When I woke up this morning, the trees outside my window were still and the river showed no signs of whitecaps. So, I was surprised when I looked at the iWind/iKite and saw a reading of 18mph at the Spring Creek Hatchery and State Park place. Driving that wind early this morning was a surprisingly robust .07 (pdx-dls) gradient. Before I forget, the river flow this morning was 110kcfs at The Dalles, the temp was 71 degrees (although it felt a lot more bathtubby than that yesterday), and 12433 Chinook and 1515 Steelhead made it past Bonneville yesterday. Continued after the chart…
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | back | to | bun | tanning | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 10-13 | 16-19 | 16-19 | |
| Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar (minus a few for Hood River) | 16-19 | 16-19 | 16-19 | 16-19 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 16-19 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-10 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-10 | |
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Gorge wind forecast, continued…
The fish counts should continue to be high today, but the wind will stay relatively low. Given the lack of strong offshore high pressure and the continued influence of yesterday’s frontal system, we’ll see enough wind for water time, but not enough for a freakout. Expect 16-19 pretty much all day from Viento to Swell. Stevenson should pick up to the same wind range late in the morning or early in the afternoon. Hood River? Well… given yesterday’s wind performance, let’s go with 10-13 at Hood River. The low res GFS suggests the wind won’t fill in past Hood River today. The high res GFS says it will fill in at Mosier and Rowena late this afternoon. So, for the best results, stay to the west today.
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Monday sees high pressure off the California coast and low pressure off Vancouver Island. As a result of this setup, we’ll see 15-18 from Viento to Swell to start the day. By late morning or early afternoon, we should have gusty 24-27 from Stevenson to Rufus. Tomorrow will probably be one of those days where the wind at Swell is short-lived, so get on it fast if that’s your plan.
Tuesday starts off with gusty 16-19 east of Hood River with gusty 10-13 in the western Gorge. As a frontal system approaches in the afternoon, the wind east of Hood River, from Mosier to Rufus, will pick up to gusty 24-27. If Stevenson stays out of the clouds (unlikely), it too will see 24-27. This will be another one of those days where the wind at the Hatch is short-lived and unreliable. The long-range forecast contains lots of discrepancies, so we’ll just not talk about it at this point.
Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
Jones Sunday: 10-13. Monday: 5-10. Tuesday: no. Sauvie’s Sunday: 7-10 late. Monday: 9-12 late. Tuesday: no. Coast: pretty much nothin’ for wind the next three days. Small waves, short period too.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
There will be snow on the ground at Mt. Hood today, and every day until the glaciers completely melt away.
Random Morning Thoughts
I have a lot of thoughts going through my head this morning, but none are speaking loudly to me. Also, I’m feeling some anxiety about getting this done, because I want to make it to a 9 o’clock yoga class. So, in the interest of being kind to myself, I’m skipping out on the RMT today. Take that as permission to be kind to yourself today too, and have an awesome day.
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist (but I could be in 700 days). 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
Look at all those clouds! Clouds! Yay, clouds! Expect a partly cloudy day with temps near 60 early and in the mid 80’s this afternoon. Moderate wind. Zero rainbows. Monday looks partly cloudy with temps in the upper 50’s in the morning and the mid 80’s in the afternoon. Moderate wind. No rainbows. Tuesday might be sunny to start, but we’ll see clouds in the evening and a colorful sunset. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and the upper 70’s in the afternoon. Moderate wind. 1% chance of rainbows.
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White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
Whoopdee and Hospital are closed through the end of fire season, whenever that turns out to be.
Upcoming Events
Today’s community events include four by-donation yoga classes: 9am at Samadhi in White Salmon, 10am at Meadows, 4pm YogaFaith at Pure Yoga in The Dalles and 6pm restorative yoga at Pure Yoga Hood River. There’s ping pong this morning at 10 at the Hood River Armory, pickup touch rugby at 3 at the Mosier School, and pickup ultimate Frisbee at 5 at Westside Elementary. The Klickitat County Fair wraps up today, and so do the enduro bike races at Mt. Bachelor.
Next weekend is Labor Day weekend, and it kicks off with First Friday in Hood River and the annual Rock Paper Scissors Contest on Oak Street. The annual and already sold-out Cross-Channel swim is on Labor Day. If you would like to be part of it, you can volunteer to be a safety person. You, your floating object, and safety. Yes!
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
