First off, if you bring ten cans of food to Skibowl today, you will ski for free. Next… I can’t offer you much in the way of incoming snow for the next few days, but I can offer up some sunshine. As a matter of fact, it’s worth pointing out that I have zero control over the actual weather. I only have control over interpretation of weather models, and that has no impact on what weather arises! Anyway, expect sun on Mt. Hood today. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be 10,000′ all day long. Wind will be light and variable in the morning, turning to consistent light SW in the evening. Continued after the chart.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, continued…
Saturday starts off sunny and may see some high clouds in the afternoon. The FAF will be 10,000′ all day long. Saturday’s wind will be pretty light, at SW 10-15 or less all day long. Things get a little more interesting on Sunday. We start off sunny,, see clouds in the afternoon, and get some precip overnight. The free air freezing level will be 8500′ early, dropping to a 6500′ snow level when the precip hits, and falling to 5500′ by Monday morning. We’ll see about .5” water value (WV) after midnight Sunday, and that will fall as rain, with wet snow at the tail end. We’re probably going to see less than 1” of snow out of this system. Wind on Sunday will be SW 10 early, SW 15-30 in the afternoon, and S 15-20 after midnight.
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Monday brings light, wet snowfall or mixed precip to start, partly cloudy to cloudy sky midday, and snowfall after 2pm. The snow level will be 5500′ early, fluctuating between 3500′ and 5500′ for the rest of the day. We’ll see .5-.6” WV between 2pm Monday and 5am Tuesday, for 3-5” of heavy new snow. Wind Monday will be SW 15 in the morning and NW 25-35 in the afternoon and evening.
In an interesting twist in the long-range forecast, the 850mb model has temps on the mountain in the mid 50’s on Wednesday and Thursday!
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Gorge Wind Forecast
It’s Friday, and we have light wind to start the day today with just a W .03 gradient. River water temp is 47 degrees this morning. We’ll see light wind for much of the day, followed by westerlies at 5-10 from Stevenson to Mosier this afternoon. Saturday starts off with west wind at 11-14 from Stevenson to The Dalles and picks up to gusty 22-25 from Stevenson to Maryhill in the afternoon. Sunday looks light and variable all day. As of right now, Monday is looking windy, with gusty 22-25 for much of the day followed by a 30+ blast late in the day.
Random Morning Thoughts
For those of you who have not heard, there was a sexual assault of a high school student on the Indian Creek Trail on Tuesday around 10am. The attacker is described as a white male in his late 30’s, with light brown hair, stubble, and a medium to slender build. He was wearing standard-issue Hood River clothing: cargo shorts and a blue athletic t-shirt. If you have any information, please call the sheriff’s tip line at 541-387-7077.
It makes me sick to my stomach to hear this. Part of small town life is having a sense of safety. Part of the joy of living here is the knowledge that our trails belong to us and are safe for us to use alone. Trails are places for people to relax, shed the cares of the day, and tune in with nature and the body. In addition to stealing so much from this young student, the attacker has assaulted the entire community.
If you would like to stand up in solidarity against this, please join us for a run/walk on the Indian Creek trail this evening, Friday, at 4:30pm at the north parking lot of Hood River Valley High School. Please spread the word. The more people the better – this is a show of strength in support of both the victim and our community.
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist. 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.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Wow. Yesterday’s weather was off the charts. I had forgotten what it was like to be warm in a t-shirt and shorts, but I remember now. It’s pretty awesome. You can expect more of the same today. Sunshine. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and the mid 70’s this afternoon. Light wind. Saturday looks sunny with a few high clouds possible in the afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and the upper 60’s in the afternoon. Moderate west wind. Sunday looks sunny to start and cloudy late in the evening with rain overnight. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and right around 70 in the afternoon. Light wind. No rainbows for the three-day period. If the long-range models are correct, we’re going to get close to 80 on Thursday.
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Road and Mountain Biking
You will find epic dirt at Syncline, Post, Hospital and Whoopdee. That is all I have to say on that matter. Road biking today will also be awesome, with light wind for much of the day with W 5-10 in the afternoon. Tomorrow looks windier. Sunday looks light zero wind. There are two trail work parties on Sunday, both at 9am. One is at Family Man, and one is at the Whoopdee trail.
Upcoming Events
This morning at 7am, it’s the Kickstand Coffee run, 4.1 miles of jogging that earns you a free cup of coffee and a donut. There’s a trail run tomorrow morning at 8am at Post Canyon.
Looking ahead to the weekend, the Gorge Roubaix bike race and gravel grinder ride are Saturday and Sunday out in The Dalles. On Saturday evening from 5pm-9pm, the Dirty Harlots mountain bike race women’s team has their season kickoff party and fundraiser at Kickstand Coffee. The HRATS have a Post Canyon work party at 9am on Sunday, meeting at Family Man, and Steve Dunn has a work party on the new downhill trail at Whoopdee at 9am on Sunday. Some tools will be available, but if you have trail tools, bring them.
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