Well… yesterday was a weird day on the river, wasn’t it? I can’t tell you if today will be more or less weird than that, but I can tell you that in all my driving around yesterday I discovered that chicken thighs are on sale for $.98/lb at Fred Meyer in The Dalles. Given the inland progression of the marine layer this morning, it’s likely you’ll be somewhere near The Dalles if you’re looking for strong wind today. Continued after the chart…
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | sandy | buns | soaking | sun | |
| Steven’s Locks | 10-13 | 13-16 | 16-19 | 20-23 | |
| Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar (minus a few for Hood River) | 20-23 | 20-23 | 24-27 | 20-23 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 20-23 | 20-23 | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 20-23 | 20-23 | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 20-23 | 20-23 | 20-23 | 15-18 | |
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Gorge wind forecast, continued…
The 7am gradients were .12 (pdx-dls) and .07 (dls-psc). Those numbers suggest you’ll want to be somewhere between Lyle and Rufus today for the best chances of a good session. If you, however, happen to be participating in the Blowout (the 17 mile downwind race from Stevenson to Hood River), you’ll probably want to stick with that section of river! Anyway, we had wind in the upper teens to low 20’s everywhere except Stevenson early this morning. You can expect 20-23 from Swell (gusty) to Arlington (not so gusty) through mid-morning.
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As the desert warms, expect the wind to pick up to 24-27 from Mosier to Rufus (models suggest Arlington will back off as the day goes on). Viento-to-Hood River is a big question mark today; with marine air past Hood River, we’ll need those clouds to burn off before we see 24-27 in that stretch. It’ll probably happen. Stevenson will hover in the 10-13 range early and slowly build to 20-23 by early afternoon.
Monday looks like 11-14 early from Viento to Mosier with 18-21 midday from Stevenson to Mosier and 21-24 in the afternoon from Stevenson to The Dalles.
Tuesday sees a deep marine layer as a trough of low pressure moves east across the region. This isn’t a great setup for wind, but models suggest we’ll see gusty 24-27 east of Mosier early with 24-27 from Viento east to Arlington in the afternoon. Wednesday looks like it’ll max out in the 21-24 range.
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Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
Jones Sunday: 16-19. Jones Monday: 23-26. Jones Tuesday: 7-11. Sauvie’s Sunday: 9-12. Sauvie’s Monday: 7-10. Sauvie’s Tuesday: 0-7. Coast (north/central/south). Sunday: 15-20/20-25/very windy, NW 7′ at 9 seconds. Monday: 5-10/10-15/30-40, NW 5′ @ 8. Tuesday: no/no/30+, NW 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’ve given up sleeping with my cat, because she wakes me up every night wanting to cuddle. It wouldn’t be a problem if I weren’t so busy and sleep-deprived with school this quarter. Given my workload, not getting enough sleep is a problem, so we sleep apart.
I worried that this would impact her negatively. After all, if I had a partner and my partner never slept with me, I’d be bummed out. But cats aren’t partners, and we can’t predict their behavior based on our own. The same goes for the people around us – they’re unlikely to act or feel exactly as we would in a given situation.
A perfect example of this is what happens when you put a cat on a diet. Many people worry that restricting food will make the cat hate them. On the contrary, cats tend to become more affectionate when hungry, in the hope that they’ve shaped your behavior to feed them in response to affection (cats are really good at shaping human behavior – better than we are at shaping cat behavior).
My cat is responding in the same way to restricted access to me. She’s more affectionate, not less. The moral of this story, of course, is to not confuse your feelings and behaviors with the feelings and behaviors others may exhibit in the future. Let yourself be you, and let others be others. 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 partly cloudy in the Gorge this morning, a nice change from all those pesky sunbeams. The sky will turn totally blue again by this afternoon. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and the upper 70’s later. Moderate wind. No rainbows. Monday looks sunny with temps in the mid 50’s early and the low 80’s in the afternoon. Light wind early. Moderate later. No rainbows. Tuesday looks partly cloudy with temps in the upper 50’s early and the mid 70’s in the afternoon. Strong wind. No rainbows.
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White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
It’s all open except Whoopdee (closed due to logging) and Boulder Lakes (20 trees down).
Upcoming Events
Today’s events include Klickitat Canyon Days with the co-ed volleyball tournament. The Columbia Gorge One-Design Regatta continues in Stevenson today. There are four free or by-donation yoga classes today: 9am at Samadhi in White Samon, 10am at Mt. Hood Meadows, 4pm at Pure Yoga in The Dalles, and 6pm at Pure Yoga Hood River.
There’s also ping pong today at the Hood River Armory at 10 and pickup touch rugby in Mosier at 3, pickup Ultimate Frisbee at Westside Elementary at 5, and Community Sailing for locals in Cascade Locks at 6.
Coming up tomorrow night, Cinderella shows at Odell Movies in the Park. Next weekend brings a Gorge Cup windsurfing race to Hood River and the Bridge of the Gods run in Cascade Locks.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
