Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
We ended up with a total of 18” out of this past weather system. Not shabby at all. We’ll be in between systems today, but snowfall will return tonight. Expect sunshine this morning with clouds this afternoon and snow after midnight. The snow level will be 1000′ early, slowly rising to 5000′ this evening and falling to 4000′ after midnight. We’ll see snow start up around 1am, giving us around .2” water value (WV) by 4am Wednesday, for 2” or so of new snow. Wind today will be light through this evening. The wind will pick up to SW 15-20 around midnight and turn to W 30 in the wee hours of Thursday. Continued after the chart…
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, continued…
Thursday starts off snowy and windy and stays that way all day. The snow level will be 4000′ early, falling during the day and landing at 1000′ in the evening. We’ll see .4” WV between 4am and 4pm for 4-5” of new snow. We’ll see another .1” overnight before the sky clears, for another inch or so. Wind will be W 30 early, turning to NW 30 after 10am.
Thursday looks clear to start but light snowfall moves in by 10am, continuing through the afternoon. The sky will clear overnight. The snow level will be quite low on Thursday, 1000-1500′ or so. We’ll see .1-.2” WV between 10am and 4pm, giving us 1-3” of dry new snow. We’ll have partly cloudy sky overnight. Wind on Thursday will be NW 25-30 all day.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast, finished
Friday looks interesting… yeah, words of doom, I know. We starts with partly cloudy sky. A weather system moves in during the afternoon. It currently looks like we may see a mix of rain and snow at 5000′ overnight with a switch to snow Saturday morning. Wait n’ see. The next system is slated for Saturday night. Same thing there – possibly too warm for snow to start, followed by the snow level crashing on Sunday morning.
Gorge Wind Forecast
We have light westerlies this morning, and the wind will just keep on fading as the day goes on. Wednesday looks windier: widespread W 13-16 early. The wind will pick up from Mosier to Arlington at W 25-29 between 10am and 2pm with the western Gorge seeing gusty 18-22. After 2pm, the wind will back off to 20-23 through the entire Gorge. Thursday starts with W 10-13 and backs off to light and variable wind after 1pm.
Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
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Random Morning Thoughts
Today is #GivingTuesday. This is your chance to share your good fortune with those who are less fortunate than you. Some of you are reading this and thinking, “I need to hold on to what I have because (insert reason).” If that’s the case, I’d like to encourage you to think small. You don’t have to make a big cash donation to a charity to make a difference in a life. As a matter of fact, the small things you do may have a bigger impact than an impersonal cash donation.
For example, there was a gentleman digging in the dumpsters at my condo last night looking for cans. I said hello, and observed that it was dark and cold and it was late at night to be doing his job. He laughed and said that he was getting low on gas. I gave him all the cans in my recycling and a couple of bucks that were in my ashtray. He was stoked. What was nothing for me was a lot to him. He was gracious and happy, and I felt grateful and happy too. That moment of connection and happiness was worth far more than what I was able to give.
You get to choose what’s within your means on #GivingTuesday. I’d like to encourage you to do something that benefits someone right here, right now. You’ll have to figure out what that is – it could be something as small as saying something nice to someone who looks like they could use a pick-me-up. The benefit of making #GivingTuesday about present-moment helping is that you benefit as much as the other person – generosity is good for your soul. That pleasant feeling will encourage you to give more in the future.
If you’re really stuck on what to do, you can clear some time in your schedule tomorrow night and show up to help wash, sort and repair bikes for the Hood River nonprofit Anson’s Bike Buddies. Meet behind Cascade Eye Center in Hood River starting at 5pm. Your help will ensure that local kids get bikes for the holidays.
It’s #GivingTuesday. What small steps can you take to give back to the people around you? You’re awesome for thinking about this. 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
Ugh. It’s that time of year when I have to go outside to see if it’s cloudy or clear. Hold on a minute… Okay. It’s mostly Nothing with a few stars. Expect partly to mostly cloudy sky today with rain after midnight. Temps will be in the mid to upper 40’s all day. Light wind. No rainbows. Wednesday looks showery all day. Temps will be in the upper 30’s early and the upper 40’s int eh afternoon. Moderate westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Thursday looks mostly cloudy and showery in the morning and dry and mostly cloudy in the afternoon. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and the mid 40’s in the afternoon. Light wind. 99% chance of rainbows. We’re keeping an eye on Sunday night for the possibility of low-elevation snow. Parkdale/Trout Lake/etc may see light snowfall Wednesday night and Thursday night.
For weather specifically directed at travel through the Gorge, please visit Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.
White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
No, really. Post Canyon and Whoopdee are too muddy to ride. Really. It’s almost too muddy to jog in Post Canyon right now. Please stop riding the trails. When you ride in the mud, you cup the trails, which keeps them from draining. That damage is nearly impossible to fix, and the time volunteers spend fixing it would be better spent building new trails or making existing trails more awesome. Consider riding the gravel roads instead. There are lots of them around here, and you won’t be doing trail damage if you ride on the roads.
Upcoming Events
It’s Tuesday. There’s free yoga at Flow at 4:30 and at HAVEN (Strong Women Yoga) in The Dalles at 5. There’s pickup touch rugby at 5 at the Hood River Marina Park. There’s $12 Prime Rib at Cebu tonight from 5pm to 9pm. At 6:30 this evening, there’s meditation at Yoga Samadhi led by community members until the monks return. This remains, and most likely always will, my favorite activity of the week.
Coming up tomorrow, Anson’s Bike Buddies has a bike repair party at their storage unit behind Cascade Eye Center in Hood River. Party starts at 5pm. Come help fix up bikes for local kids in need! Mark your calendars for a work party in Post Canyon next Saturday. It’s the last scheduled work party of the season, and we need all of you here to help out.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
