Random Morning Thoughts
Someone emailed this to me the other day, and I thought I would share: “We took a nice early morning ride from Hood River to Mosier and back, passed a number of riders – smiled and said hi to all of them. We were surprised that more than half didn’t respond, even a nod. It was super beautiful out; you would think that everyone would be feeling happy and respond as such. Please encourage folks to smile more; it’s good for the soul.” I couldn’t agree more. Smile and say hello, folks, because we’re all interconnected. We live on the same planet, and we’re not getting away from each other, so let’s be friendly and increase our sense of connection by saying hello.
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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster’s Rocks | don’t | forget | sunscreen | everywhere | |
| Steven’s Locks | light | 10-13 | 13-16 | 17-20 | |
| Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar (minus a few for Hood River) | 17-20 | 17-20 | 17-20 | 17-20 | |
| Doug’s, etc. | 10-13 | 7-10 | 15-18 | 21-24 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 15-18 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 13-16 | |
Gorge Wind
The wind and gradients this morning are already outpacing the weather models, even the high resolution models. But Portland is 100% sunny, so the desert heat won’t beat the city swelter today. For more wind than we’re seeing now, we’re relying on offshore high pressure that’s supposed to build late this afternoon. So. Expect 14-17 early, followed by 17-20 midday, possibly a bit more, strongest from Hood River to Mosier early and filling in to Stevenson late morning. After 3pm, as that high pressure builds offshore, we’ll see the potential for 21-24 at the Lyle-Doug’s stretch, and possibly, but less likely, at Stevenson/Hatch/Hood River. Eastern Gorge beaches will remain relatively light today, with the potential for 13-16 from Maryhill eastward early in the evening.
Tomorrow sees a ridge build inland, with hot weather across the PNW. Models suggest we’ll start with 13-15 near Hood River, with the wind dropping midday and picking up to gusty 15-18 from Stevenson to Mosier in the afternoon. There’s a monkey wrench in the setup tomorrow afternoon: atmospheric instability. It’s probably best to not bank on that afternoon session.
Tuesday sees the Classic Gorge Setup arrive midday. We’ll start with 17-21 or more, and then we’ll see a build to 26-30, strongest at the Hatch early and Lyle-Doug’s later. If those pesky long-range models are correct, some variety of Classic Gorge Setup with occasional weak systems will keep us in wind through next weekend.
If you are looking for photos from yesterday, Grant was shooting at the Hatchery Basement (eastern/lower Hatch) yesterday afternoon. Then he was at the Spit (Hood River sandbar) in the evening.
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Gorge Weather
It’s quite pleasant outside this morning, so I’ve opened all my doors and windows (2 of each) in order to make the weather in my house resemble the weather outside my house. Don’t try that trick in winter, or you may end up with a skating rink on your kitchen floor next time we have an ice storm.
We won’t see any ice storms today. Or rainbows, sadly. Just sunshine this morning mixed with high clouds this afternoon. Temps will be in the mid 60’s early and mid 80’s later, with increasing humidity. Tomorrow looks sunny, until the afternoon, when we may see some convective clouds fire up across the Cascades, for a 39% chance of a colorful sunset. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and low 90’s in the afternoon. Tuesday looks sunny with temps in the low 60’s early and mid 80’s in the afternoon.
Road and Mountain Biking
Holy moly was it hot on Vista Ridge yesterday around 2pm. Remind me not to do that ride on a hot day again. I did find one very nice thing on Lake Branch Road: someone, I don’t know if it was USFS or Longview Fiber, paved over all the potholes. It’s in perfect shape all the way to the Wahtum Lake intersection. Nice. Thank you, road fairy.
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River Levels
The White Salmon is at 2.75′. The Klickitat is at 1150cfs. The John Day dam is putting out 151-191cfs and The Dalles dam is reading 155kcfs. Columbia river temp is 64 degrees at The Dalles Dam.
Events – email me if I’ve missed any outdoor-related events
If you want to shop for gear this morning, head on over to Windance for their last all-sports swap meet of the year from 8-1. The WIND youth regatta sailboat races continue in Cascade Locks today, and there’s free community yoga at 9am at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. Also today, our local mountain bike teams are racing enduro in Bend.
There’s pickup touch rugby at the Mosier School at 3pm today. There’s ping pong at the Hood River Armory at 3pm ($5), and there’s the Alternative Ride from Mountain View Cycles to the Mosier cider house, at 5:30.
Looking ahead to next week, Kiteboarding for Cancer runs Friday through Sunday at the Hood River Event Site – they’re still looking for volunteers and cookie bakers. Also next week, the Laser Gorge Blowout is scheduled for Thursday. Holy crap… that’s going to be gnarly if the forecast holds: little tiny boats in nuking wind. The Laser masters North American championships are in Cascade locks next Friday-Sunday, and Skibowl has an uphill/downhill mountain bike race.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
