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Good morning!

Don’t forget that tonight is Meredith’s slide show on her and her husband Ron’s winter trip to Armenia, Georgie, Turkey and Kurdistan. River City Saloon. 7pm. Be there. That’s as much a reminder to myself as it is to you. =)

If you’ve been looking at your skis and thinking of putting them away in the face of all this spring skiing, don’t do it. We’ll see a rain/snow mix on the slopes tonight, quickly switching over to snow tomorrow. The forecast is for .25″ of water value into tomorrow morning and then an additional .5-.75″ with snow levels at 3500 feet by Friday morning. This means that the last couple of hours of skiing tomorrow and all day Friday are likely to be excellent. Clear your Friday morning.

The storm that brings this snow is also a good setup for desert windsurfing and kiting. An upper level low slides across northern Oregon tomorrow, bringing a round of quite southerly westerlies to Arlington and Threemile. I think 30+ is a safe call for tomorrow afternoon. On Friday, a low pressure trough moves across the Northwest and high pressure builds in behind. 30+ is again the call from Doug’s out to Threemile.

In mountain bike land, the news isn’t great. As of 3pm Tuesday, Seven Streams was a muddy mess. That doesn’t bode well for Hospital Hill or Nestor, leaving us with Syncline. Post, at least the upper part, might be worth a shot late this afternoon after 60+ degree temps dry it out a bit more.

And if you haven’t started planting your garden, get on it. The soil misses you.

Have a great day today!

Temira

Good morning!

The forecast has been on powder vacation the last couple of days, with the call of the mountain stronger than the call of the forecast. Can you really blame me? =)

First off, as of right now, it is snowing at Meadows, despite the dire forecast of 6000 foot snow levels. It’s rain mixed with snow at the bottom of the HRM access road, but that’s irrelevant if you’re skiing higher on the mountain. I can’t tell you how glad I am that it’s not raining up there. I was dreading saying rain, but more importantly, I was dreading rain falling on all our nice new snow. I’m guessing it’s raining at Skibowl (but the nachos are still great) and snowing at T-line.

Snow levels are supposed to drop to 4000 feet today, and temperatures have been falling since 2am. So, it’s looking like we’re going to sneak by with snow for this system. It looks like we’ll see 6-12″ by tomorrow morning, so tomorrow should be an excellent day of skiing. Sunday looks sunny, so whatever your preference, you’ll have a good day on the hill this weekend.

In mountain biking land, everything is a sloppy mess. On top of that, we’ve been asked to not ride at Columbia Hills State Park. I know many of you are saying, “Where?” at this point… It was open to the CAMBA public (in a stealthy, quiet way), but now it is closed until further notice. Please do not ride there until it’s officially open, or we’ll lose this new year-round trail before it’s even open. Arthur thanks you.

There’s not really any wind for the next couple of days, but glassy conditions on the coast should make for great surfing.

Finally, attached is a photo of my friend and fellow snowphone reporter David’s missing snowboard. This is a custom board, and has his photo on the bottom. If you see the board, please take it away from the person who has it and call the police. Or call the police and then take it away. Either way, get the board back. It has sentimental value, and David is offering a reward.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira