High pressure off the coast Monday will combine with a heat low in the desert for another day of west wind through The Ditch. The 7am gradients were .09 (pdx-dls) and .02 (dls-psc), signifying you’re going to want to focus your attention on the central Gorge 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 | 0-10 | 10-15 | 18-22 | 18-22 | |
| Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar (minus a few for Hood River) | 16-19 | 19-22 | 21-24 | 17-21 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 8-11 | 13-16 | 21-24 | 21-24 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 0-5 | 8-11 | 13-16 | 13-16 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | light | light | light | 10-13 | |
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Gorge wind forecast, continued…
Monday started off with westerlies in the teens from Viento to Swell (and probably at Mosier) with single digits elsewhere. By mid-morning, we should have 18-22 from Viento to Mosier. As the day goes on and the desert heats up, we’ll see the wind pick up to 21-24 from Stevenson to Mosier, with Doug’s and Rowena likely filling in later. Stevenson should see 18-22 after noon.
Tuesday starts off with a trough of low pressure in Cascadia, low pressure in the desert, and high pressure over the Pacific. That will result in a deep marine layer to start the day and a 10 degree drop in high temps between Monday and Tuesday. This is happening because I have school Monday morning and won’t get home in time to take advantage of the best wind. Anyway, expect 25-29+ from Mosier east to Arlington right off the bat. By late morning or early afternoon, we’ll have 30+ from Mosier eastward.
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Swell and Hood River are a trickier call for Tuesday. Most like the clouds will burn back enough that they’ll fill in with gusty 25-29 by late morning. Stevenson will start with cloudy 10-13 on Tuesday and pick up to gusty 20-23 in the afternoon.
Looking at Wednesday, models are showing strong high pressure off the coast and a light wind day in the Gorge. I’m not sure I’m buying that. Let’s go with 15-18 all day long with a chance of 18-21. Thursday looks light and variable, but much like Wednesday, the synoptic (big) scale picture suggests we’ll see at least some light westerlies. Wait and see, I guess.
If the long range forecasts are correct, and they often aren’t, the end of the week and the weekend look quite windy.
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Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
Jones Monday: 24-27. Jones Tuesday: 10-13. Jones Thursday: 10-13. Sauvie’s Monday: 8-12. Sauvie’s Tuesday: 0-7. Sauvie’s Wednesday: 10-13. Coast (north/central/south). Monday: 10-15/15-20/30+, NW swell 3′ at 8 seconds. Tuesday: no/5-10/30+, W 4′ @ 8. Wednesday: 15-20/25-30/40, NW 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
It’s come around again: the beginning of the week, when PSU crushes me into a little ball of overwhelmed and exhausted graduate student for 36 hours. That, of course, results in you not getting a forecast tomorrow morning, and it also results in my cat having the entire house to herself tonight.
(Last night she opened the bedroom door and woke me up in the middle of the night!)
Anyway, when times get rough, we get caught up in the in-the-momentness of the difficulties. While being in the moment is generally a good idea, present moment awareness needs to be balanced by a little piece of knowledge in difficult times: this too shall pass.
When we believe that with our whole heart, we stop struggling against the present. We accept it, allow it to progress, and eventually it will pass, mostly because we can’t stop Time. This doesn’t just work for 36 Hours of Grad School Hell. It works for painful emotions. The more you struggle with those, the more you want them to go away, the longer they will last. This approach works for loss: grieving is a process. The pain can be intense, but it will eventually diminish and change (but may stick around in some lessened form for many years).
The next time you find yourself in emotional hell (maybe some of you are there right now), take a deep breath. Yes, life feels crappy right now, and it’s hard and painful. But you’ve been through pain before and come out the other side. You’ll come out of this too, maybe not in 36 hours, but eventually. And in the meantime, do what you can to find a little light in your life (maybe get 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 another summer day with just a few marine clouds overhead in Hood River. Expect temps early in the upper 50’s and afternoon temps in the mid 80’s. Moderate wind. No rainbows. Tuesday looks partly cloudy to start. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and the mid 70’s in the afternoon. Strong wind. No rainbows. Wednesday looks partly cloudy early and sunny later. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and low 80’s in the afternoon. Light wind. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
It’s all open except Whoopdee (closed due to logging) and Boulder Lakes (20 trees down).
Upcoming Events
Today’s community events include Tai Chi at 1pm at the Mt. Hood Town Hall. There are three events at 6pm: pickup Kickball at Daubenspeck Park in Bingen, Community Yoga at Samadhi in White Salmon, and free sailboat rides with the Gorge Junior Sailing Club at the Hood River Marina.
At 6:30 tonight, there’s pickup basketball at the Mt. Hood Town Hall, Zumba at St. Francis House in Odell and Zumba at the Parkdale Community Center. At 6:45 tonight, there’s YogaFaith at Pure Yoga in The Dalles. At dusk tonight, the movie Cinderella plays at Odell Movies in the Park. Coming up tomorrow night, there’s meditation with the Pacific Hermitage monastics at Yoga Samadhi.
Looking ahead to the weekend,there’s Gorge Cup windsurfing races. Saturday is the Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race at Mt. Hood Meadows and the movie Rio at Hood River Movies in the Park, and Sunday is the Bridge of the Gods 5k, 10k and half-marathon in Cascade Locks.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
