There’s not much wind and not much gradient out there to start this Wednesday, but that will change this afternoon (guaranteed, because I will be unavailable for wind chasing this afternoon). The 7am gradients were just .04 (pdx-dls) and .03 (dls-psc) with the river temp at 71 degrees, flow at The Dalles at 103kcfs, and crashing fish counts of 2758 Chinook and 432 Steelhead on Tuesday. 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 | 15-18 | 18-23 | 24-28 | 24-28 | |
| Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar (minus a few for Hood River) | 22-25 | 22-25 | 24-28? | 19-22 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 15-18 | 18-23 | 24-28 | 24-28 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 15-18 | 18-23 | 24-28 | 24-28 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 22-25 | 22-25 | 22-25 | 24-28? | |
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Gorge wind forecast, continued…
As a slow-moving cold front approaches the coast this afternoon, we’ll see the wind pick up through the Gorge. Until that happens, we’ll see this: west wind at 5-10 everywhere for the first few hours of the morning. We should see the westerlies pick up to 13-16 from Stevenson to Hood River, maybe Mosier too, around noon. As that cold front begins to shift inland in the afternoon, we’ll see the wind pick up to gusty 24-28 from Stevenson to Arlington, probably after 2pm. This is one of those situations where Swell isn’t going to be the longest-lasting spot. If you’re going there, move fast. Otherwise, try Doug’s, Avery, or Arlington.
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Thursday starts off light, with just 5-10 or so. As the next weather system approaches in the afternoon (and this one looks like a doozy for this time of year), we’ll see the wind pick up to gusty 15-18 after 2pm, first at Stevenson, and then moving quickly through the beaches. The wind will likely fade quickly too.
Friday sees the remnants of that weather system moving through in the morning, leaving the western Gorge cloudy and rainy with rainbows and westerlies at 5-10. As the system moves east, the wind will quickly build to 24-27 everywhere east of the clouds, probably east of Mosier. Under the clouds, you can expect gusty 10-15.
As of right now, Saturday looks like 15-18 and Sunday looks like 12-15, but that, of course, could change in the next three days. I’m predicting weather here, not the future. Come to think of it, I’m worse at predicting the future, so please don’t ask me about it.
Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
Jones Wednesday: no. Thursday: no. Friday: 10-13, maybe. Sauvie’s: nope for Wed-Fri. Coast: not really anything for the next three days. 4-5′ swell at 8-9 seconds.
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
Last night I was listening to a talk by one of my monastic friends. He was talking about faith as it applies to Buddhism. I was surprised to hear him say how many people in that community don’t actually believe in the idea that you can achieve freedom from unnecessary suffering. I don’t consider myself a Buddhist, but given how much my suffering has been reduced (like by 95%) due to meditation and therapy, I believe it’s possible to end suffering. Internal work isn’t a case of diminishing returns, in my experience – it’s an exponential process of healing and positive change.
This small piece of faith raises a bigger issue of faith in general. I don’t think it’s possible to achieve what we don’t believe in. That could be success, love, happiness, peace of mind, friends, etc. Of course, just having faith that we will have those things doesn’t guarantee them. But if we believe something isn’t possible, we’re not going to see it when it happens (much like seeing a bear on a bike ride – ya gotta believe it’s a possibility, or you’re going to miss it).
A very tricky piece of having faith is holding it without clinging to the thing for which you hope. Take love – if you believe it’s possible and really, really want it, you’ll repeatedly and randomly experience disappointment when it doesn’t materialize in the form you expect. So, you have to learn to have faith while letting go, as much as possible, of desire.
Yeah, it’s tricky. And I don’t claim to have mastered this. It’s probably the work of a lifetime. But hey, what else do you have to do with this lifetime? You’ve only got one that’s certain – you might as well have faith rather than its opposite, cynicism. Or at least have more of the former than the latter. Have an awesome day. May you be free of suffering.
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
There’s just a bit of high cloudiness out there this morning, but I’m going to tell you a secret: the forecast contains rain! Expect sunshine this morning followed by increasing clouds later and sprinkles, mostly in the western Gorge after 5pm. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and the low 70’s later. Light wind early, strong wind this afternoon, 2.5% chance of rainbows. Thursday starts partly cloudy and gets cloudier in the afternoon with rain, steady rain in the evening. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and the upper 60’s in the afternoon. Light wind. 62% chance of rainbows. Friday looks partly cloudy with sprinkles. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and the mid 60’s in the afternoon. Light wind early, moderate wind late. 99% chance of rainbows. The snow level will be around 8000′ on Friday.
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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 start off with the weekly 10am yoga class at the FISH food bank in Hood River. There’s ping pong at the Hood River Armory tonight at 5, the women’s Post n’ Pinot bike ride at Dirty Fingers Bike Shop at 5:30, Sailboat races at the Hood River Marine at 6, and Zumba at the Parkdale Community Center at 6:30.
This Friday is First Friday in Hood River, with the 6th annual Rock Paper Scissors contest at 6:45, brought to you by Andrew’s Pizza. After that, head to Cascade Locks for the movie Cinderella at the Marine Park at Dusk. The Dalles has the Riverhawk Run at Sorosis Park at 9 on Saturday, and there’s a Swap Meet at the Luhr Jensen parking lot at 8 on Sunday.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
