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2000′->4000′->3000′ |
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Ssunday
3000′->5500′ |
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Monday
5000′->11,000′ |
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
The snow that’s falling on Mt. Hood right now will be the last of the snow we see for quite a while. Instead, we’ll have warm temps and sunshine for a week. For Saturday, snow flurries early give way to clear sky or partly cloudy sky by mid-morning. The snow/freezing level will be 2000′ early, 4000′ in the afternoon, and 3000′ after midnight. Up to 1” snow will fall. Wind will be W 35 early, fading to NW 10 in the afternoon and light and variable overnight.
Sunday looks sunny. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be 3000′ early and 5500′ in the afternoon. Light wind earely, N 10 in the afternoon, NE 15 overnight. Monday looks sunny. The FAF will be 5000′ early and 11,000′ in the afternoon. NE wind at 15 early, E 15 in the afternoon, SE 15 overnight. Tuesday through Friday also look warm and sunny with the FAF above 10,000′.
Random Morning Thoughts
I was looking at the conversation on my TATAS page this morning, and I got to thinking about the Hood River Bridge. I don’t like the idea that I have to pay to get to Washington, but I’m able to afford it and thus tolerate it.
As a counselor, I see the bridge as a social justice problem. First, many people in the region are unable to afford to spend $2 a day to cross the bridge. Also, there are many people who do not have cars, and are then limited to hitching, getting a ride from a friend, or using the infrequent public transport which does not run in the evening. According to the person who answered the phone when I called a couple months back, the Port of Hood River does not have a program in place to assist low-income residents with affording bridge tolls, and they do not have a way to get people without cars across the bridge.
I find this troubling on many levels, not the least of which is that people are prevented from accessing services and job opportunities on the opposite side of the river from where they reside. People who are already struggling continue to have limited opportunities because of the Hood River Bridge, a barrier to access. Personally, I believe the Port of Hood River should look at the social justice issues around the bridge and find a way to address them. Those are my thoughts this morning. May you see the injustice around you and speak it aloud. 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
The wind is all over the place this morning with mid 20’s near Viento and out near Maryhill. We’ll see the wind steady out to 11-16 from Stevenson to Mosier by mid-morning with 22-25 farther east. In the afternoon, the wind will back off to 12-15 everywhere, with 15-18 possible at Mosier and Rowena. Sunday looks light and variable. Monday starts with E 10-15 near Rooster and Stevenson. Midday, the wind picks up to 20-25 at those two locations with 5-8 everywhere else. River temp is 48 degrees. Flow at The Dalles is 275kcfs.
Jones Beach will not be windy this weekend. Sauvie’s looks like 7-12 Saturday and 14-17 Sunday. The coast will be going off. Epic. Awesome. For Saturday (north/central/south): 10-15/20-25/35+, W swell 10′ at 14 seconds. Sunday: 20-25+/25-30/30+, W 8′ @ 13.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s mostly cloudy and a bit forbidding out there early this morning, but we’ll have partly cloudy weather by this afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 50’s later. Moderate west wind. 7% chance of rainbows. Sunday looks sunny. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and mid 60’s in the afternoon. Calm wind. No rainbows. Monday looks sunny. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and right around 70 in the afternoon. East wind. No rainbows. Sunshine for the rest of the week with temps in the 80’s.
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Road and Mountain Biking
If you get on a bike today, any bike, you’re going to have an amazing ride. Brown Pow. Blossoming Hood River Valley. Balsam flowers. Light west wind. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! There’s a trail work party on the 112L Saturday at 9am. Meet at Post Flats. Dirty Fingers has a mixed surface shop ride at 9am on Sunday. Kona Bikes has their demo tour at Family Man Saturday and Sunday 12-5.
Upcoming Events
This weekend is full of events. There’s a trail run in Post Canyon at 8am and a trail work party at 9am at Post Flats Staging Area. Kona Bikes will have free demos from noon to 5 both days at Post Canyon’s Family Man. There’s a bike swap from 10 to 2 at Big Winds tomorrow.
Tomorrow’s other events include the Lyrids meteor shower before dawn. The west side fire blossom breakfast starts at 7. Windance has a swap meet at 8, At 9, there’s free yoga at Samadhi in White Salmon and a mountain bike ride from Dirty Fingers at 9am, and all-ages touch rugby at the Hood River Marina at 11. It’s Earth Day, and there’s a cleanup at the Nichols Boat Basin from noon to 2.
Finally, the Oregon Trail Rally runs today in The Dalles and Goldendale and tomorrow in Dufur and The Dalles.
Click here for the full events calendar.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
Temira Lital is a recreation and travel weather forecaster based in Hood River, Oregon. Temira uses they/them pronouns. They're also a mental health counselor. Temira bikes, skis, windsurfs, paddles a SUP, swims in mountain lakes, and loves gardening. Most recently they've taken up SUP foiling. Temira is powered by La Croix, protein, and beets.
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