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With the La Nina winter still going strong, Mt Hood Meadows is looking forward to an awesome spring of skiing and snowboarding! You can be part of the team that keeps the season going. Check out www.skihood.com/jobs to apply. Want more information? Visit that link to find contact info for the folks who can tell you more. See you on the mountain soon!
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| Sunday 3500′->7000′ |
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| Monday 7000′->10000′ |
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
It’s another cloudy day on Mt. Hood, but at least it’s currently snowing and not raining! The snow level today will be down around 3500′ early, 6000′ in the afternoon, and 7000′ after midnight. We’ll see just trace amounts of snow flurries in the morning followed by a mostly dry afternoon. Wind today will be W 30 early, SW 15 in the afternoon, and WSW 30 after midnight.
Rain starts falling around 5am on Monday morning and doesn’t stop for a good long while. The snow level will be 7000′ early, 10,000′ midday, and 8000′ after midnight. We’ll see about an inch of rain between 5am and 5pm with another 1.5” of rain between 5pm Monday and 5am Tuesday. Wind ono Monday will be WSW 30 all day, dropping to WSW 20 after midnight.
Tuesday also looks rainy. The snow level will be 8000′ all day long. We’ll see about .6” rain between 5am and 5pm and another .2” rain between 5pm and midnight, after which we’ll just have cloudy sky. Wind on Tuesday will be WSW 20 in the morning, SW 20 in the afternoon, and SW 40+ after midnight.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, finished
Wednesday brings a round of rain followed by a trace of snow at the tail end of the weather system. The snow level will be 8000′ in the morning, 5500′ in the afternoon, and 2000′ or less in the evening and overnight. About .5” water value will fall, mostly as rain, between 5am and 5pm. We might see an inch or two of snow at the back end of this system. Wind on Wednesday will be SW 35 in the morning and WSW 40 in the afternoon with W 20 after midnight.
Looking long-range, there’s really no snow in the forecast. The GFS says we get hit with a warm, wet system on Saturday, but the Euro continues to keep the bulk of the moisture to the north of us. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see!
Gorge Wind Forecast
We’ll have west wind at 10-13 through the entire Gorge this morning, fading to E 5-10 this afternoon. The next couple of days bring light and variable wind at 5mph or less.
Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
If you click right here , you’ll find NOAA’s coast forecast.
Random Morning Thoughts
I ran into a friend of mine on the Twin Tunnels yesterday while I was jogging, and turned around and joined him for the last couple of miles back to the car. At one point he asked me what I thought about while I was running. He thinks about technique. I was thinking about how miserable I was trying to run a pace two minutes per mile faster than my usual pace.
When we’re doing something and we add negative or painful self-talk to our activity, we make it more difficult. This self-talk can almost be below the level of consciousness; a quiet mantra of “this hurts, this hurts” will make whatever it is hurt more.
Often, we don’t even make space to actually feel into our physicality to see if we’re actually hurting. We just make the assumption that we’re breathing hard and that our legs or lungs must be in pain. If we can feel underneath our stories, we often find a very different reality below the words and thoughts.
When we’re able to do this, we free up capacity to go faster, harder, to try new things. It’s just another version of being in the moment, but it’s one that will make your life easier and your athleticism more fully developed. Be awesome. Have an awesome day.
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist (but I could be 40 graduate school credits from now). 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 Weather Forecast
Try as I might, I couldn’t find any stars this morning, so it must be cloudy. Looks like a cloudy day all day with a few scattered sprinkles in the morning. Temps will be near 50 early and in the upper 50’s this afternoon. Light wind. 1% chance of rainbows. Monday looks rainy all day long with heavy rain in the evening. Temps will be near 40 early and in the mid 50’s in the afternoon. Light wind. 5% chance of rainbows. Tuesday looks rainy in the morning and afternoon with a short break midday. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and the upper 50’s in the afternoon. Light wind. 10% chance of rainbows.
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White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
Looks like a good morning for a few laps at Syncline. You can also ride to Mosier via the Twin Tunnels if you don’t mind hopping a couple trees and avoiding dirt, rockfall, and snowslides that cover parts of the trail. It’s rideable. Go get it.
Upcoming Events
The Teacup Tea Party (renamed something less interesting, because tea parties are the best!) is today at Teacup Nordic. Also today: 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 3pm, YogaFaith at Pure Yoga in The Dalles at 4pm, and restorative yoga at Pure Yoga in Hood River at 6pm.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
