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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | smoke | on the | bare | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | light | light | light | 5-10 | |
| Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar (minus a few for Hood River) | light | light | light | 5-10 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | light | light | light | light | |
| Rufus, etc. | light | light | light | light | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | light | light | light | light | |
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Gorge Wind Forecast (and Sauvie’s, Jones, the Coast…)
It’s pretty much dead calm out there this morning, which is great news for orchardists and fishermen and wakeboarders and SUPers who like light wind. You can expect no wind at all today. Tomorrow brings east wind at 10-13 at Rooster Rock and Steven’s Locks with very light east wind everywhere else.
Wednesday starts off with light easterlies at 10-13 at Rooster and Stevenson. By midday, the wind will switch around to westerly and slowly build. The timing and strength of the wind depends on when a trough moves down the coast and encourages the heat low to shift east. That said, models are currently predicting the wind will build to west 23-26 by 5pm from Stevenson to Rufus on Wedneday.
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The wind continues to pick up overnight, setting us up for Dawn Patrol at 24-28+ on Thursday morning. By Thursday afternoon, we’ll have 28-32. Friday looks a touch weaker, but still quite strong.
Coast (north/central/south). Today: 15-20/20-25/30+, W swell 3′ @ 12 seconds. Tomorrow: 15-20/20-25/25-30, NW 5′ @ 8. Wednesday, 15-20/15-10/25-30, NW 7 ‘ @ 9.
Jones n’ Sauvie’s beta test forecast. Jones today, 20-23. Jones tomorrow, 16-19. Jones Wednesday, 24-28. Sauvie’s today, 13-16. Sauvie’s tomorrow, 10-14. Sauvie’s Wednesday, 8-11.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
Nothing to say here today.
Random Morning Thoughts
Getting around Hood River efficiently requires the use of lots of freeway on- and off-ramps. Sometimes this is a pain, but this time of year it can be quite fun. Why? Because it gives me (and you) a chance to interact with the Guys With Signs.
We’re blessed here in Hood River; our Guys With Signs are interesting, friendly, positive guys. Perhaps you’ve met Dwight, Larry or Kai? Next time you have the chance, roll down the window and say hello, or at least wave. Or even better yet, keep some leftovers in the car and hand them over to these guys. Or bake them something special. No, not that kind of special (420), although it is legal to do that in Oregon…
You may think they should “get a job”, but there’s a nice reframe you can place over their current means of support: by standing on the off-ramp, these mendicants are offering you the chance to look at yourself in the mirror of your reaction to them. Do you despise them? Are you inspired by them? Do you judge them or accept them? Whatever reaction you have, ask yourself why you are having that reaction. You’ll learn something important about yourself.
In addition, Dwight, Larry and Kai are giving you a valuable opportunity. They’re offering you the chance to experience selfless generosity. Or kindness to a stranger. Or recognition of someone’s hardships. Or… you fill in the blank!
So, next time you’re at a red light, roll down the window and say hi and hand over some food. You might just make a new friend and in the process, change your worldview.
Gorge Weather Forecast
We have clear, smoky sky this morning and a hot day on tap. Expect temps in the mid 50’s early and the low 90’s this afternoon with light wind. Tomorrow looks similar with upper 50’s early and mid 90’s in the afternoon and light wind. Expect temps in the upper 50’s Wednesday morning with light wind. By Wednesday afternoon, we’ll have mid 90’s and increasingly strong west wind. No rainbows for the 72 hour period.
White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
If you’re interested in bike touring, Oregon State Parks has a great event this weekend, Let’s go Bike Touring. They’ll teach you how to plan a tour, and they’ll give you some information about how bike touring impacts the planet and communities. You’ll need to provide your own lunch, but they’ll have some bikes available if you don’t have one. RSVP’s are required. Visit the link above for more information.
In other news, it’s smoky out there, but it’s a nice cool, light wind morning for a bike ride. Expect more of the same tomorrow and Tuesday.
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Stoked Roasters – Great Coffee at the Waterfront
It’s Monday and we want to help you wake up right and get stoked! Any time today if you come in to Stoked Roasters at the waterfront and say “coffee is my fuel for adventure” you will receive 10% off of your purchase. STOKED ROASTERS is all about premium coffee to kick start your day in a positive way. Our roasts are packed with good vibes by awesome people who love to be outside as much as you. #getstoked #stokedroasters
Upcoming Events
If you’re not out riding a bike or playing on the river and making the most of the light wind today, there are a few free events happening: there’s Tai Chi at the Mt. Hood Town Hall at 1. There’s yoga at the Town Hall at 6:30, and there’s also a free yoga class at Yoga Samadhi at 6:30. If you like bike racing, tonight’s the weekly race at PIR in Portland.
If you’re already thinking about the weekend, Riverkeeper has a cleanup on Saturday meeting at Waterfront Park in The Dalles. Oregon State Parks has a bike touring clinic on Saturday morning – you’ll need to RSVP for that one, and Mt. Hood Meadows has the uphill challenge race on Saturday.
There’s a river cleanup on the Columbia in The Dalles next Saturday, and Mt. Hood Meadows has the 2nd Annual Uphill Challenge. Next week’s Movies in the Park are Frozen at Cascade Locks on Friday and Despicable Me at Jackson Park in Hood River on Saturday.
Your daily Cougar Creek fire update has the blaze at 22,300 acres. Also, the Boise NWS linked to a cool experimental wildfire smoke model on Facebook. Check it out if you’re curious about all the smoke kicking around.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
