Tag: Forecast

Good morning Gorge sports fanatics!

If you like powder, head to Timberline today. It’s 20 degrees and They have 10” of new snow with moderate to strong wind. Meadows is set to reopen on Saturday and Sunday.

If you’re a mountain biker, here’s a quick headsup; There are coyotes living at the bottom of Spaghetti Factory. They’re protecting their dens and pups from intruders, so if you’d like to ride that section of trail, please do not bring your dog along, for both the safety of your dog and the mental health of the coyotes. Also, it’s really muddy in Post Canyon, so for the health of the trail, stay out for a couple of days.

If you promise to stay out of Post, I have a special secret for you. It was announced at the Race Across the Sky movie showing last night that the Whoopdee trail is open again. Thank you a thousand times over to the hard-working bikers who did the labor to reopen that trail. It’s one of the few that’s rideable year-round, so ride it, but be nice to it.

Also, as of yesterday, Dog River was snow free (the snow level was very low last night, so it’s a little questionable today) and the bottom 2/3 of Surveyor’s was clear of downed trees and snow. I tried to go up and check it out yesterday, but got distracted by the morels in Parkdale and then got further distracted by a fledgling great horned owl hanging out with me in the woods.

If you’d like to ride Dog River, ride it today. Tomorrow and Sunday is the Fluidride Enduro, taking place on the Dog River trail.

If you’d like to make a difference in the mountain bike community, tonight is CAMBA’s seasonal meeting at Dog River at 7pm. Also tonight, The Post and Pint ride is called off due to muddy conditions, but social hour at Dirty Fingers is still on.

And you thought there was no wind forecast today… there shouldn’t be after I screwed yesterday’s up so badly, but this one’s an easy one. It’s going to be way windy today. If I were a windsurfer, I’d probably go to The Wall today. If I were a kiter, I think I’d go to Roosevelt.

The morning gradients are at .11, .14 and .37, meaning we’re looking at another big day on the water. Clouds pushed pretty far east last night, out past Hood River somewhere (hey, it’s DARK out – I can’t tell where the cloud line is!), so for the morning, the strongest wind will be at Maryhill and Arlington. We’ll see 28-33 in the desert today, with a chance of winds filling back to Doug’s this afternoon. In the corridor, we’ll have gusty 15-19. Tomorrow brings Corridor westerlies in the 19-23 range.

Geez that’s a long forecast. I’ll probably see you at the CAMBA meeting tonight if I make it back from Portland in time.

Have a great day!
Temira

Good morning!

The snow’s falling again on Mt. Hood. This morning Timberline has 7” of new snow, and it’s 23 degrees with a 150” base. That’s nice cold snow, so it should be good powder turns today. My favorite Oregon resort, Mt. Hood Meadows, has 4” of new snow today. They’re supposed to get a few more inches today and a few more tomorrow, so if the temperatures can stay cold, we’ll have good turns this weekend.

If you’d like to play at river level, you’ll have your chance today. An upper trough is moving east and high pressure is slowly building at the coast. Light west gradients this morning build this afternoon, with gusty westerlies building into the 15-19 range from Stevenson down to Hood River and 20-24 further east.

Westerlies pick up tomorrow as coastal high pressure builds. Thursday morning starts off with 16-19 from the Corridor to the Dalles, building to 24-28 from Hood River to Arlington by late afternoon. Wind quality will definitely be better in the afternoon on Thursday, as the building high pressure stabilizes the atmosphere.

Friday looks windy as well, as coastal high pressure combines with an upper trough in the desert for sailable and kiteable westerlies. It’s a long way out still, but the setup does look very good for a steady and strong Corridor day.

If you’re a sailboat racer, tonight is opening night of race season, and if you’re a seasoned sailor and you show up at the Hood River Marina, there’s a good chance you can find your way onto a boat.

Mountain bikers, it’s wet out there, so if you can hold off and not beat down the trails, that’s a good call. Instead, go check out the movie Race Across the Sky at Columbia Center for the Arts this evening. And while I’m talking mountain biking, I’d like to thank Mitchell and Mike at Dirty Fingers Bike Repair for the new wheel for my ghetto commuter bike.

Oh, and gardeners, get on it! The soil temp at my house was 59.5 degrees last time I checked. That’s warm enough for planting nearly everything… I can’t wait for strawberries and snap peas… And the tomatoes look way better in the ground than in my bedroom under a fluorescent light!

Have a great day today!

Temira