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First we have the Seahawks practicing mindfulness meditation and keeping counselors on staff. Now we have the NFL being outed as a socialist organization. Love it.

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

Looks like Saturday is going to be The Last Powder Day of the Season III Join the Facebook event!. Well, maybe not powder – it might be a bit heavy for that, but at least fresh tracks.

Today looks snowy on Mt. Hood, with orographic flurries followed by a more organized system tonight. Plus thunder. There will most likely be thunder and lightning on Mt. Hood today. The snow level will be around 4000′ all day with .1-.3” water value (WV) before 2pm, for 1-3” of new. Another .4-.8” WV (probably the higher end) falls between 2pm today and 5am Saturday, for 4-8” of new snow overnight. Wind today will be W 40 for much of the day, becoming SW 30-35 after 2pm.

Saturday starts off with snow flurries, maybe becoming partly cloudy, and maybe becoming sunny after 11am. The snow level will be 3000′ early and 6000′ in the afternoon with NW wind at 15mph early, becoming N 15 in the afternoon.

Sunday looks sunny. The freezing level will be 6000′ early and 9000′ in the afternoon with NNW wind at 10-15 in the morning, becoming more NW in the afternoon.

Today’s Gorge Wind
Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Steven’s Locks	12-15	12-15	15-18	thunder
Hatch (subtract a few mph for Event Site)	12-15	13-16	15-18	thunder
Doug’s / Rowena / Lyle	12-15	15-18	22-25	thunder
Maryhill / Rufus / The Wall	12-15	15-18	22-25	thunder
Arlington / Roosevelt	12-15	15-18	22-25	thunder

Gorge Wind

The models show we’ll have some wind in the Gorge today, but I’m going to recommend that you get after it early if you’re going to get after it, because afternoon thunderstorms will make playing wind johnny a hazardous proposition later on. That said, this morning’s early gradients sat at .07 and .08 with wind in the 12-15 range through the whole Gorge. I think gusty 22-25 from The Dalles to Arlington is reasonable to expect this morning, with 13-16 in the rainy western Gorge.

Saturday starts with westerlies at 13-15, probably from Mosier to Arlington. As the sky clears in the afternoon and the atmosphere settles, expect 23-26 from Mosier to Maryhill (maybe Hood River too, but I suspect it will remain quite gusty near town). Sunday looks like a light wind day.

Gorge Weather

I haven’t seen any rainbows outside my window yet this morning, and I haven’t heard any thunder yet, but I’m not giving up hope. Especially not on the thunder – there’s a pretty darn good chance of thunder and lightning this afternoon after 2pm. So, expect showers all day, with a good chance of rainbows, and thunder later. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 50’s this afternoon with gusty west wind.

Saturday starts off partly cloudy with scattered thunder chances. The sky should clear by afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and low 60’s in the afternoon with increasing west wind as the day goes on. Sunday looks sunny with temps in the upper 40’s early and upper 60’s in the afternoon with light wind.

Road and Mountain Biking

The Post n’ Pint was canceled again last night (that’s three out of four weeks canceled), and that means Post is too muddy for you to ride. And too muddy for me to ride. So sad. Judging by how wet my fence is this morning, Whoopdee will also be quite wet. So, that leaves you with Syncline and the 44 Road trails. With the snow level dropping to 4000′ today and precip continuing, it’s going to be mighty cold on the 44 Road. So perhaps you’re riding Syncline. The Kreps were unable to spray herbicide the last couple of days, so Hospital Hill is open.

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River Levels

The Hood’s at 6.1′, the Klickitat’s at 2400 cfs, and I dunno about the White Salmon. I’ll call today and find out. I swear.

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

Today is Friday the 9th, and today is the last Friday until fall that Temira has to get up for work at 4am. Hooray! If there’s anything exciting going on tonight, I don’t know about it. But tomorrow. Oh boy is there exciting stuff tomorrow.

First, the Master Gardeners have their spring plant sale at the OSU Extension Office in Hood River from 9am to 1pm. That’ll be fun. Lila May’s Tutu Trot is on the Twin Tunnels tomorrow. Registration is at 8am, it’s $15, and proceeds benefit a cute little 3 year old ballerina with cancer. Come on. You can run 3k, 5k, or 10k for a little kid.

After the run, take your kids to Camp Baldwin’s Hanel Lake (off the 44 Road) for a snowy but fun free youth fishing clinic brought to you by the Barlow Ranger District.

And finally, May is national bike month, so get your butt on your bike, because bikes are fun!

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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Rain. Hmph. Well, at least there won’t be any need to water your garden for the next couple of days. So, Mark, now’s a great time to plant seeds. And hey, the dirt on the trails needs the rain. So never mind. The rain is great, and the rainbows tomorrow morning will be great too! Did you guys know that I really like rainbows?

