Monday-Tuesday Forecast

August 8, 2016

This right here is your Monday-Tuesday forecast, because this is the day when I have 12 hours between the end of my night class and the start of my day class. So, here ya go: Monday started off with an upper level low pressure system over western Washington, high pressure off the coast, and marine…

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For almost 30 years, Temira (they/them) has been making the most of the Gorge: riding river swell, shredding powder, and cycling all the gravel and pavement and trails. This is Temira’s playground, their gym… their life’s work.

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Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Rooster Rock	buff	sand	buff	buns
Steven’s Locks	0-10	0-10	10-13	10-13
Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar (minus a few for Hood River)	0-10	0-10	10-13	12-15
Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena	5-10	10-15	17-20	20-23
Rufus, etc.	5-10	10-15	17-20	20-23
Roosevelt, etc.	13-16	13-16	13-16	13-16

Gorge wind forecast, continued…

We’ll see the wind pick up a bit today as the desert heats up. Expect just 5-10 under the clouds this morning, with 13-16 way out east at Arlington. By midday, we should see 13-16 east of Hood River, all the way to Arlington, with 10-13 under the clouds at Stevenson and in Hood River. This afternoon is a bit tricky, as desert heating combines with an upper level cold pool to create a possibility of thunderstorms. That could impact wind strength and quality. Best case scenario today is mid to late afternoon westerlies at 20-23, strongest from Rowena to Rufus. River temp is 70 degrees. Flow is 106kcfs.

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Tuesday morning starts off with clouds in the western Gorge and a chance of showers. As Tuesday progresses, the upper level low will move eastward toward Idaho, setting up better cross-Cascade gradients. We’ll have 12-15 Tuesday morning from Hood River to Arlington. By midday, we’ll have 20-23 from Hood River to The Dalles. Later in the afternoon, as the low goes bye-bye, high pressure builds back in off the coast, and sunshine makes the desert warm, we’ll have 24-28 from Rowena (maybe Mosier too) to Arlington. Steven’s Locks will start off light tomorrow and pick up to 13-16 in the afternoon. Hood River’s, if it stays cloudy, will see 13-16. If it gets sunny, 16-19+.

Wednesday starts off with 17-20 from Viento to Swell and picks up to 20-23 from Stevenson to Doug’s. Thursday and Friday currently look like light wind days. The long-range and totally unreliable forecast that you shouldn’t plan your life around suggests next weekend will be super windy. Apparently this is The Year of the Weekend Warrior…

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Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast

Jones Monday: 10-13. Jones Tuesday: 5-10. Jones Wednesday: 15-18. Sauvie’s Monday: 5-10. Sauvie’s tuesday: 5-10 late. Sauvie’s Wednesday: 8-12. Coast (north/central/south). Monday: no/no/20-25, NW swell 5′ at 9 seconds. Tuesday: no/no/30+, NW 5′ @ 8. Wednesday: 10-15/15-20/30+, NW 5′ @ 9.

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

This is my final week of summer quarter, and I’m pretty excited to start my summer vacation. I also have a lot of work to do in the next 72 hours, including a class presentation. Definitely not my fav, getting up in front of a crowd, but it’ll be over and done with soon!

Sometimes we get really stressed out about upcoming conversations or presentations or interactions. A future 30 minute interaction can come to dominate hours and days and maybe even weeks of our present-moment experience. Looking at this objectively, it’s ridiculous, right?

If we can keep in mind that the upcoming scary thing is going to be over in a contained period of time (assuming it is), we can remove some of that stress. Why? Because the part of our mind that gets scared and anxious doesn’t experience time the same way as the logical part of our mind. So, we can hack our brain by reminding ourselves in moments of anxiety that “this will only be 30 minutes of my life”. Create a container for the future worry, and you mind find yourself worrying less.

Hack your mind. Rule your world. 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 cloudy this Monday morning in the Gorge, and there have even been a few sprinkles. The clouds should continue today, with a bigger chance of sprinkles after 2pm. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and the low 70’s this afternoon. Light wind early. Moderate wind later. 16% chance of rainbows. 2% chance of thunder. Tuesday starts out mostly cloudy and gets sunnier later in the day. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and the mid 70’s in the afternoon. Light wind early, strong wind later. 21% chance of rainbows in the morning. Wednesday looks sunny with temps in the mid 50’s early and the mid 80’s in the afternoon. Light wind early, moderate wind later. No rainbows.

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White Sprinter Van of the Day

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Road and Mountain Biking

Everything is open as far as I know, although Boulder Lakes is rumored to have some trees down. Whoopdee is closed due to logging. All trails on Kreps and SDS lands will close on August 13th due to fire season. That means Hospital Hill, East Ridge, and Whoopdee, which will be doubly closed.

Upcoming Events

Monday’s community events include Tai Chi at the Mt. Hood Town Hall at 1. That’s followed by a whole slew of events this evening. At 6, there’s pickup kickball at Daubenspeck Park in Bingen, Gorge Junior Sailing night with free sailboat rides at the Hood river Marina, and Yoga at Samadhi. At 6:30, there’s Zumba at both St. Francis House in Odell and the Parkdale Community Center, and there’s pickup basketball at the Mt. Hood Town Hall.

Tuesday night’s events include my favorite: meditation at 6:30 at Yoga Samadhi with the monks from Pacific Hermitage. There’s community yoga at 4:30 at Flow on Tuesday, pickup touch rugby at the Waterfront Park at 5:30, and $12 Prime Rib at Cebu from 5-9pm.

Movies in the Park this week has Rio 2 at Mid-Valley Elementary tonight, Up at Cascade Locks Marine Park Friday, and Cinderella at Hood River’s Jackson Park Saturday.

The Perseid meteor shower peaks Thursday and Friday, happening across the entire planet. The Post Canyon 50k ultramarathon is this Saturday, along with a geocache race at Meadows and Mike’s Ice Cream’s 30th Anniversary Party. Stone in Love, a Journey tribute band, plays at Lewis and Clark Festival Park in The Dalles Saturday night. There are drag races all day at the Columbia Gorge Regional Airport in Dallesport on Sunday.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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