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Ever try to get in to see your chiropractor, only to be told you’re waiting a few days? Every been hurt on a Saturday? Hood River Chiropractic, located downtown above Flow Yoga, can help you out. Docs Michelle and Alex (who rips Post Canyon all the time) can get you in, even on a Saturday. These two understand you don’t want to slow down because you’re hurt. They’ll work with you to formulate a recovery plan that allows you to keep doing the things you love (like ride Post). They take insurance, they offer cash discounts, and they’ll make sure you get the treatment you need. Finally, if you need some supplements (no, not EPO or HGH), they’ll do customized nutritional analysis to make sure you’re only getting the supps you really need. To book an appointment, give them a call: 541-406-0849. Two of the lucky people on the email version of this forecast will win free chiropractic appointments this week.

We’re coming off a three day stretch of wind, and things are going to back off today, which is great news for the teams up at the Dollar Lake fire. We’ll see nw wind today in the 10-15 range, strongest on the Columbia from Stevenson to Mosier.

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A weak system pushes in tonight for more clouds tomorrow, and we’ll see 17-20 in the morning from Hood River out to The Dalles. The westerlies shut off on either tomorrow afternoon, or if not then, definitely on Saturday, when we’ll see east wind in the 22-25 range near Stevenson. On Sunday, the wind pretty much shuts down to nothing.

To start the holiday weekend, it’s First Friday in Hood River tomorrow, and as I told you yesterday, there’s that awesome Rock Paper Scissors competition with great prizes at Andrew’s Pizza at 6:30. Also on Friday, come to the Warming Shelter Coalition’s dunk tank (no, not drunk tank) at 2nd and Cascade and knock me into the water starting at 5:45. This is your chance to get back at me for any missed forecasts this summer. At 7pm, you can knock Katie Crafts into the dunk tank.

And then, for the rest of the weekend, there’s the Sandy Ridge Super D, and there’s a CGWA swap meet at the Hood River Expo Center on Sunday morning. If you like whitewater rafting, it’s the first weekend of Tieton season. They’d started releasing water as of yesterday, so it should be runable just in time for the hot weather this weekend! Or, you could just stick around here. The White Salmon is at a lovely 2.25 feet, meaning the Cave Wave is in prime form, and more importantly, all the raft companies will be running Husum Falls, for maximum carnage watching.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

p.s. If you find this report useful, entertaining, or just want to recognize all the hard work that goes into it, please take the time to make a donation by clicking on the link below. For a suggested donation of $10, I’ll add you to the email version of this list ‘til August 2012, putting you in the running for cool prizes donated by the weekly sponsors. If you don’t PayPal, you can send a donation to PO Box 841 in Hood River, 97031.

Ever try to get in to see your chiropractor, only to be told you’re waiting a few days? Every been hurt on a Saturday? Hood River Chiropractic, located downtown above Flow Yoga, can help you out. Docs Michelle and Alex (who rips Post Canyon all the time) can get you in, even on a Saturday. These two understand you don’t want to slow down because you’re hurt. They’ll work with you to formulate a recovery plan that allows you to keep doing the things you love (like ride Post). They take insurance, they offer cash discounts, and they’ll make sure you get the treatment you need. Finally, if you need some supplements (no, not EPO or HGH), they’ll do customized nutritional analysis to make sure you’re only getting the supps you really need. To book an appointment, give them a call: 541-406-0849. Two of the lucky people on the email version of this forecast will win free chiropractic appointments this week.

Strong west wind continues today. The gradient this morning is .08/.09, and it’s blowing in the upper twenties at Maryhill and low teens under the clouds near Hood River. We’ll see a low pressure trough move east of the Cascades this afternoon, so things are going to be gusty in the corridor today and best from Doug’s to Maryhill, picking up late at Arlington. We should see 23-26 this morning east of Doug’s, picking up to 26-30 as the trough moves east later.

Tomorrow sees weak high pressure over Oregon and Washington, and models suggest east wind or north wind, but we should still see some west wind in the Gorge. The most likely scenario is 5-10 in the morning and 13-15 in the afternoon, with the strongest wind from Stevenson to Mosier.

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We’ll see more clouds again on Friday, kicking west winds back into the 17-21 range from Stevenson to Hood River.

If you’re a windsurfer, tonight is the Gorge Windsurfing Awards part at the ruins at Springhouse Cellars. If you haven’t had a chance to vote yet, you can do that at Gorgewindsurfing.org.

There’s a big holiday weekend coming up, and it starts with First Friday in Hood River, always fun, but made way more fun this month with a Rock Paper Scissors competition at Andrew’s at 6:30pm. Then on Sunday, it’s the Sandy Ridge Super D bike race, which a bunch of our local riders in contention for the pedestal, and also on Sunday, there’s a CGWA swap meet at the Hood River Expo Center.

Finally, another reminder, sign up for the September bike commute challenge at bikecommutechallenge.com.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

p.s. If you find this report useful, entertaining, or just want to recognize all the hard work that goes into it, please take the time to make a donation by clicking on the link below. For a suggested donation of $10, I’ll add you to the email version of this list ‘til August 2012, putting you in the running for cool prizes donated by the weekly sponsors. If you don’t PayPal, you can send a donation to PO Box 841 in Hood River, 97031.