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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
It’s Saturday morning, and there’s light snowfall on Mt. Hood. By this afternoon, we should have sunshine. Sunday looks partly cloudy, as do Monday and Tuesday. Next chance of precipitation is Wednesday, when we’ll probably have snow in the morning and rain overnight.
Saturday’s details include early-morning snowfall followed by afternoon sunshine and light snowfall overnight. The snow level will be 3000′ in the morning, 2500′ in the afternoon, and down to 1000′ after the precip ends tonight. A trace of snow falls during the day and up to 2” of new snow overnight. Wind will be NNW 20 all day and NW 10-15 after midnight.
Clear sky on Sunday morning gives way to partly cloudy sky in the afternoon. The free air freezing level will be 1000′ in the morning, 3500′ in the afternoon, and 2000′ overnight. Wind will be NW 10-15 for the first half of the day and SW 10 for the second half of the day.
Monday looks partly cloudy with occasional flurries. The snow level will be 2000′ early, 4000′ in the afternoon, and 3500′ overnight. Wind will be SW 10 during the morning, light NW in the afternoon, and light SW overnight.
A very dynamic and changeable forecast is in the future for the latter half of next week. It currently looks like we’ll see a few inches of snow on Wednesday morning followed by an inch of rain Wednesday night. That said, models have been consistent in agreeing with each other but not consistent with the outcome of the Wednesday through Friday weather. So, let’s wait and see!
Random Morning Thoughts
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! The wild parties associated with today originated when Irish immigrants to the USA used this day as an opportunity to celebrate their Irishness. That became necessary in part because of discrimination against Irish immigrants.
Given that, I offer up an alternative to nationalistic pride today. How about celebrating our differences and the ways we can learn from each other? What are the good things you can learn from another culture today? I guess what I’m saying is that I’m challenging you to set aside a few minutes today to learn what’s awesome about a marginalized group. May you recognize the beauty in everyone. Have an awesome day.
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist, but I am seeing clients at this time at Comprehensive Healthcare in White Salmon. 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. Forecasting and counseling are both deeply meaningful and nourishing to me.
Gorge Wind Forecast
If you’d like to give back to your beaches, there’s a work party at Doug’s Beach today at 9am and one at the Hatchery next Saturday at 9am. The wind today will be light westerly early. Midday, it’ll pick up to gusty 26-30 from Mosier to Arlington. River flow this morning was 217kcfs, a nice amount for the Rufus stretch of the river. Sunday starts with 5-10 in the western Gorge and W 12-15 east of The Dalles. The wind will go to 10-13 everywhere in the afternoon. Monday looks like light west wind all day and Tuesday looks like light east wind.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s mostly cloudy out there this morning, but we should see more sun later today. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and low 50’s later. Light west wind early goes to strong west wind in the afternoon. 10% chance of rainbows. Sunday starts out with low clouds and turns partly cloudy later. There will likely be frost above 1000′. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and low 50’s in the afternoon. Light west wind. No rainbows. Monday looks partly cloudy. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and upper 50’s in the afternoon. Light west wind. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
It’s rained about 1/4” yesterday, which means Post will be slick and muddy and susceptible to damage. Maybe try some gravel grinding instead today. Moving on, the HRATS have a work party meeting at Family Man at 9:30am today. There’s another HRATS work party on the 24th.
Upcoming Events
Opportunities to give back: Doug’s Beach work party at 9am on 3/17. Post Canyon work party at 9:30am (meet at Family Man) on 3/17. Hatchery work party at 9am on 3/24. Mitchell Ridge work party at 9:30am on 3/24 (meet at the bottom of Mitchell Ridge – please carpool). The Hood River Mountain Film Festival runs today through Sunday at Andrew’s.
There’s a trail run in Post Canyon at 8am today. Coming up tomorrow, there’s by-donation yoga at Samadhi at 9am, ping pong at the Armory at 10am, meditation at Flow at 11am, pickup touch rugby at the Hood River Waterfront Park at 11am, YogaFaith at Pure Yoga in The Dalles at 4pm, and restorative yoga at Pure Yoga in Hood River at 6pm.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
