Monday. Happy Labor Day. Get out and labor in the mighty Columbia!

Reality has certainly been beating the forecasts for the last couple of days, but that didn’t seem to stop anyone from getting on the water on Sunday. I think there were about 500,000 kites between the tip of Wells Island and the Hood River Bridge yesterday. Nothing short of spectacular – we do live and…

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Reality has certainly been beating the forecasts for the last couple of days, but that didn’t seem to stop anyone from getting on the water on Sunday. I think there were about 500,000 kites between the tip of Wells Island and the Hood River Bridge yesterday. Nothing short of spectacular – we do live and play in an amazing place! Today looks like another one of those days where reality could trump the forecasters’ abilities. At 6am, our gradients were .06 and .03 with wind in the single digits everywhere except Swell, where it was already blowing in the teens. Marine clouds were past Hood River early this morning, and we’re expecting a front to approach the coast, churning up the upper atmosphere a bit, this afternoon. Continued after the chart…



Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Your favorite beach Dawn
Patrol
9am-
11:30a
11:30a-
3pm
3pm-
dusk
Rooster Rock west wind best buns
Steven’s Locks 5-10 10-13 15-18 20-23
Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar (minus a few for Hood River) 14-17 17-20 23-26? 23-26?
Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena 5-10 10-13 23-26 23-26
Rufus, etc. 5-10 10-13 23-26 23-26
Roosevelt, etc. 5-10 10-13 13-16 18-22
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Gorge wind forecast, continued…


With all that in place, you can expect morning westerlies from Viento to Mosier at 15-18 (lighter near Hood River). The models think we’ll see the wind rise to just the 20-23 range this afternoon, but I think that’s off. Let’s give the afternoon session a thumbs up at 23-26 from Mosier to Doug’s, with a chance of Rufus and a chance of Swell, depending on what the low clouds do. If they burn back, Swell joins. If not, expect gusty 15-18 all day from Viento to Hood River. Stevenson will likely climb to 20-23 this afternoon as the front approaches, as the western Gorge seems to benefit from this setup.


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Tuesday starts off rainy as that previously mentioned front moves inland. Expect 10-13 to start while the front is upon us. As it moves through around noon and high pressure builds in offshore, the wind will pick up to 25-29 east of the rainbow zone. That’s likely going to be east of Mosier, but may end up being east of The Dalles, depending on how far you have to travel for sunshine.

Wednesday looks like a stable weather setup. The morning chill will dampen down the wind a bit, so expect Dawn Patrol at 12-15 from Swell to The Dalles. By Wednesday afternoon, we should have at least 24-27, probably strongest from Mosier to Rufus, but possibly including the Viento to Hood River stretch. Depends on how many clouds take up residence in the western Gorge.

Models suggest continuing wind through the week, with the possible exception of Friday. However, given the strong offshore high pressure, I suspect the models will prove less favorable than reality on that day.
 

Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast


Jones Monday: 10-13. Tuesday: 10-13. Wednesday: 7-10. Sauvie’s Monday: 7-10. tuesday: 7-10. Wednesday: no. Coast (north/central/south).. Monday: no/no/25-30, W swell 3′ at 13 seconds. Tuesday: 5-10/no/25-30. W 6′ @ 13. Wednesday: 5-10/15-20/30-35, W 5′ @ 8.
 


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

As athletes (and I’m assuming everyone reading this is an athlete of some sort), we expend mental and physical energy to increase our abilities. When learning to jibe, for example, we start with random attempts, and then we refine the process. We select steps that work, and we relinquish attempts that don’t work. There are two pieces to this that I’d like to talk about: first, we let go of what isn’t working. Second, we give positive feedback for what is working by getting excited about our progress. This encourages growth and learning, and you can read more about it in the meditation manual The Mind Illuminated.

Obviously I’m not just talking about jibing or meditation here. I’m talking about life. So often we view life as a passive process. We bumble along from day to day. We forget that life is finite. We perform the same actions with the same outcomes over and over.

Life, my friends, is like a jibe. Much as you want to succeed at turning your windsurf board or your kiteboard around, you want to succeed at life. You just don’t think about life as a trick to be mastered, or at least refined and improved. However, it’s entirely possible to improve your life skills, just as you’ve improved your watersports skills.

Refined living requires reflection and work. You can have a more skillful life by engaging in therapy. You can refine your life by developing a solid meditation practice (read the book above). You can modify your actions by reflecting on the day’s events through journaling or dedicated reflection. You do have the ability. You need to expend conscious effort to build upon what’s working in your life, reward yourself for those things, and uncritically relinquish the patterns that aren’t. You just have to put in as much effort as you did learning to jibe. May your life turns happen as smoothly as those you complete on the water. 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

It’s partly cloudy this morning and a wee bit on the chilly side. Expect partly cloudiness early, sun midday, and higher clouds this afternoon with rain in the wee hours of the night. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and the mid 70’s in the afternoon. Moderate wind. No rainbows. Tuesday looks rainy in the morning and sprinkly in the afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and the upper 60’s in the afternoon. Light wind early, strong wind later. 99.9998993989% chance of rainbows. Wednesday looks partly cloudy then sunny with temps in the mid 50’s early and the mid 70’s in the afternoon. Light wind early. Moderate late. 3% chance of early morning rainbows.

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White Sprinter Van of the Day

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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, and remember that some might not be happening due to the holiday are meditation at Trinity Natural Medicine at noon and Tai Chi at the Mt. Hood Town Hall at 1. there’s pickup kickball at Daubenspeck Park at 6, and Zumba at the Parkdale Community Center and St. Francis House at 6:30. Today is also the Roy Webster Cross-Channel Swim, but for the life of me, I can’t figure out where to find information about it being on or off due to wind.

This weekend’s events include the Huckleberry Festival from Friday through Sunday in Bingen with the Huckleberry Skate Jam on Sunday at the Daubenspeck Park Skate Park. Saturday is the Special Olympics shredding fundraiser at the Rite-Aid parking lot in Hood River – gather up all your papers needing shredding and come support our special Olympians with a donation. Next Saturday is also the Oregon 12 and 24 hour bike race in Bend.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira


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