| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | late | summer | brown | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 10-16 | 18-22 | 18-22 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 18-22 | 18-22 | 18-22 | 18-22 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 5-10 | 10-13 | 13-18 | 18-22 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 18-22? | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 10-13 | 10-13 | 5-10 | 5-10 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Today is starting off windy and clear and a bit on the chilly side. The rest of the week looks similar to today: windy, cool mornings, 80 degree afternoon… NICE! For today, we started off with gradients of .07 and .05 with flow at 146kcfs and a river temp of 71 degrees. The wind was concentrated near Hood River, with 17-21 or so between Viento and the Spit. Models are hinting at a bit of a midday lull today followed by a mid-afternoon return to moderate westerlies. If you look up, you’ll see the reason why that might happen – a weak weather impulse passing overhead.
So, let’s just go with 18-22 between Viento and Mosier this morning. The wind might drop a bit midday (or it might not, given the extent of the marine clouds). As the clouds burn off, areas near Cascade Locks will pick up to 18-22. As the day winds on, the wind will fill in as far east as Doug’s Beach, but probably not until after 2pm.
Tomrorow starts off with 13-16 between Viento and Hood River. The wind will slowly build during the day to 20-23 between Stevenson and The Dalles. Enough said. Wednesday looks windier as the offshore high strengthens and we take a break from interfering influences. We’ll have Dawn Patrol at 20-23 between Swell and Mosier on Wednesday morning. The wind will quickly build to 24-28, probably the upper end of that, between Viento and The Dalles. When the clouds burn off, Stevenson and Cascade Locks will also become windy. Rufus will probably join in around mid-afternoon.
Looking at Friday… the day starts with 18-22 and picks up to gusty 24-27 between Cascade Locks and Rufus. Thursday currently looks like 18-22 early and 23-26 in the afternoon.
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Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
Jones Monday: 20-23. Tuesday: 20-23. Wednesday: 22-25. Sauvie’s Monday: 10-13 late. Tuesday: 12-15 late. Wednesday: 11-14. Coast (north/central/south). Monday: 10-15/15-20/30+, NW swell 6′ at 9 seconds. Tuesday: 15-20/15-20/30+, NW 5′ @ 9. Wednesday: 5-10/15-20/35+, W 6′ @ 11.
Random Morning Thoughts
I’ve been thinking a lot over the last couple of days about the events in Charlottesville in terms of First Amendment rights. In an ideal world, people would speak from a place of wisdom and kindness, and speech would not need protection and regulation.
But all people are not wise and compassionate, and speech often turns hateful, bullying, bigoted, oppressive. When people chant things such as, “Jews will not replace us,” they incite hatred and violence towards others. When people say, “Immigrants are taking our jobs,” they are inspiring fear, hatred, jealousy and resentment towards people of color and people with accents. This is bullying. Grownup bullying, but bullying nonetheless.
I love that our schools have anti-bullying rules. I wish that there was a way to bring this into the adult world – bullies in little bodies are scary, and bullies in big bodies are even scarier.
We’d all like to think that we aren’t bullies. Unfortunately, there are times when our behavior contradicts our idealized self-image. If we want the world to be a better place, we need to start by looking at our own action and speech. Think of one time in the last year when your words were unkind, oppressive, perhaps even bigoted. It’s okay – none of us are perfect!
How could you have approached that situation more compassionately? Here’s the real point – if we are able to tolerate the pain and shame of seeing our flaws, not just in terms of our speech, we are able to grow into better human beings. Take a look. Have an awesome day.
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist (but I could be 27 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
It’s a lovely morning to open up all the windows and let in the cool, clean air. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and the upper 70’s this afternoon. Moderate wind. No rainbows. Tuesday looks almost exactly the same, perhaps a degree cooler. Wednesday starts off in the mid 50’s and climbs to the low 80’s. Moderate to strong west wind. No rainbows. Repeat for the rest of the week.
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White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
Whoopdee, Hospital Hill, and all other SDS and Kreps lands are closed from today on through the end of fire season. That’s when “significant rain” falls and the fire danger is considered over. Also currently closed: Dethman Ridge Road at Odell Creek and Highway 30 at Chenoweth Bridge. The second one has a bypass for bikes and pedestrians in place along The Dalles waterfront trail.
Upcoming Events
Our Monday community events include meditation at Trinity Natural Medicine at 12 and at Bethel Congregational Church in White Salmon at 7. There’s $5 Tai Chi at the Hood River Adult Center at 2:30 today and three free yoga classes: 6 o’clock at Yoga Samadhi, 6:30 at the Mt. Hood Town Hall, and 6:45 at Pure Yoga in The Dalles. There’s pickup kickball at 6 at Daubenspeck Park in Bingen.
If you’re planning for the weekend, there’s a lot going on. The Skamania County Fair and Timber Carnival runs Wednesday through Saturday witth a footrace on Saturday for you runners and walkers. The RS Aero Championship sailboat races are in Cascade Locks Friday through Sunday. Marble Mountain snopark is the site of this weekend’s St. Helens International Festival of Trails.
Hood River has the Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge this weekend, and Troutdale has the Oregon Bigfoot Festival on Saturday.
Click here for the full events calendar.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
The Mt. Hood snow forecast is currently on vacation. It will stay on vacation until I deem it to be close enough to winter that we need a Mt. Hood snow forecast. Be safe out there on the snow this summer!
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
