Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
Today looks like a sunny one on Mt. Hood, at least until late this afternoon. Snow moves in around 11pm tonight. The free air freezing level will be 1000′ or less this morning and 5000′ this afternoon. When the precip moves in late tonight, we’ll have a snow level of 2500′ in the evening and 1500′ after midnight. We’ll see .3-.4” water value (WV) tonight, for 3-4” of regular old standard new snow. Wind today will be light SW for most of the day, rising to SW20-25 in the evening.
Monday looks snowy in the morning with sunshine in the afternoon and clear sky overnight. The snow level will be 1500′ early and 2500′ in the afternoon. The free air freezing level may drop all the way to sea level in some areas overnight, leading to frost. We’ll see about .2” WV during the day on Monday, for a couple inches of new snow. Wind will be WSW 25 early, WSW 35 midday, and W 25 in the afternoon, with W 5-10 after midnight.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, continued
Tuesday looks clear for most of the day and cloudy in the afternoon and evening. The free air freezing level will be down near sea level in the morning, 5000′ in the afternoon, and 6000′ after midnight. Wind on Tuesday will be light and variable until the afternoon. The wind will then increase to SSW 25 after midnight.
Wednesday looks borderline for snow or rain on Mt. Hood. As of right now, ti looks like the snow level will fluctuate between 4500′ and 6000′ during the daylight hours and then fall to 2000′ in the evening after the precip finishes. Around .4-.6” WV will fall during the day, for a couple inches of wet snow at best and steady light rain at the worst. Or maybe something in between. Or a mix. Who knows? Wind on Wednesday will be SW 25-30 all day, becoming more westerly in the afternoon and evening.
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Gorge Wind Forecast
This morning is starting out with light and variable wind. Eventually that will steady out to E 5-10 through the whole Gorge, more likely to impact your road biking than get you on the water. Monday starts off with light west wind. As an upper level low moves into Washington, the westerlies will pick up. We’ll see W 12-15 from Stevenson to Mosier under cloudy sky with sprinkles. East of Mosier, the wind will pick up to gusty W 23-26 after noon. Tuesday currently looks like E 20-25 at Rooster Rock all day long.
Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
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Random Morning Thoughts
I was at a half-day meditation workshop-retreat yesterday. Sometimes interesting things will pop into my mind as I’m meditating – it’s one of the mind’s ways of entertaining itself rather than staying on the task at hand. Anyway, I found myself wondering how our minds functioned before we had words, both as a species and as individuals.
It’s clear that the near-constant stream of thoughts distracts us from our present-moment experience; as our minds quiet, there’s just more bandwidth for noticing the details of what’s happening right here, right now. You’ve experienced that, right, in a peaceful moment as you watch a sunset or a rainbow or a bald eagle soaring?
We can train our minds to be less chattery, and in so doing, we naturally will be more present in the moment. This is a long process, but it starts with becoming aware of all the noise in our head space. Not criticizing that noise, mind you. Just noticing. You can greet it: “hi, noise!”. You can label it: “worrying”. Just don’t get swept up in it. Or do get swept up (it’ll happen), and when you notice that’s happened, give yourself a pat on the back for noticing.
All those words streaming through your mind, that’s probably not your natural state of being. If nothing else, it’s distracting you farom fully experiencing the short time you have on this planet. Maybe take some time to develop a better relationship with all those words in your mind. 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
It’s a mostly clear morning which has led to some sub-freezing temps and frost above 500′. Brr. We’ll see temps in the mid 30’s at river level this morning and upper 50’s this afternoon. Light wind all day. No rainbows. Monday looks mostly cloudy with sprinkles or light rain at times. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and the low 50’s in the afternoon. Moderate west wind. 99% chance of rainbows. Tuesday looks sunny for most of the day with clouds in the evening and rain after midnight. Temps will be right around freezing early (very good chance of frost all the way to river level) and in the mid 50’s in the afternoon. East wind. No rainbows.
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White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
First off in bike news, there’s a work party on the Whoopdee Trail at 9:15am today. In other news, there is good riding on Syncline and Post and Whoopdee and Sandy Ridge. The cows are out on Hospital Hill now, so you cannot bring your dog. No, even you cannot bring your dog. If you accidentally bring your dog, leave it in the car. The landowners are kind enough to let us use their land, so let’s respect their wishes. There are two group road rides today: 9am at Dirty Fingers and 10am at Petersburg Loop.
Upcoming Events
Today is a very busy day. To start off, we have a forecast for sunshine, which will make all of you crazy to do something outside! Inside this morning, we have community yoga at 9am at Samadhi and community meditation at 11am at Flow. There is a donation yoga class at 4pm at Pure Yoga in The Dalles (Christ-centered), and a restorative donation class at 6pm at Pure Yoga in Hood River.
Outside events today: Trail work party at Whoopdee at 9:15. Shop ride at 9am at Dirty Fingers. Tri Club ride at 10am at Petersburg Loop in The Dalles. Interpretive hike at 10am at Trout Lake Marsh. Pickup Touch Rugby at 11am at the Hood River Marina. There’s one inside/outside event today: the viewing of the Paris-Roubaix bike race at Dirty Fingers at 3pm.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
