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Good morning everyone!

Up on Hood this morning, it’s 31 degrees at Meadows, with no new snow, mostly cloudy skies, and a 135” base. Over at T-line, it’s mostly cloudy with no new and a 162” base. Skibowl is closed, but will be open Thursday night for night skiing and nachos. Did you know that their nacho recipe actually says, “make them as big as possible.” True story… I swear… I met the guy who wrote the recipe one day. He was riding Mt. Hood Express at Meadows. There’s some sort of irony in that, I suppose. It would have been more ironic had I met him eating nachos at Meadows. Anyway, he told me about the recipe, and I told him he’s my hero.

On the river today, expect enough wind out east to power a kite or a big sail. Morning gradients of .06 and .04 will pick up a bit later as a low rotates over Vancouver Island. We’ll see 16-19 westerlies this morning followed by 22-26 out east later on. Steadiest wind will be at Arlington and Roosevelt, but it’s not going to be super steady or reliable. Tomorrow looks quite light.

In mountain bike land, it’s muddy in Post, so wait until tomorrow if you can. Syncline is good, and Hospital is good, although a little influenced by cows. If you’re going to Hospital, please respect the Kreps’ wishes and do not take your dog, or you’ll get us all banned for the duration of cow season.

Coming up Saturday, we’ll have Charley Laventure trail day at Post, in memory of our friend Charley. 9am. Snacks provided by Dog River coffee.

If you’re a boater, the Hood’s at 4 feet, the White Salmon’s at 4.1 feet, and the Little White’s at 745 cfs.

Whatever you do today, have an awesome day!

Temira

Good morning!

It’s radio report season again, and that means you’re going to get a forecast on a regular basis now. I know you’re thrilled that you’ll be getting yet more useless junk mail in your inbox on a daily basis. 😉

It is spring, but the snow is still falling on Mt. Hood. Since you guys are still skiing, we’ll have snow reports ‘til the powder stops falling. At Meadows, it’s 31 degrees at the base, with light wind. There’s 1” of new snow on the ground with a 135 inch base. Over at Timberline, it’s 29 degrees at the Lodge. They have light wind down low, strong up top with a trace of new snow and a 163 inch base. Skibowl is closed til Wednesday afternoon.

It looks like we’ll be seeing more snow on the mountain all week. At this point, I’m not seeing any powder dumps in the near future, but at least we’ll have new snow, rather than sticky slush, on the slopes this week.

I know some of you have already been out on the water windsurfing or kiting. It’s 47 degrees in the river, which isn’t bad if you’re covered in neoprene, and it doesn’t take that warm a day to hit 100 degrees total. Of course, if you use my formula, and add wind speed into the equation, you can hit 100 or more all winter long.

Today won’t be windy enough to sail, but you might get a chance tomorrow in the desert after a low pressure trough moves east. Morning winds will be in the 17-21 range, followed by 23-27 in the afternoon. If we get really lucky, the afternoon winds might get a little stronger than that, but given the lack of atmospheric dynamics, I don’t see much more than mid-twenties.

Boaters, the Hood’s at 4 feet even, the White Salmon’s at 4.1 feet, and the Little White’s at 750 cfs.

Whatever you do today, have an awesome day!

Temira