For some folks, today is the first day of the workweek. For others, it’s just another day to spend on the water. If you’re part of the later, or an orchardist in need of spraying, or a fisherperson, or… here’s your forecast. Monday started off with gradients of .11 (pdx-dls) and .05 (dls-psc) with a 1024 high in the Pacific. High clouds were drifting above the land early this morning, a sign of impending gustiness in the wind field today. Continued after the chart…
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Steven’s Locks | 8-11 | 11-14 | 18-22 | 22-25 | |
| Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar (minus a few for Hood River) | 17-20 | 20-23 | 22-25 | 19-22 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 17-20 | 17-20 | 22-25 | 22-25 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 17-20 | 17-20 | 17-20 | 22-25 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 10-13 | 10-13 | 13-16 | 13-16 | |
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Gorge wind forecast, continued…
You can expect 17-20 to start the day from Viento to Rufus. By late morning, we should see gusty 19-22 from Stevenson to The Dalles. Models aren’t suggesting much more, but given the gradients and offshore high, I think we’ll max out at 22-25 this afternoon from Steven’s Locks to The Dalles, probably at Rufus too. Given the atmospheric dynamics today, it’s likely the wind will be up-and-down and gusty, and possibly very unreliable in the Viento to Swell section of the mighty Columbia.
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High pressure builds inland on Tuesday. Models suggest calm wind in the morning and very light easterlies in the afternoon. That’s one possibility. The other possibility is that we’ll see westerlies at 10-13 tomorrow from Steven’s Locks to Hood River. I wouldn’t place a bet on either of those at this point – let’s call it 50-50 odds.
There’s less question about the wind on Wednesday and Thursday. Both those days look to max out at east 15-20 midday from Iwash (Rooster) Rock to Steven’s Locks (Stevenson and Cascade Locks). Both afternoons also look set to bring east wind at 5-8 from Viento to The Dalles, maybe all the way to Arlington. At this point, it’s looking like the west wind will return on Friday afternoon or evening.
Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
Jones Monday: 10-13. Tuesday: 5-10. Wednesday: nope. Sauvie’s Monday: 7-10. Tuesday: 10-13. Wednesday: 8-11. Coast (north/central/south). Monday: 15-20/25-30/30+, NW swell 4′ at 7 seconds. Tuesday: 20-25/15-20/30-35, NW 4′ @ 7. Wednesday: 15-20/20-25+/25-30+, NW 4′ @ 7.
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
Sitting at my desk this morning, I can smell peaches. That’s because I have a sled of peaches on my kitchen island, thanks to an orchardist friend of mine. Apples come in buckets, pears come in bushels, but peaches come in sleds. Yes, plastic snow sleds. Why? Because if you stack peaches in a bucket, you bruise them. A sled holds 15-20 pounds of peaches in a single layer, just enough that you can eat them, make pie with them, and dehydrate them before they go bad.
Anyway, my friend gave me all these peaches (and apricots and nectarines) because she’s a kind, generous, awesome human being who feels good when she does nice things for others. She’s more interested in making people happy than in getting a few extra bucks from her friends.
What would the world be like if more people gave things away instead of trying to earn a few extra dollars? Of course, there are people who aren’t in a situation to do this, but many of us are. There are even some who could give away half and still be okay! We Americans don’t like to talk about income redistribution, but what if we made it a choice and called it generosity? Tithing? Halfing?
Giving to others makes us feel good when it’s a choice. (Taxes are not a choice, and therefore they can make us feel helpless and angry!) Receiving from others (unless we don’t have this skill) makes us feel loved and appreciated. Then we in turn appreciate the giver. We don’t have to do much to invoke this positive feedback loop – an extra-large tip, paying the bridge toll or coffee of the person behind us, volunteering our time… these can all create more gratitude and appreciation in the world. That right there, that’s a good thing. Try it today and see. 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 a cool morning with a few high clouds. Today will see intermittent high clouds all day. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and the low 80’s this afternoon. Moderate wind. No rainbows. Tomorrow looks sunny. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and the mid 80’s this afternoon. Neither wind nor rainbows. Wednesday looks sunny and warmer. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and the upper 80’s in the afternoon. Light easterlies. No rainbows.
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White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
Whoopdee and Hospital are closed through the end of fire season, whenever that turns out to be.
Upcoming Events
Today’s events include meditation at noon at Trinity Natural Medicine and Tai Chi at the Mt. Hood Town Hall at 1. At 6 tonight, there’s pickup kickball at Bingen’s Daubenspeck Park and a free yoga class at Samadhi in White Salmon.
Coming up tomorrow evening, there’s a free yoga class at 4:30 at Flow in Hood River, pickup touch rugby at Hood River’s Waterfront Park at 5:30, and community meditation at yoga Samadhi at 6:30.
The Klickitat County Fair and Rodeo starts on Thursday in Goldendale, and Mt. Bachelor has an enduro bike race both Saturday and Sunday this weekend.
Movies in the Park this week shows Shrek tonight at Mid-Valley Elementary. The movie Labrynith shows at Cascade Locks Marine Park on Friday night, and Star Wars, The New Hope shows at Jackson Park in Hood River on Saturday night.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
