Before I forget… The nice folks from Ion have loaded up a White Sprinter Van with closeout gear and are setting up in the parking lot of the Gorge Surf Shop today. They’ll be selling wetsuits, harnesses, and ponchos as well as giving stuff away if you make a purchase of $100 or more. This is literally your chance to buy something out of the back of a van, an opportunity you don’t much get in rural America. You don’t have much wind interrupting your shopping either… gradients this morning are just .02 (pdx-dls) and .03 (dls-psc). Continued after the chart…
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | wet | sand | naked | sandtray | |
| Steven’s Locks | nada | 5-10 | 20-23 | 12-15 | |
| Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar (minus a few for Hood River) | 5-10 | 10-13 | 20-23 | 20-23 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 5-10 | 10-13 | 20-23 | 20-23 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 5-10 | 10-13 | 20-23 | 20-23 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 5-10 | 10-13 | 20-23 | 20-23 | |
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Gorge wind forecast, continued…
With those light gradients and a big upper level low off the coast, we’ll be relying on an incoming weather system this afternoon to bump up the wind speeds. So, expect 0-10 through the whole Gorge this morning. By early afternoon, as this front moves in, we’ll see gusty 20-23 pretty much everywhere. Two possible exceptions: Stevenson, if it starts raining there, will be lighter. Swell will only blow for 60-90 minutes before dropping back to the upper teens.
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Looking at tomorrow, the coastal low pressure system is slated to move inland in the afternoon. With this setup, we’ll have light wind in the morning, or maybe even no wind at all. However, by 1pm, we should see gusty 22-25 from Stevenson to Arlington. Exceptions include anywhere it might be raining – in other words, you may have to drive east of Hood River to find wind in the 20’s. Later in the afternoon, the low moves east of the Cascades, giving us 25-29 from Mosier to Rufus, possibly Arlington too.
Monday looks like 23-26 all day long from Hood River to Rufus. Tuesday looks like a light start with 24-28 in the afternoon from Stevenson to Rufus.
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Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
Jones Saturday: no. Sunday: 13-16. Monday: no. Sauvie’s the next three days: no. Coast (north/central/south). Saturday: S25-30/S25-30/no, W swell 9′ @ 10 seconds. Sunday: 5-10/10-15/no, W 7′ @ 9. Monday: no/5-10/20-25, W 4′ @ 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
I’m still thinking this morning about the racial violence and rhetoric that’s happening in this country right now. Sorry, Canadians. I’m not sure if this is going on in your country too. Anyway, it can be difficult to relate to this (mostly) urban violence when you live in a small, quiet, segregated resort town. It can be difficult to see the relevance, and it can be difficult to root out your own biases when you’re only faced with the problem with the distance media provides.
Here’s a trick you can try: Notice the verbs you use when you think or talk about what’s happening in this country. When you think of police officers (thank goodness our HR police are good dudes!) shooting Black men, do you think “shoot”, “kill”, “murder”, “execute”, or something else. How about when you think of what happened in Dallas a couple nights ago? Did the gunman “shoot”, “execute”, “murder” or “kill” police?
If your verbs don’t match, you may be expressing some sort of unconscious bias. In all these situations, the now-dead victims are just that: victims. They were all murdered.
Another thing to notice: do you remember the names of the police officers more easily than the Black traffic stop victims? Do you want to give money to the families of the murdered police (as the Huffington Post suggests), but not to the families of the slain Black men (no article in the liberal press offering that)?
These are just things to notice. There’s nothing shameful about having racial bias – our society teaches it to you from birth, and it’s hard work to undo years of subtle conditioning. The important thing is to understand that the bias is there, and to work to undo it. That there, that’s something you can be proud of, and it’s something that will bring you greater self-understanding and closer friendships with a wider circle of people. You’re awesome. 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 mostly cloudy out there this morning, and shall remain partly to mostly cloudy all day with occasional sprinkles and rain after midnight. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and the low 70’s this afternoon. Light wind early. Moderate wind later. 100% chance of rainbows (thanks, Angela!). Sunday looks mostly cloudy in the morning with showers and partly cloudy in the afternoon with sprinkles. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and the upper 60’s in the afternoon. Light wind early. Strong wind later. 99% chance of rainbows. Monday looks partly cloudy with a few sprinkles possible. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and the low 70’s in the afternoon. Moderate west wind. 71% chance of rainbows.
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White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
I am nearly certain that if you head up to Sandy Ridge or the 44 Road you’re going to find some excellent dirt today. That’s a great thing, as Trailgate 2016 is at Billy Bob Snopark today – free demos, live music and free food and drinks. There is also a trail work party meeting at Binn’s Hill Staging Area today at 9am. In road biking news, I’m very tempted: cloud cover and light wind. Nice day for a road ride!
Upcoming Events
Today’s events include mountain bike races at Skibowl and Trailgate 2016. Trailgate has free mountain bike demos, food, drinks and live music, and that’s at Billy Bob Snopark starting at 10am. There’s a trail work party in Post Canyon today meeting at Binn’s Hill Staging Area at 9am. There’s also that parking lot sale on Ion gear at the Gorge Surf Shop today.
Other events today include a trail run in Post Canyon at 8am, a free bootcamp workout at Lewis and Clark Park in The Dalles at 8:30, a women’s mountain bike ride leaving Mountain View Cycles at 9am and a half-day meditation retreat at Yoga Samadhi at 1. Tomorrow’s events include the Larch Mountain Uphill Time Trial in Corbett and the JenJoy run and walk in Cascade Locks.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
