Thursday. Look at all that blue sky!

November 3, 2016

Thursday. Look at all that blue sky!

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast It’s a beautiful, sunny day with zero snow in the forecast. But how can you complain when it’s a beautiful sunny day in November after the wettest October ever? (I don’t know if that’s a fact, but it sure felt like it!) Expect a sunny day on the mountain on Thursday…

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For almost 30 years, Temira (they/them) has been making the most of the Gorge: riding river swell, shredding powder, and cycling all the gravel and pavement and trails. This is Temira’s playground, their gym… their life’s work.

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

It’s a beautiful, sunny day with zero snow in the forecast. But how can you complain when it’s a beautiful sunny day in November after the wettest October ever? (I don’t know if that’s a fact, but it sure felt like it!) Expect a sunny day on the mountain on Thursday with the free air freezing level between 10,000′ and 11,000′. Wind Thursday will be SW 10ish all day long. Continued after the chart…

	4a-8a	8a-12p	12p-4p	4p-8p	8p-4a
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
Thursday 10000′-11000′
Friday 12000′
Saturday 12000′->6000′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, continued…

Friday also looks sunny and warm on the volcano. The free air freezing level will be 12,000′ all day long. Wind speeds will be in the S/SW 10-15 range. Saturday starts off sunny but quickly turns cloudy. Rain quickly follows the clouds, with raindrops hitting the volcano starting between 2pm and 5pm. The snow level will be 12,000′ early, 9000′ for most of the precipitation, and 6000′ at the tail end of the system. Expect .8-1.0” of rain to fall. Wind on Saturday will be SW 20-25 all day long. After midnight, after the passage of this system, the wind will turn to WSW 20-25.

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Sunday currently looks clear and sunny early with partly cloudy sky in the afternoon. The free air freezing level will be around 6000′ all day long. Wind on Sunday will be WSW 20 early and SW 15 in the afternoon. There’s no significant snowfall in the extended forecast, but there is plenty of dry weather and sunshine. Better than rain, right?

Gorge Wind Forecast

Easterlies this morning (Thursday) peak at 15-20 midday before fading this evening. Friday starts with east wind at 15-20 and peaks at 25-30 at Rooster and 20-25 at Steven’s locks midday before fading to E 5-10 in the evening. Saturday starts off with E 15-20 and turns to W 13-16 from Steven’s Locks to The Dalles after 2pm. Sunday currently looks light and variable.

Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast

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Random Morning Thoughts

I ain’t got nothin’ to say today, and you know what they say about that. Have an awesome day.

Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist (but I could be 51 graduate school credits from now). I am your weather forecaster. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, and consult with your actual therapist about your mental health issues. One other thing: I plan to keep doing this forecast indefinitely, even when I am a therapist.

Gorge Weather Forecast

Oh my god, what a beautiful morning. Blue sky and sunshine. It’s like we’re on a different planet. Expect the same all day today with temps in the low 40’s early and the low 60’s this afternoon. Light wind. No rainbows. Friday looks exactly like Thursday with just a little more east wind. Saturday starts off cloudy and turns rainy midday through the evening. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and the low 60’s in the afternoon. Light easterlies early, light westerlies after noon. 99% chance of rainbows.

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White Sprinter Van of the Day

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Road and Mountain Biking

Steve Dunn says the Whoopdee is dry enough to ride. If that’s true, then Syncline is good. I can’t speculate on the condition of Post Canyon, but Kleeway laps seem like a possibility. In road biking news, today and tomorrow look AWESOME. Light wind and sunshine. What more could you want? Time? Oh, right. Me too.

Upcoming Events

It’s Thursday night. There’s community yoga (free or by donation) tonight at Samadhi at 6. There’s free Tai Chi at Our Savior Church in Bingen at 6:30. There’s free Zumba at the Parkdale Community Center at 6:30. Coming up tomorrow morning at 7am, it’s the Kickstand Coffee Run, where jogging 4 miles earns you a free cup of coffee and a donut.

Coming up this weekend, there’s a work party at Rowena Park on Saturday from 9am to 1pm. Snacks and drinks will be provided. There’s a work party on the Whoopdee trail on Sunday from 9am to 1pm. Don’t forget that we change the clocks on Saturday night. That’ll give you an extra hour of sleep that night. Don’t be early for the work party!

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

The Gorge Is My Gym