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Remember the days when we all used to Pay it Forward by paying other folks’ bridge tolls? I’d like to remind you that the Port still has ticket books, so even if you have a BreezeBy, you can pick up one of these books and use it to pay for other folks at a discounted rate. It’s fun. Try it.

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Wednesday
Thursday
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

From NOAA today: “THERE ARE SIGNS THAT THE WEATHER PATTERN THAT HAS DOMINATED THE WINTER SEASON TO THIS POINT WILL BE COMING TO AN END AS WE ROUND OUT THE LAST DAYS OF JANUARY…AND A MUCH MORE ZONAL FLOW LOOKS TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL USA”

Something to note about this… Exactly the same thing was said a couple of weeks ago when the last set of storms moved into the PNW. If, and it’s a big if, if the long range models are correct about the high breaking down, we don’t know how long it will break down for. It could dissipate and leave us in stormy weather for three months, or it could dissipate and return in three days. I’d prefer the former, of course, because we need to build that snowpack. I wish my preferences mattered, because we’d have clear sky every day and a foot of new snow every night. Anyway, just something to keep in mind.

Today looks clear on Mt. Hood. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be 3000′ early, 4500′ midday and 5500′ in the evening. Wind will be NW 15 early, slowly swinging around to NE 20 in the afternoon.

Tomorrow looks clear. It’s hard to say exactly where the FAF will be – temps will be right around freezing form the surface up to 9,000′ to start the day. By 10am, temps will be above freezing up to 10,000′, with temps at 5000′ in the upper 30’s. Wind will be E 15-25 all day. Maybe more.

Friday looks clear. The FAF will be 12,000′ with temps at 5000′ around 40 degrees. Wind will be light and variable. The weekend looks sunny.

Gorge Weather

I just stepped outside. It’s cold out there. My feet are freezing. But I could see the moon, so that means there’s no inversion cloud. Just some high overcast. Enjoy the sunshine today. Temps are in the upper 20’s right now and will rise to the upper 30’s this afternoon. I suspect tomorrow will be clear. Temps tomorrow will be just below freezing early, rising to the upper 30’s in the afternoon. We’ll see another round of inverted temps on Friday, likely bringing some inversion clouds. Temps will be a couple degrees below freezing early and near 40 in the afternoon.

Gorge Wind Forecast

Apparently there was a gust to 115mph at Crown Point on Monday. I think that qualifies as “windy”.

Today will not be windy, especially not by that definition, as the gradient is sitting at E .01. It’ll increase a bit today, giving us easterlies at 13-15 this afternoon. Tomorrow sees easterlies at 40-50, and Friday brings east wind at 26-30+. Those speeds are for Rooster. Go somewhere else if you want less wind.

Road and Mountain Biking

The dirt was spectacular at Syncline yesterday, but it’s below freezing right now, so it’ll likely do some freeze-thaw action today. Apparently Post has been great, and Sandy, of course, is perfect.

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Events – email me if I’ve missed any outdoor-related events

There’s Karma Yoga tonight at Flow at 4pm (by donation). There’s ping pong at the Armory in Hood River at 6:30pm. At Andrew’s Pizza tonight, you can see the kiteboarding documentary “With a Kite”. Meet the athletes at 6:30. Show starts at 7pm.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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Let’s go back to those purple sweet potatoes that Rosauers is now stocking. I need you guys to buy those sweet potatoes. Why? Because they have a short shelf life, and I want Rosauers to continue stocking them. So we have to make sure the stock rotates quickly. Buy some. They are truly delicious. If there’s one thing I wish I could grow in my garden it would be those purple potatoes.

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Person after person keeps sending me long-range forecasts and asking if they are correct. I understand your desperation, folks. I understand that you want to ski powder, that you are worried about river levels this summer. I see that you’re concerned about drought. This dry winter has all sorts of bad ramifications for so many of us.

Unfortunately, long-range models just don’t work. As a matter of fact, long-range models generally do WORSE than climatology (just taking the historical average for a given day and using it as a forecast). So, if you’re looking at a forecast beyond 7 days, you are looking at computer-generated fiction, for the most part.

Now. Today’s forecast: Clear and sunny to start, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with a chance of a few sprinkles or mist or maybe a few flurries overnight. No accumulation. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be 11,000′ early and 9000′ in the afternoon, dropping to 5500′ by Wednesday morning. Temps at 5000′ will be in the mid 40’s all day. Wind will be W 10 early and W 25 in the afternoon.

Wednesday starts off partly cloudy, becoming clear. The FAF will be 5500′ early, 6000′ mid-morning and 7000′ in the afternoon and evening, giving us temps in the mid 30’s at 5000′. Wind will be NW 20 early, N 20 midday and NE 20 in the afternoon.

Thursday will be partly cloudy early, becoming clear, although we may see some orographic clouds from the strong easterlies. We’ll see a bit of an interesting temp setup, with the temps just above freezing up to 8000′ early, rising to just-above-freezing up to 11,000′ late. Wind will be NE 15 early, becoming E 30 by mid-morning.

Friday will be clear with the FAF at 12,000′ with temps at 5000′ TBD. Wind will be E 25. No precip through the weekend.

Gorge Weather

I just went outside barefoot, wearing short-shorts and a sweater. It’s not warm enough for that outfit. Not even close. And it’s cloudy. Ugh. Enjoy the Nothing today. Temps will be in the mid to upper 30’s with east wind. I’m going running.

It looks like the inversion will break tomorrow. We’ll see temps in the mid-30’s early and upper 40’s late with partly cloudy sky and light west wind.

We might get lucky on Thursday and see sunshine as the inversion rebuilds. But it will return. Yes, it will.

Gorge Wind Forecast

It’s nuking. Again. 53 mph at Rooster today. The gradient is currently E .22. But that gradient and that east wind will fade this afternoon, dropping to 17-21 or so by 4pm. Tomorrow kicks off with light easterlies, picking up to west 15-18 in the afternoon. Thursday starts off with light east wind, rising to E 40 in the afternoon. Friday looks nuclear.

Road and Mountain Biking

Wow. The dirt on the lower half of Syncline wasn’t just perfect yesterday. It was world-class. The frigid east wind didn’t really contribute, but it was easy to ignore when the dirt was tacky and the rocks were grippy. I imagine it’s not so great up higher, but down low, on the Maui-Moab circuit, it was great. And Sandy, of course, if you go there you will be happy. On the pavement today, expect chilly easterlies. That will make road riding even colder than usual.

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Events – email me if I’ve missed any outdoor-related events

Senator Jeff Merkley has a town hall at the Hood River library at 9am today. I just found this out yesterday. He’s my hero. Unfortunately, I have an appointment at 8:45. There’s $12 Prime Rib at Cebu tonight from 5pm-9pm. There’s pickup rugby at 5:30pm at Waterfront Park. There’s kayak polo at 8pm at the Hood River Pool. Coming up tomorrow night, the kiteboarding documentary “With a Kite” plays at Skylight Theater at 7pm.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira