage the trails if you ride them, creating more work for hard-working volunteers who’d rather build new trails than fix your carelessness. If you want to give back, Anson’s Bike Buddies has a bike repair party this Wednesday at 5:30 behind Cascade Eye Center in Hood River. You can help fix bikes (washing them and changing tires is helpful too), and you can drop off your fixable bikes for ABB to give away. You’ll get a tax writeoff for your donations. In other news, the HRATS annual fundraiser is December 14th at Double Mountain.
Upcoming Events
Coming up today, there’s meditation at noon at Trinity Natural Medicine. There’s $5 Tai Chi at the Hood River Adult Center at 2:30. This evening at 6pm, there’s community yoga at Samadhi in White Salmon. At 6:30, there’s community yoga at the Mt. Hood Town Hall and community Zumba at St. Francis House in Odell. There’s YogaFaith (Christ-centered yoga) in The Dalles at 6:45pm. There’s community meditation at Bethel Congregational Church in White Salmon – Bingen at 7pm.
Coming up Tuesday, there’s pickup touch rugby at 5:45 at the Hood River Marina. There are two by-donation events: a women’s only (anyone identifying as “female”) mobility, strength and self-defense class at First Light in Hood River at 6pm, and meditation with the Pacific Hermitage monks at 6:30 at Yoga Samadhi.
Anson’s Bike Buddies has a bike repair party on Wednesday evening at 5:30pm behind Cascade Eye Center in Hood River. You can come help wash and repair bikes. You can also drop off used bikes and get a tax writeoff.
Click here for the full events calendar.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