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Today and tonight will be mighty rainy on Mt. Hood as the snow level sits around 8000′ midday, sitting there like a grumpy old milk cow until midnight. Then we’ll see it (the snow level, not the cow) drop to 6000′, falling further to 4000′ by Friday morning. We’ll get 1-2” of rain between now and when the snow level drops, followed by .1-.2” water value (WV) of orographic snowfall Friday morning for 1-2” of new snow. Wind will be SW 20 early, rising to WSW 40 in the afternoon and W 30 overnight.

Friday sees the snow level around 4000′-4500′ all day with orographic flurries all day. Models are being pretty generous with the moisture, and I’m suspicious. They say .3-.5” WV during the day, for 3-4” of new snow, followed by another .4-.6” WV for 4-6” of new snow overnight into Saturday. If that happens, Saturday could be The Last Powder Day of the Season IV, but I’m not holding my breath. I’m just watching and breathing. And hoping. Wind Friday will be W 35 for much of the day, dropping overnight. Thunderstorms Friday afternoon could make things interesting on the mountain.

Saturday starts partly cloudy and ends up clear. In other words, it will be a bluebird fresh tracks day if the forecast holds. The freezing level will be 3500′ early and 6000′ in the afternoon. Wind will be NW 15 early and NE 15 in the afternoon.

Today’s Gorge Wind
Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Steven’s Locks	0-5	0-5	0-5	15-18+ maybe
Hatch (subtract a few mph for Event Site)	0-5	0-5	0-5	15-18+ maybe
Doug’s / Rowena / Lyle	0-5	0-5	0-5	15-18+ maybe
Maryhill / Rufus / The Wall	0-5	0-5	0-5	17-21+ maybe
Arlington / Roosevelt	0-5	0-5	0-5	23-26+ maybe

Gorge Wind

It’s a light wind start to the day, and it’ll probably stay light all day, with a short-lived burst of west wind possible late in the afternoon. Maybe 15-18+, briefly. Maybe a little more, briefly. Friday looks windier, as a low pressure trough moves east. We’ll see gusty W 23-26 east of Mosier all day long, with 15-18 from Stevenson to Mosier. There is a very good chance that thunderstorms will mess with the wind on Friday after 2pm.

Saturday starts off fairly light, but weak high pressure off the coast should help the wind build to 22-25 from Stevenson to Doug’s in the afternoon. Sunday looks like a light wind day.

On a different note, thank you to everyone who let me know the conditions at The Wall and Rufus the other day. When I looked that morning, the reading was 305,000cfs. Most of the comments said it was too much water, making for choppy and nauseating sailing. A couple people did say the water conditions got better in the afternoon, so perhaps the dam folks cut the flow at that point? I didn’t check. So, anyway, the conclusion is that 305,000cfs at The Dalles Dam is a bit too much for the Maryhill area.

Gorge Weather

It’s cloudy this morning, and once the atmosphere saturates, it’s going to start sprinkling. And then this evening it’s going to start pouring. Temps will be right around 50 this morning and in the low 60’s this afternoon with light wind. You will have to head east of Hood River for rainbows today.

Tomorrow, however, should be plentiful in the rainbow department, as intermittent showers interact with intermittent sunbeams for a colorful day in the sky. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 50’s in the afternoon with moderate west wind. Saturday starts partly cloudy, becoming clear. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and low 60’s in the afternoon with increasing west wind. No rainbows Saturday.

Road and Mountain Biking

The dirt was still pretty awesome yesterday yesterday in Post. I rode up to the top of 140 and then down 130, 133, 158, 106 and uh… what’s the number for Mitchell Ridge and Seven Streams? And is Spaghetti Factory #106 or #116? Oh dear. I guess Matt and Henry and all of us on the trails committee really do need to get in gear with that signage thing!

If you want dirt, get it early before the rain hits, because it’s going to be a lot of rain and probably will need a couple of days to dry out.

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River Levels

The Hood’s at 4.8′, the Klickitat’s at 2340 cfs, the White Salmon is at 4’ish, but I haven’t remembered to pick up the phone and call Wet Planet to ask.

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

In events tonight, there’s pickup rugby at Henkle Middle School at 3:30. And there’s the Post n’ Pint mountain bike ride at 5:30 at Dirty Fingers, if the weather permits. If the weather does not permit, tonight will be the pint and pint and pint and pint, as usual at the BikeShopBar.

Coming up Saturday, there’s the Master Gardners’ annual spring plant sale at the OSU extension office from 9 to 1. Also on Saturday, there’s Lila May’s Tutu Trot, 3k,5k and 10k at the Twin Tunnels west trailhead at 9, raising money for the three-year-old ballerina’s cancer treatment. I suspect this will be a very touching tribute run. Be there if you can. $15. Well worth it.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira