As you might have noticed by looking out the window, it’s a calm morning in the Gorge. Fisherfolk and spandexfolk are dancing with joy in anticipation of Chinook (10232 yesterday), Steelhead (2367) and road bikes. We’ll see calm wind this morning. Midday brings 12-15 from Stevenson to Hood River. By 2pm or so, maybe a bit later, we should be seeing 24-27 from Stevenson to Rufus. Maybe on the Rufus. Maybe just to The Dalles. Plus, it’s worth checking the out-east cams to see if Old Lady Creek fire is sending smoke towards Maryhill. Anyway, the GFS suggests a weak disturbance in the flow off the coast this afternoon, and that could mean this setup will favor Stevenson over the Swell-Hood River section. Something to keep in mind… River temp is 68 degrees and flow at The Dalles is 103kcfs. Continued after the chart…
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwash (Rooster) Rock | bring | on the | bare | butts! | |
| Steven’s Locks aka Stevenson Cascade Locks |
light | 5-10 | 12-15 | 22-25 | |
| Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar |
light | 5-10 | 12-15 | 22-25 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | light | 5-10 | 12-15 | 22-25 | |
| Rufus, etc. | calm | calm | 15-18? | 22-25? | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | light | light | light | light | |
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Gorge wind forecast, continued…
High pressure continues both offshore and over the region on Thursday for another west wind day. Expect 12-15 to start the day from Viento eastward to Arlington. Wind in the eastern Gorge will die off by late morning, but the wind in the western Gorge will keep on blowing. Expect the speeds to build to 22-25 from Stevenson to The Dalles on Thursday afternoon.
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Friday looks a bit tricky. Models suggest light wind all day long, but they’re also predicting strong high pressure off the coast and low pressure inland. This is much like last Friday, when models predicted zero wind for several days in a row. The river eventually settled on 28-32. Going that far in opposition to the models is out of my comfort zone, but I think it’s possible we’ll see 20-23 on Friday afternoon, despite the model predictions of 5-10. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see, won’t we?
Looking at the weekend, we’ll see a shift in the weather pattern. A strong, wet front heads our way over the Saturday to Sunday period. This will set us up for west wind of some nature on both days. That nature will probably contain a lot of gustiness and short-lived wind, but still… wind is wind. Let’s give the models a day or two to settle on timing and then talk more about the probabilities.
Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
Jones Wednesday: 15-18. Thursday: 13-16. Friday: 15-18. Sauvie’s Wednesday: 5-8 late. Thursday: 7-11. Friday: no. Coast (north/central/south). Wednesday: no/no/no, W swell 3′ at 13 seconds. Thursday: 5-10/15-20/25-30, NW 3′ @ 7. Friday: 5-10/15-20/25-30, W 4′ @ 10.
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
A friend of mine was talking last night about how each of our positive actions or words has a positive impact on the world around us. Just the other day I was thinking about the opposite – how each negative action or word ripples out, creating more negativity and unhappiness and suffering.
Not sure this is true? Think about the last time someone attacked you verbally. What did that bring up in you? How did you respond in the moment? How did you interact with others for the rest of the day? It’s likely you weren’t as loving or happy as is your usual. Maybe you were guarded, quiet, solitary. Perhaps you lashed out at others, venting your anger, frustration and helplessness. If so, the cycle continued with them, and unhappiness spread through your six degrees of separation like the wake of a boat from shore to shore of the Columbia.
In this last situation, if you’d responded to the one unfortunate act with love and kindness, you would have ended the cycle. If, upon seeing an unkind act, you were to be more kind and more loving for the rest of the day, you’d reverse the cycle. I suspect this is much like a restaurant review, where negative experiences are shared with more people than positive experiences. If so, we need to be vigilant, doing a number of kind acts in response to each negative act we witness.
It ain’t going to hurt to try, so let’s give it a shot. Each time you witness a negative act, set your intention to respond by being kinder, more loving, and more compassionate for the next few hours (or days, months, years or lifetimes). We can reverse the ripples of negativity by canceling them out with ripples of love. 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
This morning, at 42 degrees, is the answer to Life the Universe and Everything. Don’t worry, though. It’ll be 80 degrees by this afternoon. Moderate west wind. No rainbows. Thursday looks sunny with temps in the low 50’s early and the low 80’s in the afternoon. Light wind early, moderate late. No rainbows. Friday looks sunny with temps in the low 50’s early and the low 80’s in the afternoon. Light wind, no rainbows. The next chance for rainbows is Sunday.
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White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
Hospital Hill and Whoopdee are closed for fire season. That even applies to the four cars that were parked at the Spring Street trailhead yesterday. If you insist on trespassing, you will end up paying the consequences, and so will the rest of us in the form of restricted access. Yes, the rules apply to YOU too!
Upcoming Events
Today’s community events start off with free yoga at the FISH food bank in Hood River at 10 this morning. Coming up this afternoon, there’s ping pong at the Hood River Armory at 5, sailboat races at the Hood River Marina, and Zumba at the Parkdale Community Center at 6:30. Coming up tomorrow night at 5:30, it’s the race-pace Post n’ Pint bike ride at Dirty Fingers, followed by NFL football.
Looking ahead to this weekend, we have the Music Festival of the Gorge at Hood River’s Waterfront Park on Saturday, raising money for the Matt Klee music and arts scholarship fund. There’s a half-day meditation retreat at the White Salmon Grange Saturday afternoon. Sunday is the Gorge Kids Triathlon at Hood River’s Waterfront Park. The Pacific Hermitage Pah Bah is on Sunday, with a huge potluck meal at the White Salmon Grange (be there at 10:30 with your donation) followed by chanting and dharma talk and socializing.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
