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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
The higher elevation ski resorts picked up about 8” of snow on Tuesday, a nice addition to a slowly growing snowpack. There’s not a lot of snow forecast for the next week, but temps will stay cold enough through the weekend to preserve what’s already on the ground.
For Wednesday, Mt. Hood will see light snowfall in the morning, partly cloudy sky in the afternoon, and high clouds overnight. The snow level will be 2000′ early, 3500′ in the afternoon, and 5500′ after 10pm. We’ll see perhaps 1” of snow during the day today and no precip tonight. Wind will be NW 15 in the morning, light and variable in the afternoon, and SW 10 after midnight.
Thursday starts off cloudy and relatively warm, but the temps will drop as afternoon precipitation arrives in the form of snow. The snow level will be 6000′ early and 3000′ when the weather system hits. The mountain will receive .2” water value (WV) between noon and 4pm, for a couple inches of snow. Another .1-.2” WV falls overnight, for an inch or two of additional accumulation. Wind Thursday will be SW 10 early, WSW 20 midday, WSW 30 in the afternoon, and W 20 after midnight.
Friday looks partly cloudy with snow flurries as a weather system hangs out well to the north of the Columbia. The snow level will be around 3000′ all day. The mountain will receive perhaps an inch of new snow. Wind will be W 20 in the morning, WSW 25 in the afternoon, and SW 20 after midnight.
The current forecast for Saturday has about 5-7” of new snow falling with a snow level of 2500′. Sunday looks sunny with a free air freezing level of 2000′. The long-range forecast past Sunday looks dry with a big inversion: temps in the 30’s at sea level and 40’s on the mountain.
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Random Morning Thoughts
As a therapist, and also as a human being, I’ve noticed that there’s something powerful about naming the truth of experience. When people speak their reality out loud in a particular way (using ‘I feel…’ language), they relax.
I suspect this has something to do with the struggle to avoid painful emotions. When we speak something out loud, we are forced to engage with it. We stop struggling to avoid that thing, and in that acceptance, we are able to move forward.
Making this more concrete, let’s talk about regret. Regret involves wishing we’d behaved differently. Regret involves wanting things to be different. Regret often involves shame, which is a deeply painful emotion. Regret can also involve grief, another difficult-to-tolerate emotion. Naming these things out loud, saying, “I feel ashamed that I didn’t do more…” allows us to move towards self-compassion and acceptance of current reality.
Naming our internal reality out loud, especially to another person, takes courage. It takes trust, faith and hope. Sometimes it’s easier to write it down, and that can work too. That also takes courage. Give it a shot sometime and see what happens. You’re awesome for trying. Have an awesome day.
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist, but I am seeing clients at this time. In the meantime, 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 Wind Forecast
It’s Wednesday, and there’s not much to say. We’ll see light and variable wind this morning and light easterlies at 5mph or so this afternoon. Thursday starts off with E 25-30, goes calm by noon, and switches to W 5mph after 2pm. Friday starts off calm, stays that way for much of the day, and goes to W 5mph in the afternoon.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s another cloudy morning in the Gorge, but we should see sunbreaks and dry weather this afternoon. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and upper 40’s this afternoon. Light and variable wind. 78% chance of rainbows. We may see icy roads on Thursday morning, so be careful. Thursday starts with high clouds and a beautiful sunrise and turns cloudy with light rain after noon. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and mid 40’s in the afternoon. East wind in the morning, west wind in the afternoon. 99% chance of rainbows. Friday looks partly cloudy. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and mid 40’s in the afternoon. Calm wind. 14% chance of rainbows. Looking ahead to next week, the GFS and Euro both suggest cold, dry weather and strong east wind.
For weather specifically directed at travel through the Gorge, please visit Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.
White Sprinter Van of the Week
Road and Mountain Biking
If you want to give back, Anson’s Bike Buddies has a bike repair party this Wednesday at 5:30 behind Cascade Eye Center in Hood River. You can help fix bikes (washing them and changing tires is helpful too), and you can drop off your fixable bikes for ABB to give away. You’ll get a tax writeoff for your donations. In other news, the HRATS annual fundraiser is December 14th at Double Mountain.
Your best bet at this point is Syncline – Post, Whoopdee, Nestor, Hospital and Underwood are all probably too muddy to ride. That means you will damage the trails if you ride them, creating more work for hard-working volunteers who’d rather build new trails than fix your carelessness. The Petersburg Loop is good road riding all winter, but Fifteenmile road is pretty bumpy due to chipseal right now. Maybe ride Emerson/Eightmile instead.
Upcoming Events
Anson’s Bike Buddies has a bike repair party this evening at 5:30pm behind Cascade Eye Center in Hood River. You can come help wash and repair bikes. You can also drop off used bikes and get a tax writeoff. The Mt. Hood Meadows Avalanche Dog fundraiser is the 7th at Double Mountain, and the HRATS annual fundraiser is the 14th at Double Mountain.
Click here for the full events calendar.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
