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| Sunday 1500′->5500′ |
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
We’re headed into several days of warm and sunny weather on the mountain, which makes this forecast quite simple. For today, the free air freezing level (FAF) will be 2000′ early and 5500′ in the afternoon. Wind will be light northerly. Monday through Wednesday will be warm. The FAF will be around 11,000′ with light and variable wind. As of right now, the weather looks to remain warm through the weekend with east wind on the mountain, but that, of course, could change.
Random Morning Thoughts
You’ll have to go to my Facebook page for my thoughts this morning. I posted quite a rant about climate change and the fact that we aren’t doing anything to stop it.
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
We’ll start this summery stretch with a few days of east wind as a heat low sets up over the Willamette Valley. That’ll be followed by a few days of extra-strong, extra-gusty, up-and-down west wind. For Sunday, the wind will be light and variable. Monday starts with E 10-15 from Rooster to Viento. The wind picks up to E 20-25 from Rooster to Viento with 5-10 east of there. Tuesday starts with E 30-35 from Rooster to Stevenson with 15-20 near Viento. In the afternoon, the wind backs off to E 10-15.
The heat low shifts east on Thursday as low pressure, a front of some sort, and colder air move into the west side of the state in the afternoon. This pattern continues on Friday with the addition of high pressure building in the NE Pacific. While this isn’t an ideal setup do to the low pressure near the S. Oregon Coast, it’s still going to generate 20 degree cross-Cascade temp gradients. That should be enough for gusty west wind at 27-33 through the entire Gorge. Let’s keep an eye on this, shall we. River temp is 48 degrees.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Today is the unofficial start to summer. We’ll have clear sky and warm temps for the next several days. For Sunday, temps start in the upper 30’s and rise to the upper 60’s. Light and variable wind. No rainbows. Monday will be sunny. Temps start in the mid 40’s and rise to the low 70’s. East wind. No rainbows. Tuesday will be sunny with upper 40’s early and upper 70’s in the afternoon. East wind. No rainbows. Ditto on Thursday. After that, we’ll see a pattern change with a return to onshore flow and massive cross-cascade temp gradients.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Brown Pow. Blossoming Hood River Valley. Balsam flowers. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Watch out for the westerlies – they’ll back off some this afternoon. 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. Big Winds has a bike swap 10-2 on Sunday. Coming up next Thurday, Anson’s Bike Buddies has a bike repair, washing, and storage unit cleanup party. Meet behind Cascade Eye Center in Hood River from 5pm to 8pm.
Upcoming Events
Today’s events start with the blossom breakfast at West Side fire at 7. At 8, there’s a swap meet at Windance. At 9, there’s a group mountain bike ride leaving Dirty Fingers and free yoga at Samadhi in White Salmon. There’s all-ages touch rugby at 11 at the Hood River Marina, and a bike swap at Big Winds from 10 to 2. Kona bikes has free demos at Post canyon’s Family Man from noon to 5. At 1 every Sunday, there are free art classes for kids at Columbia Center for the arts. Finally, Dirty Fingers will be showing road bike racing on the TV this afternoon. The Cherry of a Ride is all day today in The Dalles.
Next weekend is the Northwest Cherry Festival in The Dalles. There’s a disc golf tournament all day Saturday at Sorosis Park, and the Cherry Festival Run and Walk is Saturday at Dry Hollow Elementary. The Bear Springs Trap mountain bike race is next Sunday.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
